japetus
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Ride em till they die!!
Floyd Eye
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It's actually not a bad idea to remove/replace them in a staggered fashion. Low E, then high E and B, A, G, D, etc.
So true. But in this case, that guitar has needed a truss rod adjustment for some time now. Next time I will try one at a time.
That's the way I do it. That way I can clean under the strings without having them all off at the same time and there isn't uneven tension on the neck. My guitars haven't needed neck adjustments in years. Some in decades.
romanianreaper
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I used to do all of that other stuff and would always F it up, lol.
Music&Chaos
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I had people show/tell me other ways to do it, including those pictured here. I noticed their guitars would always have issues staying in tune. Could have been a number of things, but I never had trouble with it. Probably dumb luck, but I never did any of those different tricks - and I was gigging out and recording in the studio - and I could be pretty crazy and rough with my guitars.
The only guitar I do a special tie on is my Flamenco. This is due to the guitar having violin style ebony tuning pegs that insert into the pegholes rather than traditional gears. These need the string to be tied at the end, or the Nylon can slip out.
Maybe this is where the thought comes from? Gut strings/Nylon? Makes sense.
Whatever works for you - keep doing it.
phillybhatesme
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Put string through tuning machine.
Bend string.
Turn tuning machine.
I hold the excess string down onto the headstock, but it still goes above my winds. I've never done any knot nonsense.
Bend string.
Turn tuning machine.
I hold the excess string down onto the headstock, but it still goes above my winds. I've never done any knot nonsense.
Jakem
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I just use the 90* angle on Gibsons and do not overwound, 2 rounds work in tuner peg; 2 finger width extra at wound strings and 3 on unwound ones. On FR equipped guitars I leave the ball-end and the tuner end and cut the string to a correct length at trem end.
CrystalSky
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5. Have locking tuners and a Graphtech nut
