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My luthier disagrees with stretching strings...
- Thread starter NickInMesa
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i always string up one by one tuning as i go, but i do stretch my strings 1) i bend the string over the saddle when im nearly at tuning tension. 2) when almost in tune i bend over the nut at both ends and 3) when almost in tune i fret the 12th with my right thumb and stretch with my finger so the inherant slack in the windings is reduced.
if im not gigging straight away, i will over tune a half step and leave to settle for about 12 hrs then retune with a tuner.
i have done the pulling the string up off the FB in my time and it does work but yes the life of the string suffers.
if im not gigging straight away, i will over tune a half step and leave to settle for about 12 hrs then retune with a tuner.
i have done the pulling the string up off the FB in my time and it does work but yes the life of the string suffers.
