using full length of your string,not trimming them,is better for it's core, true?

[quadrogong]

I read somewhere that some guys use the entire length of the string, (rather than cutting the extra length off)
..supposedly trimming them messes with the string's core, affecting the strings tone or performance..
I think Bobby Vega mentioned that he did that in an interview somewhere.

what are your opinions? is there any real difference here?
has anyone tried the comparison?

 

[J Posega]

As long as you bend the string 90 degrees and then cut the excess after that, you'll be fine. Making a difference in tone is a ridiculous thought... all it does it stress the tuning gears if you wind it all on, or put your eyeballs at risk if you don't wind it on.

 

[mmbongo]

The only thing not cutting your strings accomplishes is making you look like a fool who can't even properly install a string.

 

[phmike]

Spending time playing will improve tone a lot more than spending time reading such nonsense.

 

[Toptube]

most strings for 34 scale come so long, you would run out of post before you finished winding.

 

[boynamedsuse]

Although technically true, not every string will be the right length out of the package. If the string is too long, it needs to be reduced. As TheEmptyCell mentioned, just bend the string 90 degrees (or so) to minimize the chance of the core slipping within the windings. Then cut the string to the length you need (past the bend so the bend is still on the string) and you should be just fine.

 

[BWB]

I've just wound them in a circle and left them in the top of the headstock. I don't give a **** how it looks, I'm not cutting them.

 

[iiipopes]

I've just wound them in a circle and left them in the top of the headstock. I don't give a **** how it looks, I'm not cutting them.

Remind me to not stand to your left if we ever jam together.

 

[boynamedsuse]

Just wear some goggles.




And a long sleeved shirt.




Having some bandages in your gig bag wouldn't hurt either.

 

[BassNeo]

When left on they do serve as a disciplinary tool for guitards that attempt extended soloing, particularly when they are flailed at the inside of the picking arm just above the elbow.

Or I just do this:

 

[J Posega]

I've just wound them in a circle and left them in the top of the headstock. I don't give a **** how it looks, I'm not cutting them.

It takes longer to wind than cut. Why?

 

[f.c.geil]

I think he's saying that he wraps the right amount on the post, but leaves the excess sticking out, not that he winds it all on the post. I've seen a lot of guitards do this, for the very reason mentioned by the OP.

 

[u84six]

They way I have been doing it for years is cut it about 4-5 inches past the peg (doesn't have to be very precise), then put the end of the string in the hole of the peg, bend the string down so that it's flush with the headstock (first crimp), then bend it around the peg in the opposite direction of how it will be wound (second crimp). Then I use a tuning peg tool to quickly wind it up. Rinse and repeat for each remaining string. Tune up (I use a headstock tuner so that I don't have to carry around a pedal). I'll be playing in less than 5 minutes.

 

[awilkie84]

I think he's saying that he wraps the right amount on the post, but leaves the excess sticking out, not that he winds it all on the post. I've seen a lot of guitards do this, for the very reason mentioned by the OP.

How does one do this with an open-top Kahler-type tuner that comes standard on most basses? I've tried winding like this & the string just pops right off the top of the post.

 

[f.c.geil]

If I remember what I've seen, it looks like you wrap three-four windings by hand around the bottom of the post, then slip the bitter end between the top two windings, through the slot, then tighten.

 

[Azure Skies]

If cutting the core changes the tone, then the manufacturer has already ruined the tone for you. They don't mold these from molten steel, they are cut to length. Cutting another 5 inches changes nothing.

 

[darkstorm]

The idea makes no sense at all. The excess string core isnt even part of the sound making part of the string on the instrument.

 

[scottfeldstein]

They way I have been doing it for years is cut it about 4-5 inches past the peg (doesn't have to be very precise), then put the end of the string in the hole of the peg, bend the string down so that it's flush with the headstock (first crimp), then bend it around the peg in the opposite direction of how it will be wound (second crimp). Then I use a tuning peg tool to quickly wind it up.

This exactly ^

 

[Epitaph04]

It takes longer to wind than cut. Why?

Because it hurts them. Strings are people too!!!

 

[SoVeryTired]

If cutting the core changes the tone, then the manufacturer has already ruined the tone for you. They don't mold these from molten steel, they are cut to length. Cutting another 5 inches changes nothing.

This.