Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech for 30 years )

I have a guitar with locking Grovers. The high e string slips while tuning it after a string change… so it isn’t locking. I have to wrap the string around the post once just to use the guitar. Any advice on repairing it or should I just replace it?
 
I have a guitar with locking Grovers. The high e string slips while tuning it after a string change… so it isn’t locking. I have to wrap the string around the post once just to use the guitar. Any advice on repairing it or should I just replace it?
Swap it with one from a thicker string. The failing tuner will be able to hold a thicker string. This almost always works.
 
Not at all but not because they aren't consistent. IME Gibson manufacturing in general is to a different standard than practically all the rest . Gibson simply does things in the way they always did without caring if the precision that others routinely manage is just missing. Who else doesn't even buff the finish up to the fingerboard edge or on the back of the head ? leave razor scrapes in every bound fingerboard, A lip in the binding. These are not QC just bad process. All that said they are consistently good sounding and perform well, I can't remember when I last saw a poorly functioning truss rod. People just expect Gibson to be Gibson and accept things that they would reject on anything else at the same price.
The same could be said for Rickenbacker, no?
 
@Eagle, how would you fix this? Well maybe not fix, just hide it enough so it's not as apparent?

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@Eagle, how would you fix this? Well maybe not fix, just hide it enough so it's not as apparent?

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Neck off and run water thin super glue under the edges of the damage. You could then build up the missing paint with black superglue. Then mask off the existing paint and shape the repair. For a good finish you would need to airbrush satin 2k over the immediate area. Sunburst it in to the surrounding paint.
 
What are your thoughts on Rickenbacker quality? I generally like really innovative modern guitars, but there is something about the look of Rickenbackers that I’m drawn to.
Have you considered therapy?




On a serious note the build quality is pretty good but the design is a disaster on every level. The only innovation is you can easily remove and replace the truss rod without damaging even the paint.
 
Have you considered therapy?




On a serious note the build quality is pretty good but the design is a disaster on every level. The only innovation is you can easily remove and replace the truss rod without damaging even the paint.
If I ever got one, it would have to be a 12-string. The playability of a Rick is quite different from what I’m used to…
 
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