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Removing strings without cutting 'em ...?!


zinzin

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i have tuned my seagull s6 in nashville tuning for some recordings. now i only have one acoustic guitar and need it again in standard tuning.

is it safe to turn the strings loose and take 'em off with a chance of re-using them later when i need some nashville tuning again. or won't this work?

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Take em off, they are not going to sound very good if you re-string with them. Buy a set of Nashville tuned strings, unless that's already what you did.

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Being the cheap person I am, I've tried to reuse strings and then almost always end up breaking at the tuner. Or I find they're not long enough and i try and hold the string while turning the knob AND keep it in place at the nut, usually done with my foot or my tongue or my little brother.

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Originally posted by zinzin

i have tuned my seagull s6 in nashville tuning for some recordings. now i only have one acoustic guitar and need it again in standard tuning.

is it safe to turn the strings loose and take 'em off with a chance of re-using them later when i need some nashville tuning again. or won't this work?




What you have here, I think, is an excellent reason to buy another guitar. Hey, some days it doesn't take much.:)

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Originally posted by da mayor

O.K., I'll bite. What the heck is Nashville tuning and why do you have to remove the strings when your done witht that?
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The strings are removed and replaced with the Ocatve strings from a 12-string set, or something like that. Very jangly.

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Originally posted by Sweb



The strings are removed and replaced with the Ocatve strings from a 12-string set, or something like that. Very jangly.

As I understand it only the low E, A nad D are replaced with the octave strings.

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Nashville tuning ... I'll be damned. ... Replacing the lower 3 strings with the high octave strings from a 12-string ... Never heard of that before ... This forum certainly can be a good place to learn ...

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Cheers !

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Nashville tuning ... I'll be damned. ... Replacing the lower 3 strings with the high octave strings from a 12-string ... Never heard of that before ... This forum certainly can be a good place to learn ...



My thoughts exactly. :thu:

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originally posted by Dave W.:

What you have here, I think, is an excellent reason to buy another guitar. Hey, some days it doesn't take much.
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I have to agree completely with Dave W.

Sometimes you just have to look for your opportunities!

RT1:cool:

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