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Topic: Changing strings on a double-12 Sierra |
John Beatty
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 31 Oct 2012 11:31 am |
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| This is my first post....glad to be here! I'm new to pedals...WOW! Been playing lap and resonator for decades, just bought a Sierra double 12, and am a little overwhelmed to say the least. Have a question regarding string sizing. Some string sets on the C-6 neck, call for a 74W for the C/12th string, and it doesn't fit into the tailstock ball slot very well. Does this mean the string size is too large for this guitar? Thanks for a great forum everybody! Cheers, John |
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Ross Shafer
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Petaluma, California
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 5:27 am
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| a common problem with Sierra's...you need to crush the winding a bit til it slips into the slot. A vise, some pliers or some vise-grips will do the job. Don't worry doing this won't hurt those big strings. |
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Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 5:28 am
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oops double post
Last edited by Ross Shafer on 1 Nov 2012 2:01 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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John Beatty
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 12:03 pm
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| Thx Ross, I thought about doing that, having done similar low-tech fixes on some of my older laps, but want to make sure I don't mess anything up on this beauty! Cheers, John |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 2:52 pm
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That's often a problem. Here's another: on my Mullen D-12, a .079 won't fit through the hole of the tuning key. For that reason, I'm using a .070 on the lowest C string, and a .054 for the F. Sounds fine, and less bar rattle at lower frets without that huge low C string!
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 3:06 pm
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About big strings not fitting through your tuning keys...... I found a solution years ago when I started using Keith/Scruggs banjo tuners on the low E string of my standard electric guitar. All you have to do is get a regular pair of pliers and a set of needle nose pliers. You then grab the string about a little over a quarter inch or more from the end of the string with the regular pliers. Then you take the needle nose pliers and grab the winding end with them and pull it. It'll start unwinding from the string core and you just pull until you've go enough off the string and then slip the core right into the string peg hole and tune 'er up. It doesn't do anything to the sound and works great..........JH in Va.
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 4:41 pm
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Jerry:
so you unwind enough of the wrap to get a number of winds of the naked core on the tuning key, then snip that unwound wire off, then wind till the string, with windings, is up to pitch? You're just getting core wound onto the tuning key, then wound string on the rest of the way?
Thanks for clarifying, I'm an Okie, y'know. Wish you had a video of that process!
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