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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Jeff,
I must be living right as I did what you and others suggested, just used the same technique I use on the 2080, only sideways. The locking method worked fine. My only real concern was the closeness of the string to the TRC, but I will see if I can do something about that different the next time.
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
why not just have someone else do it? Ooh!! Oooh!! Me!! Me!!
It'll probably take me a few days, but I'll gladly re-string anybody's #47, OFC, or 2008C. I *might* even be talked into restringing an original slothead, with one stipulation: NO COATED STRINGS!!!
All of this for free to my beloved OFC brethren.
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
why not just have someone else do it? Ooh!! Oooh!! Me!! Me!!
It'll probably take me a few days, but I'll gladly re-string anybody's #47, OFC, or 2008C. I *might* even be talked into restringing an original slothead, with one stipulation: NO COATED STRINGS!!!
All of this for free to my beloved OFC brethren.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Damn that's big. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | What's the TRC? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Truss Rod Cover |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Jeff - thanks! I just tried your method on #47 and it worked like a charm! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | What -ever works...
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Isn't it handy this thread resurfaced before I had to do a search for it. The O8C is about due for it's first ever string change in time for BrissieJam08 |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | What are you going to use Richard?
AJ |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by JeffreyD:
My only real concern was the closeness of the string to the TRC 'Lock' to the inside and wrap extra to the outside. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by AussieJames:
What are you going to use Richard?
AJ Adamas Silk & Steels. They enhanced the sound on the W597, so I'm hoping they do a good job on the 08C. They better, I bought a stack of them. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | I just finished my second change. Better than the first, but still some room for improvement. This time I didn't clip the string short enough and put a scratch on the inside of the slot as it went around during winding.
Got all of them to clear the TRC except the D, and it slightly touched, mostly because I didn't get enough wraps to move it further outboard.
NEXT TIME.....maybe I will have it down. We shall see. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I just did mine. The new strings sound very nice. Took the opportunity to remove the shim (only one in there). The starting action was 7/64". Taking the shim out got that down to 6/64", so I gave the truss rod a little tweak and will measure it again tomorrow. The saddle was very tight so I had to take out the preamp and box and wriggle my hand inside so I could push it out. Lucky my hands aren't any fatter.
This stringing method doesn't leave much to be wrapped, hope nothing slips:
Annoyingly you have to back of the D & G strings to get the TRC off, so it will stay off until I'm happy with the action. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | ..this must be the huge picture thread of the week. :D
BTW, I've strung a few slot heads ;) and if you just put the string through the hole and wind it to the outside at least 2 wraps, (not overlapping) It won't slip. At least it works fine for me. The angle of the string to the nut will keep pressure against the end of the string to keep it from slipping back through the hole. Very simple and effective, plus it looks nice. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | It's kind of a tradition on this thread to have a big picture.
Just check the previous page. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I feel so inadequate now...
You guys are really making a big deal out of nothing, I'm proud of you!
Are Slotheads better? No, just cooler. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by MWoody:
You guys are really making a big deal out of nothing But we do it so well. It's in our DNA 'stings'! :D |
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Stringing a Slothead
