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Location: Michigan | I finally broke down & detailed and restrung my 1598-MERB. It took me all of two hours and a huge whiskey and water to complete the mission.
Is it only me or does the 12 string always seem to be the guitar that gets the strings changed the least out of all of your guitars?
I seem to agonize for weeks over restringing mine.
When it comes to my other guitars I don't have any issues changing six strings.
One good thing is I went to the Elixer website and downloaded how to restring a guitar the right way and make it look professional.GWB |
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Location: Rocky River, Ohio | I know what you mean...I just got around to change the strings on my 6756lx yesterday.
The strings were absolutlely dead sitting all those months at the Guitar Center.
For me, it's winding the strings. I don't like to use string winders (especially on small tuning machines) because they can scuff the tuners. So all that hand twisting for the thin gauge steel strings can be a pain.
I recently modded a string winder with some soft rubber foam to keep the winder secure. This makes the task much easier.
what a difference a new set of strings does for you, especially on a 12. |
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Location: SoCal | I always use coated strings on the 12, for long life. And if you think it's a long task changing strings on a solid headstock 12, try it on a sloted headstock 12. Man, it's a full hour job (about 10 minutes on a solid headstock 6). |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | Try 18 strings on a doubleneck!
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Location: Michigan | That sounds painfull. GWB |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | That's why I love those Planet Waves tuners. You just run the string up into the tuner hole, hold the string taught and twist. It even cuts the excess string. I'd say less than 30 seconds a string.
Of course, this wouldn't help on a 12 string slotted headstock. I feel your agony. |
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| I just let one friend or another borrow one at string-changing time... with a new set of strings in the case, I let them know the old ones are dead and if they don't mind...
helps them appreciate the guitar more.. from the experience
slothead 12s are a bear, I agree.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I bought a bunch of .009 strings for high-G and high-E breakage.
I will just wait until I break one of the fatter strings for inspiration to change them all! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Now that you mention it, I changed the strings on the 1115 when I got it (about 8 months ago) and havn't done it since. I put elixers on it so I figured it should last forever. I have loostened them two times now to do other work on it such as bridge sadddle replacement, but haven't changed them yet. Maybe I should consider it... but now that I think about it...(slothead 12)... maybe I'll just let it ride for a while. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's been years. I just realized I have a set of 12 strings that my daughter got me for Christmas--a year ago! I sold my Applause 12 and got a Balladeer. I decided the strings on the Balladeer weren't too bad. I don't play the 12 much, so they last a long time, but mostly I'm just too lazy. |
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WASH ,POLISH,OIL & RESTRING ON MY 12 STRING
