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Warg Master
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Here's how I do it:
Tune to pitch. Use thumb and forefinger, grab the string at the 12th fret, pull string away from neck smoothly a few times. re-tune, intonate, GO!
Repeat as needed. Pretty simple.
Tune to pitch. Use thumb and forefinger, grab the string at the 12th fret, pull string away from neck smoothly a few times. re-tune, intonate, GO!
Repeat as needed. Pretty simple.
brentrocks
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another way that has always worked good for me is to put your new string on and tune to pitch, like Warg said, then what i do is just do some deep bends at the 12th fret, retune, repeat...after 2 or 3 times it usually stays in tune.
roburado
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I go a few steps further. Tune to pitch. Then, I'll do two things.
Method 1:
I'll bend the string in several places up and down the neck. Maybe, I'll do it at the 3rd fret, 5th fret, 7th fret, 10th fret, 12th fret, all the way up. No specific reasoning behind where I select to bend. Just keep bending and bending. I don't know if it's more efficient, but my reasoning is this: I figure that it's easier to bend the string in the middle of its length. Therefore, you're not actually applying as much tension to the string, and you'll have to do more bends. Also, it seems to make sense that if you bend the string only in the middle, you only maximize the stretch at that place where you bend it. So, I figure, stretch the string out everywhere. I don't know if it's true, but it seems to make sense.
Method 2:
This is used both over the fretboard and over the parts of the string that aren't over the fretboard. I'll take my forefinger and thumb and place them, let's say about 2 inches from one another on the string. Then, I'll push with the thumb and pull with the forefinger and stretch the string that way. Again, I do this all the way up and down the length of the string. Or sometimes, I'll pull with all four fingers and push with the thumb in opposition. Depends how weak or strong I feel.
Method 1:
I'll bend the string in several places up and down the neck. Maybe, I'll do it at the 3rd fret, 5th fret, 7th fret, 10th fret, 12th fret, all the way up. No specific reasoning behind where I select to bend. Just keep bending and bending. I don't know if it's more efficient, but my reasoning is this: I figure that it's easier to bend the string in the middle of its length. Therefore, you're not actually applying as much tension to the string, and you'll have to do more bends. Also, it seems to make sense that if you bend the string only in the middle, you only maximize the stretch at that place where you bend it. So, I figure, stretch the string out everywhere. I don't know if it's true, but it seems to make sense.
Method 2:
This is used both over the fretboard and over the parts of the string that aren't over the fretboard. I'll take my forefinger and thumb and place them, let's say about 2 inches from one another on the string. Then, I'll push with the thumb and pull with the forefinger and stretch the string that way. Again, I do this all the way up and down the length of the string. Or sometimes, I'll pull with all four fingers and push with the thumb in opposition. Depends how weak or strong I feel.
Lefty_SS
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Method 2:
This is used both over the fretboard and over the parts of the string that aren't over the fretboard. I'll take my forefinger and thumb and place them, let's say about 2 inches from one another on the string. Then, I'll push with the thumb and pull with the forefinger and stretch the string that way. Again, I do this all the way up and down the length of the string. Or sometimes, I'll pull with all four fingers and push with the thumb in opposition. Depends how weak or strong I feel.
this is exactly what i do when streching my strings. i find it works the best but in the end you just want to allow your strings to adjust to being at a new tension going from a lose state into being in tune is a straining. all the other suggestions work just as well.
one time i got lazy and didnt strech the strings and i pulled a huge bend at me 12th fret 3rd string and it poped and went down about 2 octaves. not cool!
Lefty_SS
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Method 2:
This is used both over the fretboard and over the parts of the string that aren't over the fretboard. I'll take my forefinger and thumb and place them, let's say about 2 inches from one another on the string. Then, I'll push with the thumb and pull with the forefinger and stretch the string that way. Again, I do this all the way up and down the length of the string. Or sometimes, I'll pull with all four fingers and push with the thumb in opposition. Depends how weak or strong I feel.
this is exactly what i do when streching my strings. i find it works the best but in the end you just want to allow your strings to adjust to being at a new tension. all the other suggestions work just as well.
one time i got lazy and didnt strech the strings and i pulled a huge bend at\12th fret 3rd string and it poped and went down about 2 octaves. not cool!
I do all three...after replacing them, I use a cloth wrapped around the string and pull the string outward an inch or so from the fretboard while running the cloth up and down the entire string length. I usually have my left hand over the nut so i dont accidentally displace the string. Then immediately re-tune.
After this is done about three times per string, I then do large bending up and down the entire fingerboard, re-tuning as needed.
Last, if I still have a slipping string, I will then just use my finger tip and grab the string pulling outwards around the 12th fret.
The most important thing is to remember to constantly re-tune and it also helps if the gtr is in the playing position while you do all this. I will also frequently check the intonation and adjust it during the process if needed.
Sometimes I will also use the tremolo to tweak them out a bit.
Anyway, by the time Im done, I usually have NO tuning issues until its time for new strings again.
After this is done about three times per string, I then do large bending up and down the entire fingerboard, re-tuning as needed.
Last, if I still have a slipping string, I will then just use my finger tip and grab the string pulling outwards around the 12th fret.
The most important thing is to remember to constantly re-tune and it also helps if the gtr is in the playing position while you do all this. I will also frequently check the intonation and adjust it during the process if needed.
Sometimes I will also use the tremolo to tweak them out a bit.
Anyway, by the time Im done, I usually have NO tuning issues until its time for new strings again.
Norrin Radd
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This is what I do (and I suggest you do it as well ):
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jaxadam
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I grab the string, pull it up, and yank on it like absolute crazy, ellipses, a few inches up, down, left right, you name if, for a while, and then... viola! I have a guitar that will stay in tune!
