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How not to stretch strings

#4
Whelp, that surely ain't the way I do it!

Best I can figure it, the slippage of a new string comes from the wraps tightening around the tuning post and the strings (especially the bigger ones) conforming to the break angle over the nut and bridge saddles. So I just take care, when I'm winding the new string on the tuner, to push the wraps down so they're nice and neat when the string comes up to pitch. (The wraps lie next to each other with no spaces between them.) And I give the bigger strings (B and E) a little help with the break angle by pushing down a little bit on both sides of the contact point.

I play 'em for about ten minutes, retune (they usually don't slip much), and I'm good to go.
 
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#6
If you did this with a set of chromes( gently stretching up, not hard like this expert village idiot) would this cause the outer flat winding to open up. I noticed that the chromes on my 5er aren't as smooth as on my tele 4, but I assumed that it was because of the tele being 32" and the jazz at 34". I never stretched the tele. Or even set witness points.


Edit: And no, I'm not going to do this in the future. When it was suggested to me by my tech, I took it as proper.
 
#7
Ewo said:
Whelp, that surely ain't the way I do it!

Best I can figure it, the slippage of a new string comes from the wraps tightening around the tuning post and the strings (especially the bigger ones) conforming to the break angle over the nut and bridge saddles. So I just take care, when I'm winding the new string on the tuner, to push the wraps down so they're nice and neat when the string comes up to pitch. (The wraps lie next to each other with no spaces between them.) And I give the bigger strings (B and E) a little help with the break angle by pushing down a little bit on both sides of the contact point.

I play 'em for about ten minutes, retune (they usually don't slip much), and I'm good to go.
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Yeah that and put the strings on a day or so before I have anything live to do.
 
#11
Pimpernel Smith said:
The product manager of Thomasktik-Infeld, USA at Connolly Company, specifically told me that the Austrians advised against doing this as it changes the positions of windings of the strings.
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DR also give instructions not to stretch your strings, just tune it to where it should be and adjust if it adjusts.
 
#16
I've seen this video before.
I never stretch strings. Just leave them on overnight, play them, re tune, repeat...
Now if you have to put a set on right before a gig or something then you may want to stretch them a little, but not by bouncing the bass around like a yoyo.
 
#17
What an idiot. I ALWAYS put my finger on the first fret if i stretch out strings. It looked like he was about to pick the bass up by the strings. If you stretch it out enough number one- could possible ruin the wounding of the string and number 2- slip of the post. Or do just do it lightly. :D
 
#19
:eek: just :eek:
Are you trying to kill your strings before you play them?
:rolleyes: As aggressive as I play pre-stretching the strings seems irrelevant.
But that video is just ugly. I know the strings can take the tension but bending the strings like that is just going to suck the life out of them :scowl:
 
#20
Jensby design said:
:eek: just :eek:

Are you trying to kill your strings before you play them?

:rolleyes: As aggressive as I play pre-stretching the strings seems irrelevant.

But that video is just ugly. I know the strings can take the tension but bending the strings like that is just going to suck the life out of them :scowl:
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Yeah I did this with guitar strings once. Killed the tone. Never again

-I was young:D
 

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