| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] String changing (was:Is Bluegrass the new Jazz) | | Date: | Saturday, March 24, 2007 16:59:49 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Hey Dick,
I think the Planet Waves tuners I've got on "Blackie" set me back around $40
bucks. The thing I don't care for is they are BLACK....and on "Blackie's peg
head....well it's DARK in there!!! I completely agree with you on anything
heavier than the 4th string having excessive turns around the post. That "fancy
schmantzy" Planet Waves knurled CLAMP thingy, works really great, (as does the
"Martin knot.") For those who read this that aren't familiar with the
tuners I currently have on "Blackie", you loosen this knurled knob on the bottom
of the tuner, that has a shaft that runs up thru the tuning machine's shaft, you
slip the string thru the hole, you tighten the knurled knob and actually lock the
string in the tuner's shaft, and then when you start to tune to pitch, there's a
tiny cutter that trims the string for you.
ANYTHING is easier (and cheaper), and quicker than changing strings on a PSG
tho......first of all, my Emmons had TWENTY strings.....so I'm ahead of the game,
right there, O;-)
Richie
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Richard DeNeve <richard_d13132@yahoo.com>
> It ain't good for the tuning peg for it to have a gob
> of string wrapped around it. The skinny strings can
> probably have 6-8 turns wrapped around the peg, but
> the fat strings build up in diameter around the peg
> pretty fast, and make the gears work a lot harder.
> The "Martin knot" eliminates most of this. I can
> change strings with standard tuning pegs in about 10
> minutes. Probably these fantzy-schmantzy "lay it in
> the slot and clip the end" tuners are faster, but they
> also are around $80 or more a set.
>
> Dick DeNeve
>
>
> --- Tom Foote wrote:
> > now that I think
> > about it.. I'll have to ask Howard if it
> > was Chet ) anyway, whoever it was wound the
> > string on the
> > tuning pegs of the reso first.. i.e.,
> > put about 2 turns on the tuning peg then
> > fitted the ball end
> > in the whole in the tailpiece as the second
> > step..and then wound the string up to pitch.
> > I've never seen
> > that one before.. seemed to work okay and
> > was a lot faster than the way I do it.
> > Anybody out there do
> > that?
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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