| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Strings Keep Slipping | | Date: | Friday, January 19, 2007 15:00:20 (-0600) | | From: | Wayne Langdon <wlangdon @......com>
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| In reply to: | Message 5728 (written by tower.op) |
Glad it worked for you.....
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: <tower.op@verizon.net>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Strings Keep Slipping
>I put two new strings on, using the suggested method of wrapping the free
>end around the working part of the string, then catching it underneath.
>
> This seems to be holding very well -- no slippage at all. I have close
> clearance to the end of the peghead slot, but got everything to go where I
> wanted it.
>
> Thanks very much for all the suggestions.
>
> Steve Bartlett
>
> David Tanner wrote:
>>
>> > Steve - Those old slot heads can be a pain but have you tried
>> > bending the string at a right angle on both sides of the peg hole
>> > (makes the string Z-shaped with the ends of the "Z" on either side
>> > of the hole)? Doing that makes the string have to pull the "kink"
>> > through the hole if it wants to slip. That coupled with Wayne's
>> > suggestion of cinching the string so it catches itself might do the
>> > trick. Used to have a prewar 14 fret slot head that did the same
>> > thing. - Dave
>>
>
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