Yes, I’m still a loyal PRS guitar fanatic. But… for certain sounds and styles, it’s hard to beat a Gibson Les Paul. Especially for playing in a hard rock band. 🙂 Since I play in hard rock band, getting a Les Paul seemed like a good idea. I’ve owned some truly awesome Les Pauls in the past, but have AWAYS had a tuning problem with them. That problem is that they never seemed to stay in tune! So, I went to PRS, and have never looked back. At least, until recently.
I’ve been looking for ‘that sound’, and when the other guitar player in the band I play with got a really nice Les Paul, I decided to start looking. Actually, I had pointed out the Les Paul to the other guitar player. It was one of the nicer playing Les Pauls that I had run across, but I wasn’t actually LOOKING for a Les Paul. So, he picked it up. Very quickly, I realized that the Les Paul fit with the band really well. So, when the next batch of Les Pauls came into Sam Ash, I had my friend in sales keep me informed. I ended up finding one of ‘those’ Les Pauls. You know, the ones that everything just got put together right. I had several people want the guitar before I ever got it out of the store! But, that’s a different story…
Once I started playing my new Les Paul, the problem of the guitar staying in tune started to rear its head. I did not want to do anything like replace the nut or tuners. I remembered a trick that a friend of mine mentioned. He said to use graphite on the nut to make the strings slide better. I couldn’t find the graphite, but I did find something as good, if not better! There is a product called ‘Nut sauce’ that works like a charm! A dab of that on the nut and on the bridge saddles made the strings not stick when tuning. Now, the guitar stays in tune like a champ! I can make it through a whole set without checking my tuning. GREAT stuff!
Same Scheidt, Different Day 