Maurie Junod
From:
Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2004 9:45 am |
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Hi Mike,
This is a method I have used, along with
some other players, to quickly level strings.
Cut a strip of paper from a newspaper page to
use as a gauge. Place the bar on fret one.
Lift the bar and place the paper strip on
the suspected string. Put the bar back down,
and slide the strip back and forth. If it is
loose there is quite a bit of space to be
corrected for. If the strip has some drag to
it there is not so much space to be corrected for.
Place the bar(or other smooth round object)
over the adjacent lower (thicker) strings at
a position about 3/8 Inch from the nut and
press down very hard. This will very often
cause a downward deflection of the strings,
thereby, making them more level.
Another method is to reduce the gauge of the
lower(thicker) strings by at least one degree (.056 to .054 for instance). Use the
paper strip as a gauge to how much correction is needed.
I hope this doesn't cause too much flaming
from the purists on our forum.
Maurie |
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