Always remember to lock down your strings
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NobodyReally
Senior Stratmaster
Looks good. Lol
I have seen worse. Nothing beats the string wound up on the wrong side of the capstan.
Oldiemurphy
Senior Stratmaster
Bushy!
abnormaltoy
Mouth draggin' knuckle breather
I thought this was going to be about a world wide wave of guitar string thefts.
But that picture above is just incredibly cringy! I can barely get a single string wound on my guitar before I cut it off. I think I would have a conniption if I didn't cut them off until I was completely done with the screen change.
ukoldgit
Dr. Stratster
abnormaltoy
Mouth draggin' knuckle breather
"Conniption" had to look that one up
So would you be crying or laughing?
Yes.
Hysteria can be like that.
somebodyelseuk
Senior Stratmaster
I wish I still had the photo of the head on a Danelectro I bought cheap a few years ago, advertised has having 'tuning problems'.
The strings were wrapped once around the capstans and on the high three strings, in the wrong direction. It was a miracle it could even be tuned to pitch.
trapdoor2
Senior Stratmaster
Gaah. I installed modern geared tuners on a 1920s banjo recently. Once I got it in tune, I noticed the D (GDAE, Irish tenor) was wrapped backwards. I've never done that...inattention, dyslexia...both?
I occasionally see people playing with string-ends flailing. I move away...
I occasionally see people playing with string-ends flailing. I move away...
ThreeChordWonder
Senior Stratmaster
Excuse me!
Some of us know winding on alternating sides is hum canceling. The rest of you are just doing it wrong.
Locking tuners on all of my guitars. And I snip the strings immediately. Dr
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