Darrell Braun notes that if you search the web for “Gibson Les Paul,” “the words ‘will not stay in tune’ usually pop up as one of the top searches. “And if you click on that, you’ll find hundreds of threads of people just absolutely frustrated why their very, very expensive guitars will not stay in tune.”
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