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stratguy740
Post subject: restringing help
PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:09 pm
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Im replacing my strings and im in the process of taking the g string off but i cannot get it to go through the hole, any tips?

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Do you mean the ball end of the string is stuck in the trem block? Then just use a low E string or an allen wrench or some other thin and rigid item to poke it though. It happens all the time.

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Post subject: Re: restringing help
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stratguy740 wrote:
Im replacing my strings and im in the process of taking the g string off but i cannot get it to go through the hole, any tips?


Are you using the right hole or running it through a tremolo spring hole? Also, is the string used or bent already?

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Check and see like Metropolis said if there is a broken ball end in there, or if the holes are not lined and you do not have enough of the hole showing you just have to push down on the trem a bit and the hole will line up.
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Post subject: Re: restringing help
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stratguy740 wrote:
Im replacing my strings and im in the process of taking the g string off but i cannot get it to go through the hole, any tips?

I run into this problem occasionally with my guitar....oh wait, nope, I was wrong this is a problem I have with my wife, not my guitar. Sorry 8)

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Now,that was a good one.

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markara wrote:
stratguy740 wrote:
Im replacing my strings and im in the process of taking the g string off but i cannot get it to go through the hole, any tips?

I run into this problem occasionally with my guitar....oh wait, nope, I was wrong this is a problem I have with my wife, not my guitar. Sorry 8)

Probably still a good idea to make sure you didn't break off a ball in there though.

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Post subject: Re: restringing help
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Twelvebar wrote:
markara wrote:
stratguy740 wrote:
Im replacing my strings and im in the process of taking the g string off but i cannot get it to go through the hole, any tips?

I run into this problem occasionally with my guitar....oh wait, nope, I was wrong this is a problem I have with my wife, not my guitar. Sorry 8)

Probably still a good idea to make sure you didn't break off a ball in there though.


Thanks mate - I just spat coffee all over my keyboard laughing... :oops:
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Twelvebar wrote:
markara wrote:
stratguy740 wrote:
Im replacing my strings and im in the process of taking the g string off but i cannot get it to go through the hole, any tips?

I run into this problem occasionally with my guitar....oh wait, nope, I was wrong this is a problem I have with my wife, not my guitar. Sorry 8)

Probably still a good idea to make sure you didn't break off a ball in there though.


Yea thats a problem too. I just take my thicker tool and punch it in the hole from front to back until the busted ball falls out the back end.

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