Members Alan Roberts Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Cutting the string while it's still up to tension is hard on the tuners. That sudden snap in the gears from the release of the tension can cause slop in the gears after a while. Loosen 'em a little before you cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 A colleague at work didn't loosen his strings before cutting them, one slapped at his face, over his glasses and into his eye.... he had to go to hospital. Pretty grim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rand-O-Monium Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 That sudden drop in string tension has got to be bad for the neck, I always unwind them. Yup.Read awhile back in Guitar World when Slash was recording "AFD" someone did that on one of his LPs.The guitar "really didn't like it",at all... OT,I've always unwound them,then cut.The Slash story just reaffirmed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lz4005 Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 I guess I'm a minority here who fully unwinds the strings and pulls them through the bridge.. I do that with bass strings, but only because they're harder to cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dxh Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 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. toss them in a water bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeftyTom Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I am part of the loosen then cut camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I usually just keep tuning up till they finally break.Am I doing it wrong? lol I unwind completely and pull the end out from whence it came. I also coil the six strings together and put 'em in a string envelope for posterity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry_L Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I usually just unwind, but sometimes cut if the string is kinked up and hard to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonnie_Neutron Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 FYI. Something else I always do with metal strings I have taken off, before consigning them to the bin is I cut the bit of the core that goes around the "ball end" ferule (the bit that stops it pulling through its anchor point) and remove and keep this ferule as these make invaluable small spacers should the need ever arise. They could probably have dozens of other uses too, just seems a shame to junk 'em. CheersJ_N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Malcolm Ramone Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 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 remember reading that EVH did that in the early VH days, thinking it would pre stretch the strings. -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted June 13, 2012 Members Share Posted June 13, 2012 I loosen first then cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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