Guitar Guru
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- Aug 24, 2012
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Hey,
I shall start off by saying I love EB products. I have been using their strings for a while, and own a EBMM Axis, which I LOVE!
Cobalt strings came on the market. I was stoked to get my hands on them. Finally got my gauge (10-52). Put them on my Axis. The D-Tuna stopped functioning. After many hours of taking things apart, blaming the D-Tuna, and reworking the guitar many times, I finally brought it to my tech to have a look.
It stumped him as well. Finally after a few more hours, he discovered the problem.
The cobalt strings were stretching in the bridge cavity every time the D-Tuna would be activated. It was impossible to get the D-Tuna to bring the guitar into pitch, without tightening the fine tuner to the point that the D-Tuna wouldn't pull off the shaft at all.
I am not quite sure, but I have a feeling that the cobalt strings do not have a hex core. Can someone in EB-Land confirm that for me? It's my experience that any strings without a hex core will not react well with guitars equipped with D-Tuna's.
Totally unfortunate, since now I can't use those strings on my Axis.
I shall start off by saying I love EB products. I have been using their strings for a while, and own a EBMM Axis, which I LOVE!
Cobalt strings came on the market. I was stoked to get my hands on them. Finally got my gauge (10-52). Put them on my Axis. The D-Tuna stopped functioning. After many hours of taking things apart, blaming the D-Tuna, and reworking the guitar many times, I finally brought it to my tech to have a look.
It stumped him as well. Finally after a few more hours, he discovered the problem.
The cobalt strings were stretching in the bridge cavity every time the D-Tuna would be activated. It was impossible to get the D-Tuna to bring the guitar into pitch, without tightening the fine tuner to the point that the D-Tuna wouldn't pull off the shaft at all.
I am not quite sure, but I have a feeling that the cobalt strings do not have a hex core. Can someone in EB-Land confirm that for me? It's my experience that any strings without a hex core will not react well with guitars equipped with D-Tuna's.
Totally unfortunate, since now I can't use those strings on my Axis.