Help! How can I improve the tuning stability of my SBMM jp157?

[evannn]

As the title says, I'd like to improve the tuning stability of my SBMM JP157, which at the moment will drift out of tune by 10-15 cents after a minute or two of playing. The problem is, I don't know if I've just set something up wrong or if there's something special that I need to do to improve the stability. I'd like to have my trem be 'supple' (couldn't think of a better word lol) but I can't figure out how to get both that and good tuning stability.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Astrofreq]

Call customer service and order some of the locking tuners. Those things are incredibly stable.

Really dumb question, but do you stretch new strings when putting them on? A great deal of tuning issues come from people not giving strings some tugs up and down the neck. I'm sure you do that already. Just an idea.

 

[evannn]

yah I stretch my strings when I put them on. Do you think they would send replacement sterling tuners or schaller tuners? I mean I could buy some of the schallers, but I'd rather not spend too much money on new tuners when as far as I can tell the existing ones are fine.

 

[threeminutesboy]

Check the nut first, I will try a bit of lubrification first this will surely help

 

[evannn]

I'll give that a try. Thanks for the advice!