des mcneill wrote:Hi Malc,
I have been following this thread with interest and the various suggestions make sense. My initial thoughts were that the neck may be moving since 70's Strats are prone to that,but since you feel the problem is usually one particular string you could rule out the tuner by swoping the "G" tuner with another one and if the fault follows the tuner then you will know where the problem is(or is not). I am a bass player but have several Strats and have no particular tuning problem,but have seen the neck moving on some 70's guitars which of course makes some strings go sharp.
Cheers,
Des.
Swapping round the machine head sounds like a great idea. Why didn't you think of that Malc?

Seriously though, if the fault can be that easily fixed it will be a great relief after all the effort you've put in up 'til now trying to get it fixed; I know how frustrating it's been.
As a proud owner of a 70s Strat too, I am a bit concerned about the comment that 70s Strats necks are prone to movement. Where can I read up about this? Is it another story about the 3-screw attachment being less stable than 4 screws? If so, I beg to differ; a triangle is much more stable than a rhombus (4 corners). The unstable 3-screw arrangement story was put about as an example of the poor quality control during the CBS era. There is no basis to the story at all.