EverTune.com : Official home of EverTune, the patented guitar bridge that keeps guitar strings in tune at all times with constant tension

EXCITING NEWS! Several new production models are in and being retrofitted to the guitars of some serious sound surfers! Look for more testimonials soon!

This rush of newly-EverTuned guitars means we have to school a lot of folks in the basics of how to use EverTune, so we hired the world’s best hand model and whipped up this little YouTube video to show folks how to string and tune their EverTuned guitars…

To our Beloved Beta-Testers: HAPPY PLAYING!
To all our fans out there: Enjoy the video and ‘stay tuned’ for exciting news as it happens!

Here are the text-based instructions, if you want to go deeper into the rabbit hole:

Evertune Instructions: Stringing, Tuning, Bends

Step 1: STRINGING
The Evertune bridge is strung from the rear of the guitar, similar to a Fender Strat. Feed each string into the corresponding hole, out through the bridge, over the saddle, and attach it to the tuning peg at the headstock.

Step 2: TENSIONING
As you tighten the tuning peg at the headstock, watch the SADDLE. As soon as the saddle starts to rise, tighten the tuning pegs 2 more full rotations.

Step 3: STRETCHING
Once you have tensioned a string, firmly press down on it about an inch from the saddle. Repeat a few times. This stretches the string around the saddle, which makes the tuning even more reliable.
[Note: this step is optional but highly recommended.]

Step 4: TUNING
Plug the amp cable into a tuner and check your pitch. The EverTune bridge is not tuned from the “tuning pegs.” Tuning is done using the hex nuts on the SADDLE (just behind/below where the string comes through the saddle). Insert the hex key into the hex nut on the saddle. Turning the hex key clockwise raises pitch, counterclockwise lowers pitch (righty tighty lefty loosey).
[Note: When you pluck the strings, keep your fingers off the hex key. The saddle is floating, so if the hex key is bumped or pressed, it will act like a mini whammy bar.]

Step 5: BENDING NOTES
If you try to bend with your newly tuned EverTune, you may notice that bends aren’t changing pitch. EverTune maintains pitch within a narrow range, so if you want to bend, tune the guitar just to the edge of that range (we call it the “Bend Stop”) so bends can push the pitch “out of tune.”
HERE’S HOW: While plucking the string, turn the tuning peg at the headstock in the tightening direction until the pitch rises. Then loosen the tuning peg until the string is exactly back in tune. Now test your bends. They should feel pretty natural.
[Note: to prevent “accidental bends” you may want to loosen the tuning peg about a quarter turn more. This will filter out accidentally going sharp from hard fretting. Alternatively, a lead player can set the top strings to bend instantly for solos and the bottom strings to bend a hair later so that bass lines are in tune even when the fatter strings get over-pulled while fretting.]

Step 6: ALTERNATE-TUNING
To change the tuning (e.g. going from conventional to drop D), while plucking the string, turn the tuning pegs at the headstock in the tightening direction until the pitch starts to rise. Then turn the tuning pegs at the headstock back in the loosening direction 2 times. Now use Step 4 and Step 5 to re-tune the string however you want.