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Deano Destructo reacted to mikeswals's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with
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That is alot of string pressure for one screw essentially the size of a pickguard screw. Not going to work for very long. The OP just... -
Deano Destructo reacted to mikeswals's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with Like.
Ernie Ball has always done the A/D since day one. Its Leo that did it the other way, but Ive had lots of preEB's and never had an...
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Deano Destructo replied to the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer?.The string retainers were relocated from the “D” & “G” strings to where they are located now in 1984 when Ernie Ball purchased Music Man...
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Deano Destructo reacted to pwilson's post in the thread What Was the Best Stingray You've Ever Played? with Like.
I also got into Stingrays after playing for many years - https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nbsd-stingray-edition.1690371/ I recently the...
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Deano Destructo reacted to UntitledProject's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with Like.
At least good enough for proof of concept. Hopefully it isn't flexible enough to cause tuning instability. But there is definitely a...
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Deano Destructo replied to the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer?.Yeah, everything is tuned up and holding up ok at this time. I'll just have to keep an eye to see if it bends due to the contant...
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Deano Destructo replied to the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer?.Muhahahaha! :hyper: Fingured out my own little solution with @UntitledProject 's suggestion above. Used the little flashlight clip...
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Deano Destructo reacted to UntitledProject's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with
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Yeah, I think there are definite possibilities. I like that it's utilizing the existing retainer and just extending something over the... -
Deano Destructo replied to the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer?.This is kinda genius in its simplicity! Now I’m wondering if a similar solution could be utilized with a titanium piercing barbell in a...
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Deano Destructo reacted to Beej's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with
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It would not be aesthetically identical, but you could have your luthier make a custom string retainer button in a long oval out of... -
Deano Destructo reacted to UntitledProject's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with Love.
It does seem to do the trick. I came across this as a solution (someone else's solution that I ran across) last year when someone else...
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Deano Destructo reacted to darwin-bass's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with Like.
It isn't the number of turns on the A tuner, it is whether or not the sting exits the turner as close to the headstock as possible. If...
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Deano Destructo reacted to UntitledProject's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with
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Deano Destructo reacted to sissy kathy's post in the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer? with Like.
I don't think there would be enough tension on the retainer to pull the screw out. I also am not really in favor of using the Sanberg...
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Deano Destructo replied to the thread Vintage Stingray "A" String Retainer?.As an alternate idea, I might try something like the below manufactured by Sandberg. There's maybe a chance it could be utilized with...
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