So I put a Vega Trem on my main guitar a few weeks back. Sweet unit, but the headstock end wasn't keeping up. I put a Fender LSR roller nut on it today and I simply cannot knock this thing out of tune. I was wondering if maybe I would also have to buy locking tuners, and it's totally not going to be necessary. The problem is completely solved! On another note, I've been pretty scarce here of late because work has become frighteningly busy. But I have a couple of days off, and tonight I'm going to do a few other things to the guitar. Pics coming tomorrow!
Sounds good! My father has a strat with a roller nut and locking tuners and it’s probably the most stable guitar I have played. Right up there with my Ibanez with its low pro edge. Pics / vids / sound clips!! edit: do you find it takes some getting used to? The one thing that always bothers me on my dad’s Strat is that when I’m playing bluesey stuff in open E I always hit the top of my index finger on the corner of the nut by the high E. I never got used to that.
I have 5 Strats with LSR's and one with Wilkenson (it came that way). I have one Strat with a bone nut and it is decked. They are awesome.
I have been thinking about one on a Jackson neck. I just don't know how it will work with the flatter fretboard. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk
Never tried a roller one myself... I tried and liked Graptech TUSQ nuts very much. Ill follow for the pics!
Different things work for different people. I use a standard Strat vibrato. The old six screw type. I use a well cut bone nut. I use Kluson Safe-T-Post tuners. With the proper wrap. And I beat the crap out of it. And it stays in tune. One take...one pass. Lots o' wiggle.
Those are great....many times these kind of things get a pass even though they work just the same or better cause they are not...vintage appropriate.Like for example a zero fret(preferably stainless steel fret).
They are quite difficult to install, they have instructions with them but you have to remember the size of your frets (fret height) is important and distance to the centre of your first fret is crucial, you need the right tools, I have installed many over the years, it is not a job you would rush, the 2 tiny screws are a pain, you need the right size drill bit and the right screwdriver, and don't lose the shims that they come with just in case you file a bit to deep, I am a Guitar tech and I never really look forward to fitting them, once installed correctly they are great.
On a guitar with a regular nut? Moderate to difficult if you need to rout the slot larger. See the "New Installation" section of these instructions: http://www.axesrus.com/images/lsrfit.pdf If you have a guitar with a Wilkinson roller, like a pre-1992 Plus, it's easier because you don't need to deal with the slot width.
Here is a good thread from @vid1900 ... https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/installing-lsr-fender-roller-nut.418503/
I don't know about the LSR, but I have a Strat Plus with a Wilkinson style roller nut and I love it. The guitar never goes out of tune. I mean never. As others have said, it seems like something that needs to be professionally installed. It does not drop in the same place as a regular nut.
