Quick string changes is certainly a perk, but pretty sure the main function is eliminating winds around the post eliminates string slippage resulting in greater tuning stability. Of course, if you properly wind your strings on a non-locking tuner this shouldn't be an issue.afaik, locking tuners are not necessarily better for tuning stability than a good set of non-locking tuners. The locking aspect is related to being able to quickly change strings (no need to wind / unwind many times). Anyway, on my SG which tends to bind at the nut (due to the string re-direction inherent in Gibson design imo), I use nut sauce as well as a string butler which, between the two of those, solves the issue.
This... Removing the option for string slippage.Quick string changes is certainly a perk, but pretty sure the main function is eliminating winds around the post eliminates string slippage resulting in greater tuning stability. Of course, if you properly wind your strings on a non-locking tuner this shouldn't be an issue.
How old are the strings?I have a stock Epiphine SG Pro, and it goes out of tune while playing a bit. Could it be the tuning pegs? Should I replace them with locking ones?
Get one of these:
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Where did it break? You may have overdone it?I vote against using a string stretcher. I just bought one and used it on my last string change. Sure, it makes the job faster, but I broke a B string pretty soon after using it, (I don't break strings until they've been on the guitar so long they start having overtones) and I was careful to not go crazy with the tool. But worse than that, the broken string had all these 'bumps' along its length, caused by the stretcher. I'm going back to using my fingers.
It was somewhere in the middle.Where did it break?
Maybe so, but think about it: The surface area of the part of the tool that mates with the string is quite small, so unless you're only pulling on it very gently, it's gonna stress the string at every point along its length where you make contact with the string. So imo, if you're gonna 'baby' it, so as to not stress the string at various points, may as well use your fingers.You may have overdone it?
I'm not sure about simply taking the recommendation of a pro tech, when it comes to what they do with strings, because all they have to do is get what, 20 minutes of use out of a new set of strings, due to guitar changes during a show, and the fact they put new strings on after each show?I never have "bumps" and the device was recommended by a very reputable tech for a touring virtuoso. He swears by it.
Which one are you using? I use this one:It was somewhere in the middle.
Maybe so, but think about it: The surface area of the part of the tool that mates with the string is quite small, so unless you're only pulling on it very gently, it's gonna stress the string at every point along its length where you make contact with the string. So imo, if you're gonna 'baby' it, so as to not stress the string at various points, may as well use your fingers.
I'm not sure about simply taking the recommendation of a pro tech, when it comes to what they do with strings, because all they have to do is get what, 20 minutes of use out of a new set of strings, due to guitar changes during a show, and the fact they put new strings on after each show?
Even if it's longer, say every 3 shows, that's still not nearly as much time spent on the guitar as I want my strings to last. My point being, what they're doing I don't think truly translates to how most of the average players deal with strings on a guitar.
But you know, YMMV and all that. Maybe I was too hard on it. But looking at the tool, compared to using my fingers, the pressure on the string is spread out over a much larger portion of each string, when I use my hand.
Amazon product ASIN B08SWKCQD7Which one are you using?
Which one are you using? I use this one:
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I still don't get the "bumps" comment. The one above has two pressure points (one up, one down) so there isn't really a single pinch point.
For sure the use-case I saw was one string set per night, but I've had good experience with this for a few years now.
The source was Thomas Nordegg, Steve Vai's tech at a Vai academy. He shows his process here (about 19 min in)
They are if you have vintage style bushings, if not the conversion bushing looks excellent you would hardly tell. Massively better than any other brand version.I want locking tuners for restringing.
Apparently gotoh sd90 locking tuners arent a direct drop in on a lea paul?