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Post by WickedWishes on Apr 23, 2004 19:25:35 GMT -5
I've been reading up on this topic,....... I haven't decided wether to try it or not,......... I might experiment with it though,........ rut roh,.........  I think I caught HColl's dot disease too,........  (mebbe this will help) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ahhhhhhhhhhhh,--------------dashes---------------- I feel much better-------------------- ;D LMAO (juz messin wit ya'll)-----------*wink* hehehe------------ WickedWishes |
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Post by jamesnz on Apr 24, 2004 18:35:35 GMT -5
I changed the strings on my LP last night
and those of you who want to try this stringing method, but are worried about "slits" in your tailpiece, it does not happen after one stringing.
I actually takes about five or six in a row, so I hear. And they are only seeable up close.
I currently have strung mine back the regular way, to compare, because I have forgotten how it was like.
Good luck
james
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Post by ZacAttack on Apr 26, 2004 12:56:01 GMT -5
zac, that could'nt be further from the truth. People who use the wrap around method use a STANDARD tail peice, and in every case I've seen, absolutely no intentional mod has been made(the strings made small rivets, but that was intended). Check out a pic of Zakk Wylde as his guitars, nothing is changed but hte way the strings pass through the tail peice. Aaron Ok my bad, remember I don't claim to be some kind of an expert,but I have only seen it done in real life twice and both times it was at a pawn shop and both times it was as I discribed(dif tail piece). If Page and the Wylde man do it, did it or whatever they must have seen some use for it, I do not. When I frist saw it done, I thought someone just was mix matching tail pieces or did not know what they were doing. Now I guess they may have been trying to do like Zakk and Jimmy or maybe even go them one better. |
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Post by mandough on Apr 27, 2004 10:36:58 GMT -5
I agree with Steelpriest, in that it will not increase sustain, becaued you're not focusing the string's energy into the stop bar posts, but rather, pulling them in two directions, which will decrease sustain. To demonstrate this, place a guitar headstock very lightly against a wall with the amp off and strike a chord, then press it in a bit harder and the volume will dramaticaly increase.
The only advantage is that you can get your bends off more easily. I think the design of the thing is for the "normal" way of straight through, and since it's been around since 1952, it obviously works.
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Post by tekrek on Apr 27, 2004 18:37:59 GMT -5
Check out this months Guitar World Mag. In it Zakk Wylde's column "Brewtality" he talks about this very thing..Says it mostly helps him from breaking strings...I still havn't tried it yet but I will with my next set of strings!
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Post by wierdsley on May 4, 2004 9:45:18 GMT -5
Hey Guys...I have an LP Jr with the wraparound tailpiece and an LP Classic with the through tailpiece. True they are 2 very different guitars but I must say that I have not been tempted to wrap the strings on the LP Classic. Maybe if I used heavier gauge strings (I use 9s) on it I might be looking for a decrease in tension. I use 10s on the Jr and have no trouble with the tension. The biggest problem I have with the Jr bridge is with intonation since there are only two adjustment screws, one at each end of the bridge, for intonation. I have mentioned this at other forums and am still looking for a way to change the tailpiece without drilling new post holes and filling in the old...any suggestions would be appreciated. Bought a Schaller from StewMac but it did not fit the posts on the Jr and I sent it back. I probably should have filed it out or something to make it work but at the time sending it back seemed to be the thing to do. Anyway, as I said, I will not be changing how I string my Classic tailpiece.
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Post by RB on May 4, 2004 10:02:23 GMT -5
I keep mine normal.... Although I have seen it done.....
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Post by supedupviper on May 4, 2004 18:36:11 GMT -5
I've done it to my LP, and yes the string tension is decreased. I've never broken a string with the strings wrapped around. On my old Special II I've done it about 4 or 5 times, and theres barely any marks on the tailpiece. The only one really there is on the high E string, and you have to really look closely to see it
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