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Rick,
I know you-- you mean "repeat step 2 six times."
ferenc wrote:
> Here's how I do mine:
>
> 1. Turn on the TV
> 2. Get a beer
> 3. Remove low string > add graphite to nut> Insert string in peg with
> enough slack to the first fret.
> 4. Bring string to pitch, pull away from the guitar hard then bring
> back to pitch. I repeat this until it stops slipping.
> 5. Repeat step (4) for each string.
> 6. Get another beer:)
>
> Note: Having the nut cut to match the string gauge seems to really
> help.
>
> Rick
>
> --- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I was always under the impression that more windings around the
>
> tuning
>
>>peg where the way to go, so you could tune the string more
>
> precisely. I
>
>>use a minimum of three windings per string. Why would less windings
>
> be
>
>>better?
>>
>>Jerry S.
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:ferencnd@n...]
>>Sent: zondag 31 augustus 2003 22:23
>>To:
>>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] American Standard Strat Trem
>>
>>
>>If you have a floating trem, here is the fastest way I have found
>
> for a
>
>>complete
>>string change. Instead of taking all the strings off, take them off
>
> one
>
>>at a
>>time, and replace the discarded string with a new one. After you
>
> put the
>
>>new
>>string on, bend the crap out of it-- not just by doing a normal
>
> string
>
>>bend, but
>> stick your thumb under it and press down with your other fingers.
>
> Do
>
>>this the
>>entire length of the string. Tune it to pitch, then bend it again,
>
> and
>
>>tune it
>>again. Then move on to the next string. By doing this, your trem
>
> will
>
>>never
>>leave its balance point.
>>
>>One other tip- have as few windings as possible around the tuning
>
> peg. I
>
>>use a
>>method that leaves almost no winding at all on the peg, but it is
>
> kind
>
>>of
>>difficult to describe, much easier to show.
>>
>>Ferenc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>errant_jedi@y... wrote:
>>
>>>I usually just leave the strat trem on my Cyclone II
>>>and continue to tune over and over again after
>>>stringing until it stabilizes. I take it this is not
>>>the smartest route then. What exactly do you do
>>>Brian?
>>>
>>>Richard
>>>
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