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[FrankenWashie]

That's a bummer Doc, can you go up a gauge in strings to correct for the issue or is it too big a difference?

[DrNomis_44]

That's a bummer Doc, can you go up a gauge in strings to correct for the issue or is it too big a difference?

I guess I could try a set of 46-10 gauge strings, I have a set of 42-09s on the guitar at the moment, I'm doing some googling about the issue I'm experiencing, and as it turns out, I'm not the only one, it seems to be a fairly common issue that owners of Floyd Rose equipped guitars seem to be having with their guitars, apparently some Locking Nuts have casting-defects and one remedy is to use some sandpaper to smooth out the defects, I'm going to give that a try and see if that fixes things, I had a look at the string-notches on the front of the Gotoh Locking Nut, and they do seem to have been cut a bit too wide for the strings.

I'll have to wait till next Tuesday to try a set of 46-10 gauge strings, cause I'm virtually flat broke at the moment, in the meantime, I'm going to try a few other things to fix the Sitar-buzzing.


Update:

Just tried re-installing the Schaller R2 Locking Nut, with the same result, it's definitely these Locking Nuts that's the cause of the Sitar-buzzing, at first I though that the first-fret action was a bit too low so I tried putting a brass shim underneath the R2 Locking Nut, made no difference, so it's definitely not fret-buzz, it's the Locking Nut, I guess quality control/assurance is a bit lax at Schaller, and Gotoh.