Tattooed
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I love my stingray but these keys suck. Is there a trick to getting the strings to wrap around the posts without crossing over itself. The string goes straight to the bottom. 
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How do you wrap the strings on these posts?
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Rod Trussbroken
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Hold the string up in position as you wind with the other hand.
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prickly_pete
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Tattooed said:I love my stingray but these keys suck. Is there a trick to getting the strings to wrap around the posts without crossing over itself. The string goes straight to the bottom.
The tapered posts are by design and do not suck. When the string is wound properly, the last winding is forced down to provide the proper brake across the nut.
Rod Trussbroken
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IMO the machine heads are another fine example of getting the Bass design right 
But in fairness....I know what you mean...you'll get the hang of it.
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But in fairness....I know what you mean...you'll get the hang of it.
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Tattooed
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I guess I'll get used to them eventually.
skabassist13
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wait, wait, wait. are the posts tapered downward? i mean are they wider at the top than at the bottom?
Tattooed
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skabassist13 said:
Yep, tapered so it sucks the string straight down and tries to wrap itself at the bottom. The poles aren't tapered on my other basses. It just takes twice as long to string this one.
bovinehost
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The tapered posts are, as someone said, another one of those things that EB got right. Yes, they force the string wraps down the post, increasing the break angle over the nut and removing the need for any sort of string tree.
The first few times you change strings, they can be a new challenge, but once you do it a couple thousand times, no big deal at all.
The first few times you change strings, they can be a new challenge, but once you do it a couple thousand times, no big deal at all.
Stingraymund
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Winding Strings
I strongly recommend having excess string at the end for about 3 or so windings (4 on the G string), and when you insert the end of the string into the barrel, make the first two windings manually with your hand, then tug on the other end to create tension as you wind the key.
if it starts to wrap above the coil, and there's still room on the tuning post, loosen the string to relax the tension then fix the winding with your fingers. Sometimes, loosening it will make the winding fix itself! Then when it's fixed, tighten again.
If you have at least 3 windings around the tuning post, it also ensures you have a good amount of tension in the headstock, and that helps your bass stay more in tune and minimizes the chance of fret buzz.
I strongly recommend having excess string at the end for about 3 or so windings (4 on the G string), and when you insert the end of the string into the barrel, make the first two windings manually with your hand, then tug on the other end to create tension as you wind the key.
if it starts to wrap above the coil, and there's still room on the tuning post, loosen the string to relax the tension then fix the winding with your fingers. Sometimes, loosening it will make the winding fix itself! Then when it's fixed, tighten again.
If you have at least 3 windings around the tuning post, it also ensures you have a good amount of tension in the headstock, and that helps your bass stay more in tune and minimizes the chance of fret buzz.
Tattooed
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Just to clarify, I know how to string a bass. I know the string is supposed to be wraped to the bottom of the post. I know how many times to wrap it. The post was to see if there was some kind of trick to string these tapered posts since all my other basses don't have tapered posts and take about 5 minuets to string insted of 20 that I spent string my stingray. I love the SR but hate the posts and I'm sure I'll get used to stringing it. Thanks for the replies. Cheers.
Aussie Mark
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Use flats, then you never have to worry about changing strings
bovinehost
Administrator
True.
My life has also become simpler, at least at the String Change Level, since I stopped buying, selling and trading basses like....well, like armybass.
My life has also become simpler, at least at the String Change Level, since I stopped buying, selling and trading basses like....well, like armybass.
barkatozz
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Buy a peg winder. They make 'em for the bass.
Aussie Mark said:Use flats, then you never have to worry about changing strings
As of about a week ago, my SR has had a set of Labella Deep Talking flats (.045s) on it. I'm reserving judgement on whether I'll keep them until I get a chance to gig them (not till next month), but I'm liking them so far...
Morrow
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Those tapered posts are just one of the little things that show the thought behind the design. Me like-um
