aeiouy Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hi, I have a few questions about topwrapping i am interested in : Do you have to change strings more often ? What brand of strings do you recommend ? Do you have to change the tailpiece to avoid/reduce breakage strings ? Thanks Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynyrdSkynyrd-14 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Ahha! Erine Ball Regular Slinkys 10-46. i never heard of changeing a tailpicece to change strings. and WELCOME TO THE FOURM :D/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Do you have to change strings more often ? No. What brand of strings do you recommend ? Your usual brand. The strings will feel slinkier and easier to bend' date=' so you may want to go up a guage. If the guitar was too 'tight' to start with, then you'll be fine. Just raising the stop bar a little may help, without the need to top-wrap. Do you have to change the tailpiece to avoid/reduce breakage strings ? Not unless you want to keep your original tailpiece unmarked by the strings, which can happen. À la prochaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Not unless you want to keep your original tailpiece unmarked by the strings' date=' which can happen.[/quote']Aren't tail pieces around the $100 mark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvansickle Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 According to Robb Lawrence's new book about the Les Paul legacy, the original conception for the stop tailpiece was to top wrap. $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Aren't tail pieces around the $100 mark? Some historic owners get a little anallly retentive over their stop bars. Heaven forbid that their guitars show any signs of wear, apart from being relic'd until they're within a millimetre of their lives! Its a strange world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Some historic owners get a little anallly retentive over their stop bars. Heaven forbid that their guitars show any signs of wear' date=' apart from being relic'd until they're within a millimetre of their lives! Its a strange world.[/quote'] Would theybe called " corksniffers " ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Would theybe called " corksniffers " ??? :P I like my guitars to come with metaphorical screw-off tops. I'm too busy playing them to worry about tiny details. Historics ain't and never will be originals. If I had an original I'd be scared of owning it. Look at Ed King's heartbreak when his Burst was nicked. Back to topwrapping. I don't do it on my R7 GT 'cos I use 9-46 sets anyhow, and lifting the treble side of the stop bar a tad does it for me. It was useful when I broke a 1st string and could only find an 11 in my bag. I topwrapped it and finished the gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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