Cheap enough fix! The poor lady has been through so much this last decade; various tunings, dive bombs, yanks, cranks, string changes, spring tighteni...

I was able to alleviate a little bit of the tension but nothing significant. I noticed a rather deep, uhm, 'gouge' in the high E groove of the locking...

Thanks very much for the quick response! I'm going to give it another go in a short while and see what I can do. I'll report back when she's in tune o...