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Topic: Broke back strings |
A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 5 Jan 2009 9:18 pm |
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| I heard of guys putting a foam insert around the changer to prevent the broken ball end of the string from hurting the changer, as well as "falling" outside of the chager, It is tough at times to find the little ball end, can anyone enlighten this a bit.... |
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2009 9:47 pm
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| Is this anything like "Brokeback Mountain"? |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2009 7:50 am
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Sorry, b0b.
Last edited by Roger Crawford on 6 Jan 2009 8:01 am; edited 1 time in total |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2009 7:58 am
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Get off of that track, guys. 
Some changers have a way of catching the ball to keep it out of the mechanism. I think that the newer Sierras do this.
It's only a problem if you use old strings that are likely to break. A piece of foam is a workable, if ugly, solution.
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Bo Borland
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 8 Jan 2009 6:57 pm
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My new Zum Hybrid came with a strip of lightweight foam poked down in behind the changers to stop any broken string ends falling into the bowels !! They sit flush with the top of the neck so you can't actually see them unless you look directly from above.... a very simple but easy solution! just find a bit of very light foam and cut some strips that will fit neatly in across the back of the changer fingers and you will never have the problem again. Or use jagwires and never break another string anyway ha !!
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