Behind the nut stringlocks

[StuntDouble]

Have any of you guys tried a Kahler or Gotoh "behind the nut" lock? I've never been really impressed with Kahler trems; personal preference I guess, but their stringlock kind of seemed like a good alternative to hacking up the fingerbaord and installing a Floyd nut. I widened the slots of the low E, G and B which seemed to help. Any suggestions?

[JimiJames]

I use these instead :




Here's a link to these roller nuts. The come in a variety of ways to suit one's application.
I can pretty much do a dive bomb with the strings falling off the fretboard and snap right back into tune.
A good alternative to the locking nut...
I've tried the three roller but the 6'er is the way to go since each string has a different tension.

[StuntDouble]

Cool, do they seem to brighten your sound much? I would think it would only affect open notes, but I've never retrofitted a nut w/ a brass or metal one. I've got a bone nut in there now. Also, would this work w/ an angled headstock?

[Joruke]

I really never understood the value of these. I had a Carvin guitar in the 80s that had one like this. Although it seemed to work ok.

[StuntDouble]

Both the strinlgock and the roller nut are just two different ways of dealing with friction at the nut that causes tuning problems. My headstock is angled, so I couldn't use the roller nut and the spacing of my Hamer is actually too wide for a stringlock, so I widened the slots a little more, adjusted the break angle of the nut and used some chapstick on it, and it seems to be staying in tune pretty well now.