Irritating problem with Fender-style pegheads

Could you clarify what you mean by "I notice that some strings tend to bounce out of the frets." this statement leaves me quite puzzled ...

All the best,

R

 

It's hard to answer your question without seeing exactly what you have. The nut could be notched too shallow or the strings could be improperly wound onto the pegs.

Are there enough turns around the peg to make the string exit from the bottom of the peg? You need 4 or five turns around the G peg and two or three turns around the B and E. Are all the strings under the string tree (retainer) that should be under it?

The string should be buried in the nut notch to the point that a tiny bit less than half the string is above the top of the nut.

Without pix that's all I know to suggest.

 

Whoa brother, what do you have on your plucking hand.... hammers?

A string that bouces out of the nut is something "almost" impossible!

Three or four turns around the post is the "law"! At least on the A and E strings. (sorry for the "bad" pic!)

Happy Holidays

Mo'

 

What Maurillo says. The A has to get at least 3 wrappings around the post, 4 if you can fit it. The E at least 2.

 

One and a half turns is definitely not enough. Hard to come up with any kind of rule of thumb since each string takes a different number of turns because of the differing diameters.
Just put enough turns on so that the lowest turn is as close to the peghead as you can get it without actually touching the peghead and you'll be OK. Don't cut the string untill you get it right so you can adjust the length if you need to.

 

You're welcome.
When the tunes start sounding good, it"s hard not to dig in, huh?

 

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but do you wind your strings from the top-down on the pegs? By doing this, you keep more tension on the nut. This isn't very critical with angled headstocks, but more so with your straight one.

Mag...

 

Mag, I'm sure that somehow I'm overlooking the obvious, but how can you put a string on any other way? I guess that one could somehow put the string in the bottom of the post slot and carry the turns toward the top of the post.

Is that what you mean?

Not being critical, just curious.

 

Yes, that's what I mean. Actually, I think it's easier (or more natural) to wind strings on from the bottom upwards. If you think about it, you cut the string to length, stick the end into the post's hole, bend it at a right-angle in the post, and that usually has the string starting at the bottom of the post's slot. You can lift it up a bit and start winding top to bottom, or bottom upwards.
In this case it seems to me that it is more natural for the string to wind upwards. With an angled headstock, this doesn't really matter all that much because the angle of the headstock is already keeping plenty of string tension across the nut. With the fender-flat headstock, you could experience buzzing in the nut or even a string trying to pop out of the nut, depending on playing style. Of course this is the reason for the string retainers on two strings.
I tend to wind mine top to bottom these days, but I used to always go bottom to top before. Most of the basses I've owned were angled-type, but a couple were Fender-type..

I hoped I explained what I'm trying to say...

Mag...

 

"I hoped I explained what I'm trying to say..."

Yes I can see that you're right- just never thought about it that way. Thanks for the explanation.

I've wound down so long it just seems strange that anyone would put the windings at the top.

 

Yeah, me too. On a non-angled headstock it's the only way to go.

Mag....