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01-13-2006, 02:35 AM
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| Southpaw Bastard  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 407
Main Seven: ESP M-207 Lefty Thanked: 0
 | Those with floating tremolos 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. Signature Removed - Image exceeds 300 px by 100 px |
 
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01-13-2006, 02:40 AM
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| RnB causes cancer   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,696
Real Name: Dan Main Seven: Old UV Main ERG: Oni 8 string Rig: modded Laney VC50 Thanked: 15
 | It must have been wound on a round core (as opposed to hex) to unwind like that. Still, you should be able to get it clamped in before that happens. Was it a DR?? |
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01-13-2006, 02:51 AM
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| Sanctity In Blasphemous Ruin • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 22,352
Real Name: Legion Main Seven: Loomis, C7HR, Giannini 7 Rig: Mesa Rectoverb 50 Thanked: 83
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Glory and praise to Thee, Satan, on high, Where Thou didst reign, in Hell where Thou dost lie, Vanquished, silent, dreaming eternally. Grant that my soul some day rest close to Thee Under the Tree of Knowledge which shall spread Its branches like a Temple overhead. ~Charles Baudelaire http://www.myspace.com/impurity Brutal Skullfucking Death Metal | |
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01-13-2006, 02:53 AM
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| Southpaw Bastard Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 407
Main Seven: ESP M-207 Lefty Thanked: 0
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Honestly I don't remember. But I can tell you that for about 3-4 years I used DR strings exclusively. | |
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01-13-2006, 03:04 AM
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| RnB causes cancer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,696
Real Name: Dan Main Seven: Old UV Main ERG: Oni 8 string Rig: modded Laney VC50 Thanked: 15
| DR are probably the most inconsistent and problematic string I've come across. I cut the ball off, then string it up and cut the excess off at the machinehead. If you leave strings rattling around on the headstock you're a big gayhole.  j/k |
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01-13-2006, 04:16 AM
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| Southpaw Bastard Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 407
Main Seven: ESP M-207 Lefty Thanked: 0
| I just finished re-stringing my ESP and for the first time in about 4 years I clipped the strings on the ball end. No problems. I guess I just got a bad taste after that single incident. |
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01-13-2006, 04:19 AM
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| AKA 'Burt'  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 139
Real Name: Burtonovich Main Seven: RG-1527 Rig: Mesa Triaxis/2:90 Thanked: 0
| I string mine backwards w/ the balls at the headstock. I don't have the heart to castrate my strings, so I leave the balls on...  "Go make me a sandwich..."  |
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01-13-2006, 02:24 PM
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| ss.org Regular  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Antonio .TX Posts: 588
Real Name: matt Main Seven: non-existent Rig: B-52 stealth series Thanked: 0
| i have to cut the bass strings off at the ball ends so the parts where their not wound all the way areon the headstock ..and will fit through the tuning pegs  smokey the bear is way more intense in person |
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01-13-2006, 02:47 PM
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| Paolo  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,026
Real Name: Paolo Main Seven: EBMM JP7 Rig: GT8-Pvy60/60-2-1x12 Thanked: 9
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 "and we'll also be establishing, beyond all scientific doubt, that ANY note can be made to sound good over ANY chord, so long as you put it in the right place!" Guthrie Govan | |
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