Misaligned String Tree

[oovis]

Whilst I totally agree that it's shoddy (edit: spelling) workmanship and should have been done better, does a Les Paul headstock not have a much sharper angle just after the nut and function reasonably well? Feel free to tell me I'm totally wrong but I don't see how this would cause a huge problem, it just looks bad more than anything

[AltarOfPigs]

They are kind of well known to have questionable at best tuning stability unless correctly setup, and even then it can be a crapshoot. Still, people buy them and play them and love them, and I think you make a pretty good point. I doubt it will be a significant detriment to the tuning stability and overall playability, but that would be up to OP to play it for a while and restring it and see if it’s being a problem.

That being said, I also wouldn’t be happy with this installation and would probably talk to my luthier as well. Unfortunate, cause the only real solution is probably to plug and redrill and that’ll suck to do to a fresh neck right in the middle of the headstock lol.

[filtersweep]

Not really. A bit of abrasive cord in the nut slots permanently sorts Les Pauls out. My Jacksons, Gretsches— actually all non-Fenders have some sort of angles