Members geetgeek Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 went to our local guitar store to get a mates guitar set up , the guy there just cut the strings off with wire cutters (not unwound them). is this bad for the guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I usually loosen them and then cut them so there's not a big snap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I usually loosen them and then cut them so there's not a big snap. Me too. in the middle so you can tie them in a knot before you bin them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 loosen, then cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Me too. in the middle so you can tie them in a knot before you bin them. Heh, yep, usually right at the 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lz4005 Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I usually loosen them and then cut them so there's not a big snap. That's what I do too. It shouldn't hurt the guitar to cut them off under tension one at a time, but it's dumb not to loosen them a bit first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nxt Lvl Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 My wife hates when I leave the remains of guitar strings laying around the house. She especially hates it when they are embedded in the carpet waiting to puncture a bare foot. I personally loosen, then cut them near the end where they are all bent from the post. I throw out the "ends", and then coil the rest of the string tightly so they don't come unwound in the trash can and stick through the side of the bag. It's a skill only a guitar player could appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Unwind with a string winder, then cut the wound ends off so they pass through the bridge easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackface Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 First cut, then unwind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 loosen enough to get off the post and then cut otherwise itll get hung up on the ferrules. i do 1 string at a time i use a diabetic toe nail clipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Electrics: Cut 'em all at once.Acoustics: Unwind one at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Loosen then cut with side cutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 ^^ when I was working at an auto shop installing hitches I had asked if I could get a pair of side cutters to aid in some wire snipping. Not one person out of probably ten knew what side cutters were. I unwind all of them then go back over and just pull them all out. I usually only have them wrapped two or three times around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 That sudden drop in string tension has got to be bad for the neck, I always unwind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 i unwind them and then coil them up and keep them most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 i unwind them and then coil them up and keep them most of the time. This has saved my ass a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 It depends on the tail piece. If you have a stop bar/TOM type setup where those componentscome loose, I may do three strings at a time. More than likely I clip themoff and do some fret polishing because I'm so hard on my frets with all the bending I do. I dont unwind, just clip them. Unwinding is unnessasary wear on the tuning machines. I change strings allot. If I get two weeks out of a set thats allot with the hours I put in.I do buy about a dozen sets a month on line so its not like I need to get the extra life out of them. When the wrapped strings show wear at the frets, off they come. Worn strings chew the frets upand fret maintainence reduces their life. I usually keep about 4 guitars in rotation with new strings. The others may go allot longer dependingon how often they're played. All get clipped off. I dont have time to dork around with unwinding them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 This has saved my ass a few times. totally dude, i keep some in my cases, some in little bags around the house. i don't know why anyone would just throw out strings unless they were abhorrently dirty or you had WAY too many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 totally dude, i keep some in my cases, some in little bags around the house. i don't know why anyone would just throw out strings unless they were abhorrently dirty or you had WAY too many of them. A friends dad told us tales of his bass player boiling his strings back in the day to "renew" them and save some dough. Haven't tried it myself but apparently it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoRomoFan Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I'd suggest using another tech that cares about your guitar's finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crashclc Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Unwind with a string winder, then cut the wound ends off so they pass through the bridge easily. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkvoid Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 LOOSEN first.. OMG what if it jumps right into my eye?!? On a similar topic.. to you cut/restring each string at a time or cut all of them, then restring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 One of these is a must... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackface Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 A friends dad told us tales of his bass player boiling his strings back in the day to "renew" them and save some dough. Haven't tried it myself but apparently it works. I've heard of bass players doing that also. I even think I've seen it in a book about guitar maintance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FarToMany Posted June 7, 2012 Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 I've heard of bass players doing that also. I even think I've seen it in a book about guitar maintance. Works great if you still like dull sounding strings that are now clean. Yes, I have tried it with bass and guitar strings too. Anyways, back to the OP question, I now loosen then cut. I cut mine above the nut. Years ago I used to just wack them off, but quickly realized with locking trems that it slams it into the back of the body. I stopped doing it after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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