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Post by Ripper on Jan 30, 2006 23:14:59 GMT -5
I was told this is a no no!...When I change my strings, I take them all off and replace them starting from low E to high E. That way I can wipe down and oil my neck. Is this wrong?...Too much tension/non tension on the neck? I have been doing this for years. I feel shame!  |
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Post by UnklMickey on Jan 30, 2006 23:30:04 GMT -5
if you have a tuna-matic, it's easy to accidentally spin the height adjusters.
if you have extra heavy gauge strings, and you leave them off for a long time, the tension on the truss rod will start to bend your neck backwards.
otherwise, i don't know of a problem.
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Post by RandomHero on Jan 31, 2006 9:27:39 GMT -5
If you have a Floyd, it can be hard on the knife edge -UNLESS- you block the bridge up with something like a AA battery or a couple pop-bottle caps underneath the fine tuners and against the body. But no, freeing up your neck for a bit of forward-thinking preventative maintenance is not wrong at all.
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Post by blackout on Feb 7, 2006 23:17:26 GMT -5
I had a old floyd snap on the insude cast peice due to no strings. it was a bummer. it was a old german guitar with a real old floyd set up
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Post by jester700 on Feb 8, 2006 7:23:16 GMT -5
I had a old floyd snap on the insude cast peice due to no strings. it was a bummer. it was a old german guitar with a real old floyd set up Where? I'm trying to envision this. I'm not sure how anything but the knife edges can be affected by this procedure. |
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Post by blackout on Feb 9, 2006 17:45:50 GMT -5
Oh i guess i sould have said they were off for a long time. its snaped where the 6 I think bolts atach the brige part you see, to the cast pice the strings and wammy bar go in to. and the thing that the springs atach to.
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Post by jester700 on Feb 10, 2006 7:34:15 GMT -5
Oh i guess i sould have said they were off for a long time. its snaped where the 6 I think bolts atach the brige part you see, to the cast pice the strings and wammy bar go in to. and the thing that the springs atach to. Ah. Wow. I've had saddle pieces crack, but not a plate (if I understand you right). Was that an original Floyd? If so, it's VERY weird that a bridge plate broke - they're not cast on OFRs. I have seen this on Ibanez Edges, though. In any case, I'm not convinced it was because there weren't strings on it. That adds some stress to the bridge, but shouldn't be anywhere near enough to damage it like that. |
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