DrNomis_44's Gold Standard STA-1M Build.

[DrNomis_44]

Next step is to hit it with a very big hammer 😂

Hahaha....yep, and if that doesn't fix it just use an even bigger hammer, followed by some carefully selected colourful words and then a good fit of tourettes and incomprehensible babbling, and then the piece de resistance, scrunch up into a foetal position while shaking/convulsing uncontrollably while drooling all over oneself for good measure...lol.


Oh, I forgot to add that in the very rare case that using an even bigger hammer fails to fix things, then standard procedure is to then resort to the judicious, and liberal use of an industrial-strength plasma-cutter/incinerator.

[kimball492]

Sometimes if you use microsofts driver updates and not the motherboard maker they work better, other times not its a bit hit and miss Doc until you find one that works..

[dingobass]

Hahaha....yep, and if that doesn't fix it just use an even bigger hammer...lol.

Thats it. I have a collection of big hammers. You can borrow one if you want 😁

[kimball492]

Have you ever checked out the BBC's Room 101 DB. If you get chance check a couple out funny.

[DrNomis_44]

Thats it. I have a collection of big hammers. You can borrow one if you want 😁

Cheers mate, I shall make sure I return it once the job is complete.

[DrNomis_44]

Sometimes if you use microsofts driver updates and not the motherboard maker they work better, other times not its a bit hit and miss Doc until you find one that works..

That's usually one of the first things I do, more often then not I have found that I get a message saying that a newer driver could not be found and that I already have the best driver installed, incidentally, one of my pet peeves when downloading/installing drivers on a computer, just after doing a clean install of the OS, is the dreaded Unknown Device in Device Manager in Windows Control Panel.

[kimball492]

That is frustrating I normally highlight the hardware delete it restart computer and then scan hardware changes after restarting sometimes sorts it

[DrNomis_44]

Been thinking of doing something really radical with my Strat and changing out the stock trem for a Floyd Rose Trem system, so far all the nuts I have tried have had some issues, the one that's currently on my Strat neck makes the high E-String buzz like a Sitar a bit.

By doing some testing last night, I found that a Schaller R3 Locking Nut will fit on the neck of my Strat, the width is about right and the Radius machined into the nut about matches the fretboard Radius, I can either install a Chrome Schaller Lockmeister Floyd Rose Trem, or a Gold Gotoh Floyd Rose Trem, I might go with the Chrome Schaller Lockmeister Trem, yes I do realize that installing a Floyd Rose Trem is a one-way mod, but as it is the guitar is not that useable with tuning stability issues and Sitar Buzzing on the high E-String.

I might do some thinking about it first.

[kimball492]

Never fitted a floyd rose trem so can't comment Doc.Ref sitar sound. This has happened to me early on if I'd cut the nut slots slightly too deep, or slots have been a little tight for gauge of string,another thing to check is if your string trees are low enough behind the nut.

[DrNomis_44]

Never fitted a floyd rose trem so can't comment Doc.Ref sitar sound. This has happened to me early on if I'd cut the nut slots slightly too deep, or slots have been a little tight for gauge of string,another thing to check is if your string trees are low enough behind the nut.

Have checked that, on the stock plastic nut and the bone nuts, all the nut slots were a bit too tight for the strings I was using, also from what I could work out, the Sitar Buzzing seemed to be caused by the way the string sat on the bottom of the nut slots, plus, some of the strings have a very slight sideways kink to them on their way to the tuners.


I did some experimenting with the position of the B and E string-tree before installing it, moving it towards the nut or away from it varied the break-angle over the nut but didn't do anything to fix the Sitar-buzzing, it wasn't due to the string slots being cut too deep because I checked by fretting the string behind the first fret, the Sitar-Buzzing stopped, indicating it definitely was caused by the nut.


I might just leave the guitar for a while so I can have a good long hard think about installing a Floyd Rose Trem on it, I can still play my LP Studio in the meantime.


I might get a Gold Schaller Lockmeister Floyd Rose Trem for my Strat, they're a bit more expensive than the Chrome version but I reckon I can get a budget together for it, the Gold Lockmeister Floyd Rose Trem comes with all the mounting hardware needed and also a matching Schaller R2 Locking Nut, which does fit my Strat's neck, here's a pic of the Gold Schaller Lockmeister: