have you ever heard of this

[Major Havoc]

does anyone do this to there new strings?
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/8...ng-strings.htm

[GianGian]

Doesn't look to be very nice to the neck...neither to the strings.

[Major Havoc]

seems kinda silly

[Hella]

My dad said some of his bassist friends did this, but he just told me to play them often.

[coreyfyfe]

i do it everytime i restring, the guitar player from my dads blues band told me to do it once when i was changing his strings for him at a gig and it made sense to me. gets rid of that little break in period when you constantly have to retune when youre changing strings mid-gig or if youre impatient like me.

[iamlowsound]

I usually give them a few good pulls, re-tune, repeat a few times to make sure that it stays in tune longer than two minutes. Then I play the crap out of it for an hour or so before I'll play a show. Although I like dead strings, so I don't have to do it much.

lowsound

[Rick Auricchio]

I give 'em a tug like this when restringing.

I also give a lesser tug whenever I tune. Guarantees they're not sticking in the nut, and it usually helps 'em get more quickly where I want them.

[EagleMoon]

I usually pull on them a bit after I put them on, tune them back up and then go. Not to the extent that this guy is doing though.

[Jeff K]

I always do it when I change strings, although I don't do it like he does. I don't lift the bass by the string, or anything like that.

As I change each string, I'll tune it, then stretch and snap that string several times. I always put something between the string and the fretboard though to protect it. I normally use the package that the new strings came in as a barrier. Then I retune, and repeat the process again. After doing that two or three times to each string, it stays in tune well.

[Evan_S._Brown]

at the store I work at I've been getting lessons in set up and repairs.

The repair guy (Matt) told me to do this as it gets rid of that 3-5 day period where the string stretches and contracts and you constantly need to retune.
It looks quite excessive on the DVD but we've never broken a string yet.
I never asked questions cos it seems logical and he is one of the best guys in Australia for repairs etc..


We do it on all our basses that need to be restrung.

[Evan_S._Brown]

and picking the bass up by the string is a no no.

don't do that

[MarkMyWordsXx]

some strings need it, others don't. it makes it so you don't have to keep retuning the strings as they break in. you can just play them and constantly retune if you feel better about that.

[king_biscuit]

I stretch them a bit too, but not like that! And is that kid wearing a pair of drawers on his head?

[TrevorOfDoom]

i give 'em a tug or two during a restring.

but remember: jiggling any more than three times is really just playing with it.

[bongomania]

I give them a strong tug every time I install new strings; however the one time I really gave them a serious jolt I did in fact break an expensive B string.

[Mark Wilson]

I thought this was the Mikey Guitar comeback.


Was about to s*** a brick.

[Munjibunga]

With new strings, I tune up, then tug a little on them, tune again, tug, tune, tug ... until it stays pretty closely in tune after a tug.

[q1014]

Ya i do the same thing with every pair of new string just strech them out all across the neck it definetly helps keep it in tune after you throw a new pair of strings on

[T-Bird]

Hi.



I used to do the stretching a bit like that when I was an ignorant kid (didn't hang the bass holding the strings though). I was told to stretch the strings and that way seemed the logical choice.

When my band music teacher saw me doing it like that, he was rather schocked and told me that this was a sure way to break something.

Instead he instructed me to change the direction. Push down with Your thumb, pull up with the other fingers. Easiest to do around the 12th fret obviously.

That way the plane of force is near to the fret/fingerboard, no unnecessary stress to the neck.

If the snapping the strings against the fretboard is necessary, there's a set-up problem IMHO.

Been doing it that way ever since (20 years) to both the basses and guitars i play.

Regards
Sam

[dean82]

I do it every time I change strings. The key is a slow pull from the 12th fret, rather than a quick yank. My strings are stable in tune about 30 seconds after changing them. I've done it this way for over 20 years and have yet to break anything (strings or otherwise).

Remember grasshopper, SLOW pull, 12th fret!