This morning I didn't have time to relate this story. I had to finish breakfast, load the dog and head out to assist with a search for a missing boater on a river.

The tuning story: I was in a house band and the other guitarist had a really nice strat. He paid a lot of money for the guitar and it was worth it.
I was playing my 69 SG. I never had tuning issues but he had nothing but tuning issues. He'd tune up and 2 songs into the set he'd be messing with the guitar to get it back in tune. He took it to a luthier and paid for a complete set-up and adjustment. Next show..... Same thing. Out of tune within 2 songs.
After commiserating with him I suggested swapping guitars for the next set. We did. We tuned up before the set.
Within 2 songs my SG was noticeably out of tune while his strat played the entire set perfectly fine and in tune the whole time.

Turned out it wasn't the guitar. It was his playing technique that was taking the guitar he was playing out of tune.

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