Randmo Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Here is an interesting video on how to properly install your strings without damaging bridge plate and pin holes. He suggests you use a mirror after installation to inspect. This is interesting since we were just discussing this in this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Seems like a lot of effort when you can just do this: and then pull the string up firmly against the bridge plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I use a telescoping auto inspection mirror, which can be easily slipped through the soundhole with the strings on. I remove & change one string at time, checking for proper seating as each string is changed out (see similar answer re the Stew-Mac video). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I use a telescoping auto inspection mirror, which can be easily slipped through the soundhole with the strings on. I remove & change one string at time, checking for proper seating as each string is changed out (see similar answer re the Stew-Mac video). Geez - I am sure there is some kind of a psychobabble term for going to these kind of lengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Here is an interesting video on how to properly install your strings without damaging bridge plate and pin holes. He suggests you use a mirror after installation to inspect. This is interesting since we were just discussing this in this forum I am not sure how we survived before the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Doug, That's the way I've done it for years, simple, quick and effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randmo Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 I am not sure how we survived before the Internet. Exactly! I used to have to go to the library. I had to walk in the snow, uphill both ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 It's a bit weird this all.... The guy in the video puts up quite a good idea really. makes it foolproof. but , all us old hats are laughing at the lengths being gone to. The only people who need to file the ends off are maybe novices who haven't learnt properly to string up. What do we tell beginners now? oh take all your bridge pins out and slice them ? more medicine rather than a cure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Geez - I am sure there is some kind of a psychobabble term for going to these kind of lengths. Zomby - This seems extreme to you? It only takes a moment to check the ball placement. Getting it right can take a bit longer if it's off, but imho, you of all people with your vintage off-brand instruments could benefit by doing this. Those are the exact guitars that alerted me to how common a chewed up bridge plate can be, and I have most certainly seen it result in the worst case scenario - a cracked top just behind the bridge. It's simply preventative maintenance. Kinda like changing your oil and spending a few bucks to put in a new filter every time (okay, I still do my own oil changes every 3000 miles, so maybe the psychobabble term is textbook OCDness). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarLight Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I use Drathbun's technique above by bending the ball end and pulling up as I insert. I don't have a guitar sound hole mirror yet and use a tiny dentists tooth mirror and a flashlight to check ball placement. Anybody have any recommendations for a small cheap inspection mirror that works better than a dental tooth mirror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Anybody have any recommendations for a small cheap inspection mirror that works better than a dental tooth mirror? Check your local auto parts stores. I found an ideal telescoping inspection mirror many years ago for minimal cash, and it's significantly larger than a dental mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 The last time I touched a car engine was in the 1990s when I converted one I was planning to throw in my VW bus from fuel injection to carburation. I do always check the bridge plate on any guitar I am thinking about bringing home. Other than that I might give them a look see once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarLight Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Check your local auto parts stores. I found an ideal telescoping inspection mirror many years ago for minimal cash, and it's significantly larger than a dental mirror. Thank you! I just went to the Auto Zone...for just $3.99 they had the exact same inspection telescopic mirror that stewmac sells for $12.99..... I bought the larger sized Auto Zone inspection telescopic mirror for just $7.99 which other places were charging $16.99. It was twice the size easily and can see much better with the larger size. Auto Zone inspection mirror...Great deal..thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 The last time I touched a car engine was in the 1990s when I converted one I was planning to throw in my VW bus from fuel injection to carburation. I do always check the bridge plate on any guitar I am thinking about bringing home. Other than that I might give them a look see once a year. Zomby you should have thrown in an engine from from a wrecked Subaru WRX STI!!! Or a Porsche…..I've even seen folks retrofit V-8's into VW busses….lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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