diff -urN ly/engraver-init.ly ly/engraver-init.ly
--- ly/engraver-init.ly	Sat Jan  8 16:28:32 2005
+++ ly/engraver-init.ly	Tue Jan 11 01:45:55 2005
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@
 
      % Don't draw stems over the tablature figures !
       \override Stem #'avoid-note-head = ##t
+      \override Stem #'Y-offset-callbacks =
+        #(cons Staff_symbol_referencer::callback (cons (lambda (g a) 0.65) '()))
       
       % No accidental in tablature !
       \remove "Accidental_engraver"
diff -urN scm/define-grobs.scm scm/define-grobs.scm
--- scm/define-grobs.scm	Tue Jan 11 01:19:23 2005
+++ scm/define-grobs.scm	Tue Jan 11 01:39:17 2005
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
      . (
 	(style . default)
 	(print-function . ,Text_interface::print)
-	(Y-offset-callbacks . (,Staff_symbol_referencer::callback))
+	(Y-offset-callbacks . (,(lambda (g a) -0.65) ,Staff_symbol_referencer::callback))
 	(stem-attachment-function . ,tablature-stem-attachment-function)
 	(font-series . bold)
 	(meta . ((interfaces
