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Location: ky | the golden rule as everyone knows is to remove and replace your strings one at a time. but what if you are adjusting string height and you have to take all of them of at once. any suggestions? |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Not a problem with O's. The last time we kicked this around, many of us took all our strings off every time we change, myself included. I usually clean the fretboard and that "hard to reach area" between the sound hole and the bridge. 2 or 3 time /year I use some lemon oil on the fretboard. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | take them all off. |
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Location: NJ | one at a time |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | First the E and then the A and D and G and B and finally the E. Then put back the E and A, you get the jist of it I think. |
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Location: ky | thanks all, honstly i always took them all of at once to clean, but since i got into ovations, i wanted to be sure. once you finally get a guitar you really like you want to take the best of care. merry christmas, doug |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Al just SELLS gear for a living. He really doesn't know much about it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The only way to clean the fretboard is to take them all off. |
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Location: North Idaho | Gibson LPs actually have a removeable tailpiece expressly designed so you change all strings at once--the easy way. I do try to release the tension uniformily across all strings. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I've always wanted to just use a pair of wire cutters and just start cutting, one at a time. |
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Location: New Orleans | I came across a workshop where the tech did just that. After loosening them, he cut each string at the halfway mark with pliers and changed them one by one. I tried it, it was quick and I liked not having to pull each string all the way back through the bridge. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Makes a really cool sound when you do that, really should try to capture it on a synth someday and write it into something........
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Location: USA | I use clippers all the time. Didnt know that was not a widely known method...son of a gun...I should have put a patent on that... :)
anyway the biggest reason for changing one string at a time is for neck stress.
Opinions vary...I change them all at once. I just tigheten them all up when they're all on.
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Location: New Orleans | The only time I remove all of the strings at once is when I'm ready to condition the fret board. Otherwise, I'm in the habit of changing them one at a time to prevent dramatic changes in the tension on the neck. Maybe it's because when I was younger and just beginning to play, I had guitars with less quality necks...these killer Ovation necks are probably just fine with any way you change the strings!
Ovation Rules! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'm still studying the Planet Waves auto-trim locking tuners, They seem to be working out. However, as for taking the strings off, I just lossen them all up a couple of turns, and then clip them in the middle. Pull 'em out of their holes.
Never had a problem with taking them all at a time. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'm still studying the Planet Waves auto-trim locking tuners, They seem to be working out. However, as for taking the strings off, I just lossen them all up a couple of turns, and then clip them in the middle. Pull 'em out of their holes.
Never had a problem with taking them all at a time. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I take them all off.
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Location: ky | well. another confession, i cut my strings of too, after loosing them a few turns,i thought i was being lazy, i guess you learn something new every day. ha. ha. later everybody, doug |
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Location: Norman, OK | I've found cutting the strings helps eliminate the finish scratches you can get when you pull the curly-Q out through the holes. Plus taking them all off gives a good opportunity to clean and dress the fretboard.
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