[7stringninja]

When you string your guitar, do you...

A) Clip the ball ends off the strings

or

B) String the guitar with the string backwards (ball end at headstock)


Just wondering if there is a disadvantage to the later. It's typically what I do, because I've had a wound string in the past try to UNwind when I clipped the ball end off. When I clip them after stringing it, coming unwound wouldn't be an issue. Although it's only happened once, there is nothing worse than having your guitar unplayable for a day or two until you can make it back to the musicstore to get another set of strings.