strummer
Enormous Member
This probably belongs in the string section, but there are so few people there, and this only applies to basses anyway. If you moderators want to move it, fine.
I have thought about doing this for a long time, and now that I have I present to you Restring 101, my way of putting strings on a EBMM bass. Feel free to comment, suggest and critisize, and hopefully we'll have a real good guide in no time.
The guide will appear on my website, when and if I get around to actually making one
Strings are changed one at a time to avoid excessive stress on the neck. (The neck will bow backwards when a string is loosened, and removing all strings at the same time removes a lot of forward pull on the neck, which means that the neck will move a lot. And that isn’t too good.)
1
Release tension on the string to be changed.
2
(Optional) Cut off string right before it meets the tuning post. This step is not necessary, but it is much easier to remove the string without damaging the finish on the bass if you don’t have to get the tangled part through the hole in the bridge.
JB1 suggestion, soon to be photographed:
(Optional) Cut off string right before it goes over the saddle. This step is not necessary, but it is much easier to remove the string without damaging the finish on the bass if you don’t have to get the whole string through the hole in the bridge.
3
Slide the string through the bridge hole, and be careful not to damage the finish.
4
(Optional, only necessary when changing gauges) Check that the new string seats properly into the nut. Ideally the string will make contact with the nut for most of the bottom half of the string, and if the string cannot make contact with the bottom of the nut slot you need to widen the slot. In extreme cases, when going from real heavy to real light, a new nut might have to be cut because the nut slots are so wide that the strings can move sideways. In that case, send the bass to Jongitarz.
5
(Optional, but never a bad idea) Put some kind of lubricant into the nut slot so that the string won’t stick in the slot. Very important on instruments with d-tuner. I like a pencil (B2 is good)because it’s cheap and handy. Others might use graphite powder or something.
6
Whip out a pack of your favourite EB strings!
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I have thought about doing this for a long time, and now that I have I present to you Restring 101, my way of putting strings on a EBMM bass. Feel free to comment, suggest and critisize, and hopefully we'll have a real good guide in no time.
The guide will appear on my website, when and if I get around to actually making one
Strings are changed one at a time to avoid excessive stress on the neck. (The neck will bow backwards when a string is loosened, and removing all strings at the same time removes a lot of forward pull on the neck, which means that the neck will move a lot. And that isn’t too good.)
1
Release tension on the string to be changed.
2
(Optional) Cut off string right before it meets the tuning post. This step is not necessary, but it is much easier to remove the string without damaging the finish on the bass if you don’t have to get the tangled part through the hole in the bridge.
JB1 suggestion, soon to be photographed:
(Optional) Cut off string right before it goes over the saddle. This step is not necessary, but it is much easier to remove the string without damaging the finish on the bass if you don’t have to get the whole string through the hole in the bridge.
3
Slide the string through the bridge hole, and be careful not to damage the finish.
4
(Optional, only necessary when changing gauges) Check that the new string seats properly into the nut. Ideally the string will make contact with the nut for most of the bottom half of the string, and if the string cannot make contact with the bottom of the nut slot you need to widen the slot. In extreme cases, when going from real heavy to real light, a new nut might have to be cut because the nut slots are so wide that the strings can move sideways. In that case, send the bass to Jongitarz.
5
(Optional, but never a bad idea) Put some kind of lubricant into the nut slot so that the string won’t stick in the slot. Very important on instruments with d-tuner. I like a pencil (B2 is good)because it’s cheap and handy. Others might use graphite powder or something.
6
Whip out a pack of your favourite EB strings!
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