Do you guys wind your strings like this?
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TheStoryteller
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I don't do that, and my strings never slip. 
edit: but it looks like a good solution if you have problems with your strings slipping... no doubts about that.
edit: but it looks like a good solution if you have problems with your strings slipping... no doubts about that.
prowlergrig
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Rich - Rannoch
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Genius Gone Insane said:This allegedly keeps the strings from slipping so they stay in tune:
Yep - it's certainly recommended on guitars without a locking (trem) nut. When I took a guitar to a local luthier/guitar builder to have some fret damage repaired he restrung it that way and told me that was really how I should do it, rather than winding about a mile of string round the nodger (which is what I normally end up doing)
TheStoryteller
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Rich - Rannoch said:...rather than winding about a mile of string round the nodger (which is what I normally end up doing)
Shorter is better, even if you don't use the locking technique described above. If you wind your strings more than ~1½ rounds around the nodger you're f¤cked... your guitar WILL eventually get out of tune when you bend, even if you've stretched the strings properly.
prowlergrig
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Thread the string, leave yourself some slack so it winds around enough, wrap the string around(the opposite direction the string will wind normally) the peg then wrap it under the string. Pull it up so that as the rest of the string winds around the peg it pinches it vertically under the first wrap. I do this on all my guitars- works quite well.
I've always done this and never really had any tuning problems (other than the occasional bridge being out of wack).
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dreamcatcher
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TheStoryteller said:Shorter is better, even if you don't use the locking technique described above. If you wind your strings more than ~1½ rounds around the nodger you're f¤cked... your guitar WILL eventually get out of tune when you bend, even if you've stretched the strings properly.
If you have a locking nut, though, winding a bunch up there allows you to save some time emergency restringing.
Since strings almost always break at the bridge of a trem, you can simply cut off the break as close as possible, unlock the nut and unwind from the peghead, and stick the fresh cut into the trem string clamp. Then tune up, lock down, and yer ready to go in a couple a minutes or even less if yer lucky or nimble.
Kazrog
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Genius Gone Insane said:This allegedly keeps the strings from slipping so they stay in tune:
I've always done this, and I didn't go to fixed bridge guitars until 2004. I still have a couple axes with Floyds on them and I still string them this way as well.
Ideally I'd have locking Sperzels on everything...
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TheStoryteller
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dreamcatcher said:
True, but if you have a locking nut you won't get out of tune because of improper winding either.
So that's a different scenario.
Ermz
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prowlergrig said:could someone explain the technique in a little detail? i just don't get the difference
There's 5 photos that explain the procedure here:
http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/stringing.htm
On the site that the photo is from.
prowlergrig
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Genius Gone Insane said:This allegedly keeps the strings from slipping so they stay in tune:
Just gotta say thanks for this, will try next time I restring guitars!
Ermz
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Virgil.
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I've used this technique before on electrick guitars (fixed bridges & floyds); however, if you tighten the first bits of the string too tight without enough slack already around the pin, the string overlapping the end to "hold it in" can cut it like a knife. This string wrapping technique is used for Classical guitars all the time. For electrics, best idea is just to get locking tuners :Smug:
