Guitar of yours that stays in tune the best (ever)?

[CBA]

Hi hi.

Yap... obviously the SOUND of the guitar is the most important characteristic. Well, wait, ok, the LOOK of the guitar is the most important, but then like after that SOUND for sure.

BUT... a close second to the SOUND (and the omnipresent LOOK) of the guitar is its ability to stay in tune. Most of my guitars have been pretty tolerable with tunage, but some results are surprising. For instance... my Squier J Mascis Jazz stays in tune waaaay better than my Gibson Les Paul Faded Special. And my Casino's dependability with tuning was intermittent.

And I'm not much of a solo/stringbendy kind of guy. Almost always a rhythm player... so guitars going out of tune is especially annoying when it occurs after some modest chording.


Sooooooooooooo out of all the guitars you've ever had (whether or not you still have them), which one stayed in tune the best? What guitar setups (bridge, pegs, etc.) do you find lend themselves to better tuning consistency?




ROIGHT!

C

[skullservant]

My blacktop Jaguar stays in tune really well. I guess it doesn't help that I drop it accidentally at least once a week, but other than that it holds tunings well.

I also had a Dean Vendetta that was my first guitar, it could hold ANY tuning until you tweaked it. It was awesome.

I'm a bit nervous about guitars without locking tuners, I guess because my '00 Squier Strat's tuners sucked so hard. I'm glad to hear the Mascis stays in tune, I'm hoping the new Jazzy stays in tune as well. I might be abusing that trem arm.....

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i have one of those newer rebranded hagstroms. it stays in tune like a BAWWWWWWSSSS.

my ukulele, stays in tune NOT LIKE A BAWWWSSSS

[WeHuntKings]

my strat hates to be in any iteration of standard. the top 3 strings don't get along so well...but when i pop it into dadgad it's fine.

[sylnau]

PRS CE-22, never goes out of tune.

[Achtane]

Both of these...

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Sanshin is almost always tuned to where you left it. It'll drift a bit eventually, but by a small amount. Maybe because the strings aren't generating a ton of tension, I dunno. Maybe I got lucky
The annoying thing about the Kawai staying in tune so well is that the string height and weird rectangular frets make it difficult to play. I don't have the wrench required to adjust the truss rod.
Bass-wise, I only have to retune the SBV-500 once a month or something. I think basses are generally less prone to going out of tune. By the way, those Fender bridges where the saddles have screw-type grooves on them ROCK.
I'm going to have to make a sanshin vidja sometime, it feeds back in an awesome way when contact mic'd through fuzz.

[GardenoftheDead]

Probably my Telecaster. My Japanese Strat is a close second now that it has five vibrato springs and is set up for really heavy strings.

[madmax1012]

American Standard Strat stays in tune great, but my Taylor 210 acoustic wins. I sometimes leave it in it's case for a month, only to pick it up and find it's still in tune

[brian m]

I have a mexican tele that stays in tune really well for a cheap guitar.

My axis super sport probably does better than any though. I often go weeks without tuning it.

[devnulljp]

My 335 never goes out of tune.

[Jeff-7]

SG doesn't need retuned much at all after the strings are stretched. I don't think I've had to tune my '64 LG1 outside of string changes. Hand carved rosewood bridge, ebony pins. Whatever nut they used way back then, guessing Corian but who knows - stock Gibson deluxe tuners.

[Chankgeez]

As usual, this is one of those threads that I don't understand.

[Jeff-7]

[Gearmond]

this appears to be a thread that isn't for bassists

[Chankgeez]