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The guitar technician that worked on my Hallmark surprised me by bringing out a Mosrite V88 that someone had asked him to fix. The problem was at the tuners. The string leaving the "G" tuner actually touched the tuner for the "B" string, deflecting the "G" string as it approached the sting guide. The technician was hesitant to modify anything on the guitar, out of respect for it's history. The guy who left the guitar has been out of contact since. So, I'm wondering if this string routing situation is really a problem, and so is the technician. He says that the tuning is stable and there is no noise related to the string touching the adjacent tuner.
Thanks for your time,
Don

I don't mean this to sound harsh on the technician but I would think if he is a technician he should know the answer. In my humble opinion, it's probably not the best thing but as long as it's not causing any extra strain on the string that might encourage breakage it's most likely fine if it's left alone. If it's only touching the tuner, that would be before the string guide so it shouldn't have much effect on the tuning. Basically if it is just grazing on the tuner it shouldn't cause any problems.

eltuce, is right on the mark. This is a common factor with Mosrites. It shouldn't have any bearing on the tuning' Once it is tuned, it is tuned regardless of what happens beyond the string guide.

I may have mis-stated the technician's concerns. He did not see it as a problem as much as my untrained eye did. He was really more concerned about making a modification to that particular guitar.
Thanks for the input. Live and learn.
Don

interesting. I've never ran into this issue before. of course i have 70's mosrites with a wider headstock then the 60 or 80's versions. I'd like to see some pictures where this happens though. thanks for bringing this up, you learn something new everyday on this forum

oipunkguy wrote:interesting. I've never ran into this issue before. of course i have 70's mosrites with a wider headstock then the 60 or 80's versions. I'd like to see some pictures where this happens though. thanks for bringing this up, you learn something new everyday on this forum

Since I have this photo handy I'll use this as an example. This is the general idea of what we're talking about. However there is a slight amount of clearance on this particular one. It actually touches on my '64. Probably has something to with being handmade and not using a jig to center drill the holes.

how common was this? i've never seen this before, but then again i never thought to look. have you ever seen a case where there was any tuning issues on guitar similar to the one above? just wondering.

I've been reading that this shouldn't be a problem, however I am seeing it as a possible problem.... Especially if you do a lot of bending on the
G string, OR using the trem system, would that not cause friction or 'rubbing' against the B string, eventually having the string break????