^ a very very small file... or do you have spare tuners? if so fit one see if it keeps happening, if it is then its someting else.. or try different strings, maybe roto strings
it doesnt really matter, i have a mohwak its it metal or punk? who cares... all i know is, no matter what gig you go to there is allways somebody with stinky dreds!
If you go 8 try a few first as some will make your hands ache due to neck size, i.e the schecters are like trying to play a circket bat, the RGA8 has a wizard neck so very playable, the LTD 408 or SC608 have a neck between the two... Then worry about tunings.. My 8 was F.B.E.A.D.G.B.E My...
Possibly the most comfortable guitar i uave ever played, the body has perfect cut aways, the guitar has hardly any weight, perfectly balanced, Althou it is flat bodied the part where your forearm sits is perfectly shapped so is comfy,