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String Winding

Postby petercreasey » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:30 pm

I was talking about locking tuners at a club yesterday and mentioned that I use a system for my standard tuners that is described on this video.
I am sure that many people have come across it but for those who haven't....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmg6lK8FkY

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Re: String Winding

Postby davec » Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:01 pm

The old ways are definitely the best. I make use of a capo to "hold" the string at the first fret, which frees up my right hand.

Also I'd recommend starting with a bit more slack. This means more turns stack down the post and that increases the break angle over the nut.

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Re: String Winding

Postby abstamaria » Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:32 pm

To estimate the slack for that method, could one just pull the string to the 2nd per afteg the one being wound?

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Re: String Winding

Postby bazmusicman » Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:12 pm

abstamaria wrote:To estimate the slack for that method, could one just pull the string to the 2nd per after the one being wound?

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Yeah, that's how I do it Andy.

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Re: String Winding

Postby roger bayliss » Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:15 pm

I use the two fret method to gauge the amount of slack for windings on the post. Pull string taut, then slide back using two frets at around 7th fret to judge it, bend string in post hole to mark position and wind on.
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