Ibanez SV5470: plinking

[grumbleweed]

I have a nice new SV5470 (like the one just reviewed in Guitarist) and though it is a lovely guitar to behold it has a slight problem. Occationally bending or trem use makes a high-pitch "plinking" noise from the strings.
My guess it is a string moving through the nut but I thought I'd pitch it to you guys as there may be a nice easy solution to stop it happening (short of not bending or using the trem!).
Any thoughts gratefully received.

[Guitar_Slinger]

You could either spend pounds buying some sort of nut lube product, or do it for pennies with a pencil and draw in the nut slots when you change strings. The "lead" is made of graphite and should stop your strings sticking. I draw in my nut slots when I change the strings.

[evilmags]

Originally Posted by Guitar_Slinger

You could either spend pounds buying some sort of nut lube product, or do it for pennies with a pencil and draw in the nut slots when you change strings. The "lead" is made of graphite and should stop your strings sticking. I draw in my nut slots when I change the strings.

+1 on that. Also get a tech to make sure the nut is properly cut.

[wilber]

last weekend i graphited up my epi sg which had unbearabley crap tuning, stuck a set of 10's on it and it's awesome now, I used one of those mechanical pencils and just snapped a length of lead off, I found the pencil in the common room at school so I had no remorse

[grumbleweed]

Originally Posted by evilmags

+1 on that. Also get a tech to make sure the nut is properly cut.

I'll try the pencil method first as it is the least aggro! I've had locking nuts for so long I have long since forgotten the tricks required by a "plain" nut. I hope that the nut cut is ok (it looks neat enough) as it's not exactly a cheapo guitar.
It has to said that it is an absolute joy to play apart from the nut problem.

Grum.

[grumbleweed]

The pencil is mightier than the sword!
Thanks for the pencil suggestion as it appears to have made everything ok. Now all I need is a magic pencil that can make me a multi-millionaire rock god and everything will be dandy!

Thanks for the help.

Grum.