Mojo. Sometimes it's really about mojo. Your guitar fails (see previous post), and your mojo takes a hit. You wonder if you are cursed, if your mojo is disappating, dribbling away, never to return.
I disassembled my guitar. And then put it back together again. Funny. It seems to have "fixed," whatever was going on with that tuning machine. "How is that possible?"
Such a weird mystery. So yeah, yesterday I worked over my guitar, tightened screws, reset the action, put on a new "E" string. It all seems fine now. That nightmare scenario is already fading away.
Just to be sure I am ordering a new set of tuning machines. A precaution. You know, I just don't want any uncertainty. Why did that thing fail? Why is it now working? WTF?
I can't explain it. So, yes, a new beginning. Shiny new parts on the way. The first step in renewing one's mojo. Turns out underlying everything is mystery. A weird & funny Universe we have here, for sure.