Members normh Posted February 7, 2010 Members Share Posted February 7, 2010 Comes the time to restring two guitars. Both have the same scale. One is a mahogany body, maple neck, and Nashville bridge. The other is a mahogany body with a maple cap and mahogany neck, and ARB bridge. One guitar I strung over the stop piece and the other I strung through the stop piece. The guitar I strung over the tail piece has the mahogany neck which is weaker than maple. The strings settled in without stretching and held a the tuning. The maple neck which was strung through the tail piece does not want to hold the tuning until the strings have been on a day. Both guitars are using the same brand and gauge of string - GHS Boomers in 10-46 from the same bulk package. What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Into Nation Posted February 7, 2010 Members Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hard to say... Over the stop bar is supposed to make the strings feel slinkier, maybe it helps with tuning also. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnhhngbfs Posted February 7, 2010 Members Share Posted February 7, 2010 maybe you kept more consistent pressure on the strings while stringing up the mahogany necked guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members normh Posted February 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2010 maybe you kept more consistent pressure on the strings while stringing up the mahogany necked guitar Can't say. Normally I loosen all the strings a little and then cut them off. This time I did each string separately, loosening that string, cutting it off, then restringing. At no time with either guitar was the neck tension lost by any more than a single strings tension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members normh Posted February 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hard to say... Over the stop bar is supposed to make the strings feel slinkier, maybe it helps with tuning also. :poke: Only thing I can say here is that if I would have strung the maple necked guitar over the bar, the angle would have been to shallow. The reason I strung the mahogany necked guitar over the stop bar was the break angle was to steep and I like to keep the stop bar all the way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay sails Posted February 7, 2010 Members Share Posted February 7, 2010 The strings settled in without stretching and held a the tuning. The maple neck which was strung through the tail piece does not want to hold the tuning until the strings have been on a day... What gives? One is a PRS SE and the other is a MIM telecaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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