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Greg Gefell


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Upstate NY
Post  Posted 4 May 2022 12:40 pm    
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If so - I'm curious what brand of string fits into the changer? I can't go higher than a .54 or the winding near the ball end simply won't fit in the changer slot as the slot is too narrow. Hoping someone can point me towards a brand that will fit as a .54 is a bit spongy for my tastes.
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Chris Brooks

 

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Providence, Rhode Island
Post  Posted 4 May 2022 4:07 pm    
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Greg, I use an .052 for my low E (dropping to C#). Carter SD 12.
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Bobby D. Jones

 

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West Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 4 May 2022 7:54 pm    
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The slots in some changer fingers are a little narrow for the size string required. I have fought the 10th string slot on a MSA Classic. And the 11th and 12th string slots on the 2 GFI S12 Universals, Over the last 20 years.

I have found if you grip the the string ball in a pair of pliers and bend till the string and ball look like a (b), This allows it to hook easier into the slot.
Then, With a pair of pliers flatten the windings about 1/2 inch from the ball.
This a picture of the .068 12th U string I removed my last string change.


Where the winding of the wraps goes over the core wire windings makes some lumps that will not go in slot, Unless you flatten them a little.

Good luck on string change and back Happy Steelin bj
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John Hyland

 

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South Australia
Post  Posted 6 May 2022 3:59 pm    
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Sadly I don’t think these are available as singles.
https://www.fender.com/articles/tech-talk/the-facts-you-need-about-fender-bullets-strings

No windings at the end.
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