Where you do stand on wrapping strings with locking tuners?

[Securb]

Don't you know? Nylon Strings should be tied with a fisherman's not on acoustic machine heads.

I was referring to tying the stings on the bridge. But yes, it is even more disturbing when people knot the string on the headstock pegs. There is an art to tying on nylon strings properly.

 

[Erlend_G]

If you want to cringe, look at how some people tie on nylon strings. I have seen sailor's knots and things akin to shoelace knots on the bridges.

well, shoelace knots... atleast they're easy to undo/change =)

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[Mincer]

I was referring to tying the stings on the bridge. But yes, it is even more disturbing when people knot the string on the headstock pegs. There is an art to tying on nylon strings properly.

^ This is the way I do it. I also wrap the traditional way on a nylon string headstock. BTW, that is something that needs an update, tradition be damned. Put an engineer who isn't a guitarist on it, and we'll get a better design.

 

[Securb]

Ball end nylon strings are available, addressing half the problem, but I still buy tie-ons. I find it somewhat cathartic braiding them onto the bridge.

 

[ErikH]

I think the last time I strung up a nylon acoustic was when I worked at a shop in Northern California. That's where I learned how to tie them at the bridge like that and also tying them right at the tuner. Doubt I could do it correctly now. That was almost 30 years ago.

 

[Blille]

I line up the tuner holes so the string goes straight through, pull it taught, lock it, tune to pitch. Stretch the string with a couple tugs and tune to pitch again. I do not wrap with locking tuners.

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[NegativeEase]

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NO, This is NOT the way. I have Spoken!

 

[beaubrummels]

^ This is the way I do it. I also wrap the traditional way on a nylon string headstock. BTW, that is something that needs an update, tradition be damned. Put an engineer who isn't a guitarist on it, and we'll get a better design.

Need a tuner that knots and wraps and locks itself. Robot tuners? Oh yeah.... carry on.

 

[Blille]

NO, This is NOT the way. I have Spoken!

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[Mincer]

Need a tuner that knots and wraps and locks itself. Robot tuners? Oh yeah.... carry on.

I think we have to get out of 'guitar thinking' and 'tradition' to solve this issue.

 

[Demanic]

I think we have to get out of 'guitar thinking' and 'tradition' to solve this issue.

Try to convince the majority of guitarists that.

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[Mincer]

Try to convince the majority of guitarists that.

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It only has to work for me.

 

[NegativeEase]

I think we have to get out of 'guitar thinking' and 'tradition' to solve this issue.

NO -Join the dark side!

 

[GuitarStv]

I, for one, think that those newfangled nylon strings were a step too far and we should go back to using cat gut.

 

[Mincer]

NO -Join the dark side!

Never! Challenge tradition!

 

[NegativeEase]

Never! Challenge tradition!

The Dark Side offers experience, structure, stability, cool toys and a killer 401k and Dental plan

 

[Mincer]

Live on the edge. Innovation is the key to better experience, structure, and stability.

 

[weepingminotaur]

"We've always done it this way" is usually a poor justification for anything, on its own.

 

[Mincer]

"We've always done it this way" is usually a poor justification for anything, on its own.

I agree, but the world of guitar is full of that kind of thinking.

 

[weepingminotaur]

I agree, but the world of guitar is full of that kind of thinking.

Yep. If no one had challenged convention, we'd never have gotten humbuckers, or any other feature that is now standard on guitars.