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Post subject: Tuning Stability for FSR MIJ Traditional Stratocaster XII?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:30 am
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A good friend has one of these guitars in white. REALLY cool sounding guitar. We’re thinking about doing a trade but I wanted some opinions from people who have some experience with it.

I borrowed it for a few weeks and the main problem I found was its lack of tuning stability. It constantly went out of tune! I wasnt playing particularly hard. And definitely wasnt bending haha, not on that thing. My friend had it worked on at a shop and the high action it came with improved a lot but the tuning is still pretty bad. The intonation was a bit of a wreck too.

So do these things just go out of tune and that’s the way it is with ANY electric 12 string? It’s a really cool sounding guitar, but keeping it in tune is tedious work and that kinda of issue usually ends up with me not using the guitar. What do you think, will I constantly be chasing the tuning?

Thanks!


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Post subject: Re: Tuning Stability for FSR MIJ Traditional Stratocaster XI
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 10:31 pm
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I've had a Strat XII for years and never experienced any tuning issues with it whatsoever. Make sure your strings are correctly wrapped at the tuner posts -- they're the vintage slotted style tuners and the wrong type of wrap can lead to slippage.

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Post subject: Re: Tuning Stability for FSR MIJ Traditional Stratocaster XI
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:04 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
I've had a Strat XII for years and never experienced any tuning issues with it whatsoever. Make sure your strings are correctly wrapped at the tuner posts -- they're the vintage slotted style tuners and the wrong type of wrap can lead to slippage.

Arjay


hi Arjay, thanks for the tip! What is the correct kind of wrap you're referring to?


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