Post by ZacAttack on Dec 4, 2004 16:31:04 GMT -5
I caught this thread on another forum and had to put my 2 cents in. After I did I thought we might want to kick it around a little, so here it is.
Quote:
Originally Posted by hambucker
"Don't take those strings all the way off! - When changing the strings always leave one string with tension. Ernie Ball says you can very easily ruin the neck and your guitar by releasing the string tension without loosening the truss rod. It is a very bad idea to ship the guitar with loose strings or without strings unless you had adjusted the truss rod. The tech I spoke with this about at EB says he has seen guitars where the neck and/or body are badly damaged because of this."
Is this true? I doesn't sound right. I've worked in music shops, shipped them and we always shipped them detuned, enough to support the neck but not tuned to pitch. I have also never heard of taking strings off haming the neck. Maybe if you cut them all at once, but I have changed many a guitar string and never hurt one by removing strings. This guy sounds really biased and misinformed. END QUOTE
Then I wrote...............
About the string thing. I have been told that when re-stringing a bolt on neck guitar, not to re-string it from the big E down, because it can put more tension on one side of the neck than is desired, and could over time do harm. I have a 74 Gibson S-1 Marauder and an Epiphone LP Special II with a bolt on necks. When I re-string them I start with the small e and the go to the big E and work my way in. I used to go from big E down before I heard this and never noticed an problems, but just to be safe I changed the way I re-string all my guitars bolt on or set necks. I have also been told that stringing from the big E down can damage the nut, mess up the intonation and may over time cause you to need a truss rod collar adjustment. Even though I respect the information given to me (by several guitar techs over the 22 years I have been playing) I never put much stock in them being the gosphel. I just thought it made a little since so why not be on the safe side. Feel free to say I have been misinformed or de-bunk this info. Thats why I posted it, I want to hear your opinions and expertese about re-stringing from big E down.
Thanks
Zac
Quote:
Originally Posted by hambucker
"Don't take those strings all the way off! - When changing the strings always leave one string with tension. Ernie Ball says you can very easily ruin the neck and your guitar by releasing the string tension without loosening the truss rod. It is a very bad idea to ship the guitar with loose strings or without strings unless you had adjusted the truss rod. The tech I spoke with this about at EB says he has seen guitars where the neck and/or body are badly damaged because of this."
Is this true? I doesn't sound right. I've worked in music shops, shipped them and we always shipped them detuned, enough to support the neck but not tuned to pitch. I have also never heard of taking strings off haming the neck. Maybe if you cut them all at once, but I have changed many a guitar string and never hurt one by removing strings. This guy sounds really biased and misinformed. END QUOTE
Then I wrote...............
About the string thing. I have been told that when re-stringing a bolt on neck guitar, not to re-string it from the big E down, because it can put more tension on one side of the neck than is desired, and could over time do harm. I have a 74 Gibson S-1 Marauder and an Epiphone LP Special II with a bolt on necks. When I re-string them I start with the small e and the go to the big E and work my way in. I used to go from big E down before I heard this and never noticed an problems, but just to be safe I changed the way I re-string all my guitars bolt on or set necks. I have also been told that stringing from the big E down can damage the nut, mess up the intonation and may over time cause you to need a truss rod collar adjustment. Even though I respect the information given to me (by several guitar techs over the 22 years I have been playing) I never put much stock in them being the gosphel. I just thought it made a little since so why not be on the safe side. Feel free to say I have been misinformed or de-bunk this info. Thats why I posted it, I want to hear your opinions and expertese about re-stringing from big E down.
Thanks
Zac