My crime apparently is to buy these shreddy Hamer guitars, remove the dental floss from them, and install a set of real strings (the previously mentioned "10"s). The last time I did this, I tossed my freshly-strung prize in a gig-bag and went to a jam session. Upon arrival, I discovered 2 of the saddles had slipped and the strings were slack. I hadn't even flogged the beast yet and had this issue pop up - alls I did was put heavier strings on the damn thing. I think it is a conspiracy against those of us who use the bigger wires. One of the saddles that slipped the other day during a monster bend was one that had slipped before, so I obviously didn't reef on it hard enough. I have never had this happen during intonation adjustment because, well, we all know what proper intonation is a sign of and I have enough challenges already.
I HAVE found myself facing stripped baseplates, but always suspected they were faulty or just on the edge before I got my filthy hands on them. It never seemed to take any real torque at all to achieve that sickening feeling one gets when it just......keeps......spinning.............
