string goes out of tune after bending

[MilkTea]

i just restring my guitar for the 1st time in my life .. sounds quite ok when i started to play until i bent the A string.. it went completely out of tune.. can anyone tell me what may have gone wrong? just can figure out the problem .. same goes for my upper e string.. btw im using the ibanez rg321mh.. thanks in advance

 

[j_m_s]

I dont know much about ibanezes, but on my strats, when i restring, i stretch the string after doing so. then tune, then stretch then tune. to let the string set in so it will stay in tune. What you are experiencing *should* be perfectly normal. tune it up again, to let it set in..

If im wrong, someone correct me!

 

[dric]

you can try searching the forums bro. such issues have been addressed before. anyways, to put it simply, new strings gota be stretched before you can start playing em. just keep doing lots of bends on all the strings and keep tuning em.

 

[nak]

I dont know much about ibanezes, but on my strats, when i restring, i stretch the string after doing so. then tune, then stretch then tune. to let the string set in so it will stay in tune. What you are experiencing *should* be perfectly normal. tune it up again, to let it set in..

If im wrong, someone correct me!

what jms said is quite true, i used to own a 321, and i miss it

 

[MilkTea]

oo thanks guys i will try it

 

[subversion]

it happens to fresh strings. as correctly recommended, strecth them. also, your nut might be choking the strings; lubricate the slots (graphite/ vaseline). i seldom bend when i play, for tuning stability issues, i always lubricate my RG321/ RGR321's nut.

 

[gsonique]

i seldom bend when i play, for tuning stability issues, i always lubricate my RG321/ RGR321's nut.

Come on... bend it lah ...dont be scared !! :mrgreen:

 

[MilkTea]

which is the nut? hah sorry for my noobest i love to bend strings haha ..sounds good to me

 

[edder]

Come on... bend it lah ...dont be scared !! :mrgreen:

deyyyyy, bend it like beckham deeyyyyyyyyy!!! :mrgreen:

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

To stretch strings after changing to a new set, just pull the strings away from the guitar body at various points. Tug each string many times but not so hard and violently that it breaks.

I usually hold the whole guitar by 1 string and let the guitar's weight stretch the string. And when i get bored, i bounce the guitar up and down like a bob by the string. I've yet to break a string doing this and frankly, this sets the string into near maximum stability for the rest of its lifespan.

Caution: dun try this over the floor or hard surface incase the string breaks. do it over a sofa or ur bed. If u dun get what i am saying, then just stretch normally by pulling. =D

 

[subversion]

Come on... bend it lah ...dont be scared !! :mrgreen:

micro-tonal bends- yes. full bends, seldom... would rather whammy than bend.