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On my electric guitar, my locking tuner is unscrewing on the low e string even after I tighten it a lot, causing the string to slip out or get very flat. Is
![I was tuning the goddamn G string then it detuned and the tuning peg felt loose and came off. Now, the machine head has this bit sticking out, what could've happened and I was tuning the goddamn G string then it detuned and the tuning peg felt loose and came off. Now, the machine head has this bit sticking out, what could've happened and](https://preview.redd.it/i-was-tuning-the-goddamn-g-string-then-it-detuned-and-the-v0-k2o9u1pxikk81.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1450439965c5a3d7aa1f75e28ffa34caaa73da02)