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15.06.2010, 10:53

Hello,

I have tuning issues with my Rautia guitar.

The tremolo won't return in its "zero" position. The setup is good and the trem is parallel so the spring tension is right. I bought the guitar used and I think this is few years old model. Is it possible that the knife edges at the trem have so much wear on them it won't return to pitch.

If I lift the tremolo arm a bit and then release, the pitch will stay a bit sharp and vice versa.

Alternatively I would like to know what wraparound bridge would fit to the Rautia. It seems that it has 74,5mm post spacing and I have been unsuccesful to find a bridge to replace the LP trem.

Thanks in advance.

- torspo

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15.06.2010, 13:02

torspo

I would like to add that the problem is not in the nut. bending the strings behind the nut does not make the guitar go out of tune.

You can clearly see that the trem does not return the position it should. It usually stays a little bit tilted forward or back. If I carefully set the trem to the parallel position it will stay there until the first bend...

Otherwise the guitar is excellent. Great sustain!

- torspo

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