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Sqeaking sound?

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(@kevin72790)
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So, whenever I bend my B string I hear a squeak sound coming from around the nut area.

No other string does this, so I'm thinking the B string might just be slipping a little bit in the nut.

Or am I wrong here and this could be a potentially bad problem?(which I doubt)

Thanks. ;)


   
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(@rob77)
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Quick fix - grab a soft lead pencil, move the string out of the nut, rub the pencil up & down the slot to get a good coating & see if that helps - it's a quick & easy lube 8) . Cheers.

"Who says you can't 'dive bomb' a bigsby?!"


   
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(@ricochet)
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Yeah, it needs lubing. (I've discovered that anhydrous lanolin works great and use it since I've got some around.)

If the nut slot's also too tight, which usually shows up as problems getting the string to tune up, accompanied by pinging and sometimes string breakage, loosening up the string and "sawing" it back and forth in the slot will open it up to fit.

"A cheerful heart is good medicine."


   
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