Hi. Would love to get to the bottom of some persistant tuning issues. I made a video of what's going on. Hoping some people will chime in after watching and let me know if this is typical/to be expected from a Vigier 2011 tremolo equipped guitar.
Currently have 9-42 gauge strings on. Have tried different brands (GHS Boomers, Curt Mangan and Fender Super Bullets). Some of what's going on is that if I bend a string it goes pretty far flat. After that if I depress the bar/press down it generally comes back to pitch.
Strangely enough, it also goes flat immediately after when I lift the bar/raise the pitch of the strings then release.
Does yours exhibit this similar behavior?
Would something like a Tremol-No potentially address this?
Since this video was made I have had a luthier widen the nut guide (said it was too tight) and I replaced the six piece Zero Fret with a new one. ("ting" type "nut" sounds seem to have now gone away, but those basic tuning problems shown in the video still persist).
The serial number indicates the guitar is from 2015. The main things I'm thinking of are maybe that the felt type piece of material behind "nut"/string guide is pressing against the strings too hard. Or maybe that when I turned one of the posts of the tremolo I hadn't loosened the grub nut and screwed something up. If that were the case can someone let me know, or PM me what the cost would be to replace the tremolo.
The guitar is at least pretty unique, IMO. Really would like to get it running as it should be.
Here is a link to the video: