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Topic: Recommended Order of String Install on Complete Restringing? |
Dennis Hanggi
From:
Ketchum, Idaho, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 10:35 am |
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| Is there a recommended order of installing strings when doing a complete restringing? |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 11:42 am
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| Working from the outside in -- 1,2,3,4,5, ..... 10,9,8,7,6 -- is easiest, 1 & 10 being the tightest squeeze at the keyhead. Other than that, it makes absolutely no difference. |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 3:51 pm
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| I take them all off and start from the outside with the new strings. I have polished metal necks and it is a good time to take "Mothers Mag Cleaner after them. I shine them up like a mirror. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 4:46 pm
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I do it like Jon does.
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 4:54 pm
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| And to clarify -- if I'm changing them all, I remove them all, all at once. It absolutely is the right time for some spit and polish. And the concerns of a standard guitar and tensions and neck relief do not exist on a steel. |
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Dennis Hanggi
From:
Ketchum, Idaho, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 8:29 am
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| Thanks to all who replied. |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 8:39 am
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When I change all of them (and not cleaning the guitar), I start by tuning string 9 to B. Then I change string 10 and tune it to the 9th string. Thn I go up from there. Having a tuned string below the one I am changing gives me a reference point to get the string close to where it needs to be, and tune by ear. Only
when I'm done do I bring out my tuner. Been working good for me for decades.
When cleaning my guitar, I still leave the 10th string on for a reference point.
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