Re: String Breakage!
Originally Posted by
Mandobart
IMHO and experience, this method of string winding leads DIRECTLY to breakage at the post. You're putting the string thru the hole and immediately putting a sharp bend in it. Asking for it to break. I've always used the "old school" method that I learned when starting guitar about 35 years ago. For the wound strings (G & D) wrap the string around the post 3 times then pass through the hole, then tighten and cut off the excess. For the plain steel strings, (A & E) wrap 5 times before passing through the hole. The sharp bend is under no tension at all since the wraps take up the tension. Even if you have a bur on the post it will not cause a break with this method.
I have been playing and changing my own strings for fifty years on guitar and ten on mandolin and I do it the way the OP does it and never break strings at the post. Your method, while working for you, is way too much work for me, and this is the first time I have ever heard of doing it this way. I am convinced the OP has a different problem. I never wrap any of my strings around the post five times. Four is the maximum for the plain strings, wound strings get 2 to 3 winds. All after the string is through the hole. I agree with Bertram, that removing the string can be somewhat of an ordeal.
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