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Topic: Changing Complete Set Of Strings |
Robin Archer
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Califon, , USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 10:45 am |
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Are there any secrets or problems in changing all 10 strings.
Start on low or on high strings?
How long does it take for the guitar to settle down and keep in tune?
I assume you change one at a time like a regular guitar?
Appreciate the feedback.
Tks
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Ben Turner
From:
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA (deceased)
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 10:58 am
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| I rip 'em all off and polish/clean the fret board and chrome. and in the key head. These parts get dusty/dirty and can't really get to them unless the strings are off. I've always started on the high end and went down. I don't think it really matters. 1,2,4,6-10 usually stretch out quick, I always give them a little "tug" when they're tuned to full pitch, and then re-tune and they're fine. Wound strings seem to stretch out real quick without problems. Generally after re-tuning once the only string I ever have problem going out is the 3rd. of course different string manufacturers may work differently, I've ever only used SIT strings, Buddy Emmons sets on the E9 and SIT Sho-Bud sets on the C6. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 1:46 pm
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I'm like Ben. I take them all off and clean the guitar well before putting on the new strings.
I like to work from the outside in. For a 10-string guitar put on strings 1 through 5 and then strings 10 through 6. If you work from the inside out, you have to work around the string you just installed each time. Does that make sense?
Lee, from South Texas |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 2:17 pm
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Does that make sense?
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Yep. Yep it does. And it's what I do too. I rarely change out all strings---I buy singles in bulk and change individual strings when they need it or on a whim. But when I do change out full sets it's all of 'em off, then restring from short to long.
Good opportunity to Simichrome out those spots that have been bugging me under the strings under my picking hand.
Carrying over the one-at-a-time thing from 6-string guitar is totally unnecessary because the steel neck is not under the tension/stress the way a spanish guitar is and there's no truss rod thing happening.
Give each string some yanking exercise as you bring it up to tension and yank and retune a couple more times and that's pretty much it---there's not much more settle-in time involved. |
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 2:23 pm
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All at the same time. Take the opportunity to give it a good cleaning.
Good strings settle pretty quick.
A new string is more elastic than a used, so the pedals and levers will need a little tweaking but no big deal. Stick to the same gauges to minimize the pedal re-tuning.
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