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I’ve got this problem on my Flying V – the low E keeps falling off! It just pops out of the nut. I suppose it’s the awkward angle from the nut to the tuner on the arrow-shaped headstock that is to blame.Any ideas as to how I can fix this? I don’t fancy cutting a new nut – it might look easy but I’m sure it isn’t.
Or should I just put a dab of glue – Araldite or something – on the edge of the nut to encourage the string to stay in its slot.
It’s a Gibson Faded Cherry Flying V, by the way. One of the “cheaper” models that they came out with a year or two ago.
I can’t say I’m that impressed with Gibson’s attention to detail. The guitar was very badly set-up when I first got it, and I had to do quite a bit of work to get it to be playable. This was a new guitar for crying out loud! And now I’ve got this low E string problem. Is this something other Flying V players have experienced, I wonder?
Compare this to the Fender Stratocaster Antigua Japanese re-issue I bought late last year. It was brand new and played perfectly straight out of the box. Full marks to Fender, nil to Gibson.
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