The loop on my E string just “unwound” itself so that the string straightened out. Strings are about 2 months old. Is this a common thing or a manufacturing defect?
Loop End “Unwound” Itself
The loop on my E string just “unwound” itself so that the string straightened out. Strings are about 2 months old. Is this a common thing or a manufacturing defect?
Last edited by OneChordTrick; Mar-11-2018 at 12:55pm. Reason: Typo
Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
Happens once in a while, not often with good strings. Two months is time to change any way, that's about the most I get from strings.
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Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
D'Addario offers soldered-twist plain steel strings as singles in ball-end, but I don't know in which sets they appear or if available in loop. If you want to ensure no unraveling you could solder your own. It's never happened to me, but I guess it's not that rare.
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Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
It's happened to me a time or two. I've twisted a new loop on it and continued using the string. I've also snipped the ball ends off of guitar strings and twisted loops on them. Home-made loops hold up surprisingly well.
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Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
Its why gibson tailpieces have 4 extra hooks for the un wound , plain strings... they go around the bend
of those extra hooks..
Generally if the string loop winding ends with a few tight windings directly across the string
90 degrees from it's length wise,
they should not unwind...
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Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
Newtone strings, UK, I've seen, did not go that extra step, GHS and D'Addario do..
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Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
It's a common enough problem that some road techs automatically solder the string windings before changing strings. A little dab of solder is all you need.
Re: Loop End “Unwound” Itself
It depends on the tailpiece.
The three MK mandolins that I've setup, with their newer design heavy tailpiece with the very narrow loop posts, all had this problem with D'Addario string sets. I ended up re-tying them and wrapping them around neighboring posts on the tailpiece. As mentioned, soldering is another option.
My Gibson, with the traditional stamped tailpiece, doesn't have this problem IF you use the hooks properly.
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