I bought a set of Elixir Nanowebs today, because I had played them on some basses at Guitar Center, and liked them. I've changed strings before, no big deal.
I usually leave about 3 inches past the tuner in terms of string length. I cut the string, insert the end of the string into the center hole in the tuner, lay it in the slit in the tuner, and then start to wind it up. I usually get about 3 windings on the tuner. After I do this, I pull on the strings at about the 12th-15th fret, away from the fretboard, to minimize the loss of tension then get while playing new strings. I did this on the E, A, and D no problem. I pulled on the G, and I heard noises, kind of high-pitched pricks, and the string lost a lot of tension. I initially thought I broke the string, but I inspected it, and it was fine. So I tuned it up, started to play, and it lost tuning really bad, really fast. I rewrapped the string, same problem. But this time, I watched what was going on, and basically, the piece in the center hole was getting pulled out, and the string wasn't being held properly by the tuner. I had heard that Elixirs were 'slippery' and they are pretty low friction, but damn, I didn't expect this. I rewrapped the string, pushing the end of the string into the tuner as far as possible, and it still got pulled out.
Musicmans have the 3+1 headstock. So from the tuner, to the nut, the low 3 strings (E, D, and A) go clockwise, and the G string goes counterclockwise.
What I finally did, and I apologize if this description sucks, but I attached a picture, was put the string in the tuner hole, lay it in the slit, then pull it around the tuner, a half turn, clockwise. Then, I laid it in the slit, all the way across the tuner, pull it out the other side, and then started to wind it counterclockwise. Again, sorry if the description sucks.
Is this a problem that anyone else has encountered?
Also, because that string went from tuning tension to no tension real fast a few times, is the life on that string drastically shortened?
I usually leave about 3 inches past the tuner in terms of string length. I cut the string, insert the end of the string into the center hole in the tuner, lay it in the slit in the tuner, and then start to wind it up. I usually get about 3 windings on the tuner. After I do this, I pull on the strings at about the 12th-15th fret, away from the fretboard, to minimize the loss of tension then get while playing new strings. I did this on the E, A, and D no problem. I pulled on the G, and I heard noises, kind of high-pitched pricks, and the string lost a lot of tension. I initially thought I broke the string, but I inspected it, and it was fine. So I tuned it up, started to play, and it lost tuning really bad, really fast. I rewrapped the string, same problem. But this time, I watched what was going on, and basically, the piece in the center hole was getting pulled out, and the string wasn't being held properly by the tuner. I had heard that Elixirs were 'slippery' and they are pretty low friction, but damn, I didn't expect this. I rewrapped the string, pushing the end of the string into the tuner as far as possible, and it still got pulled out.
Musicmans have the 3+1 headstock. So from the tuner, to the nut, the low 3 strings (E, D, and A) go clockwise, and the G string goes counterclockwise.
What I finally did, and I apologize if this description sucks, but I attached a picture, was put the string in the tuner hole, lay it in the slit, then pull it around the tuner, a half turn, clockwise. Then, I laid it in the slit, all the way across the tuner, pull it out the other side, and then started to wind it counterclockwise. Again, sorry if the description sucks.
Is this a problem that anyone else has encountered?
Also, because that string went from tuning tension to no tension real fast a few times, is the life on that string drastically shortened?
