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September 26th, 2007
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Soft stringin'
Have just re strung my classical guitar, 3 wound metal bass strings 3 nylon treble. problem is it keeps losing it's tuning. I have strung it right so there is no slippage of the strings. Do they just need time to stretch? Can I help the process along?...., Thanks.
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Classical strings stretch more and faster than steel. After a few days, they will stretch to the point where they will stay in tune for hours or days.
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Thanks, well 3 days it is then. Cheers!
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you can try stretching them yourself. Pull up on each one to help them stretch. It may take more than three days.
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September 28th, 2007
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Originally Posted by Doug
you can try stretching them yourself. Pull up on each one to help them stretch. It may take more than three days.
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Should I tune them up a notch would this help stretch them?
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Try pulling the strings outwar, away from the body of the guitar. Don't be afrain to give them a couple good tugs. That should help the stretching process.
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Quote:
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Should I tune them up a notch would this help stretch them?
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Not a good idea. You're putting prolonged extra tension on the neck and bridge by doing that. Like Doug and Si said, just slide your fingers under the strings and tug on them a couple times. Tug, re-tune; tug, re-tune.....do it a few times until it isn't going out of tune anymore. That greatly speeds up the stretching period.
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October 1st, 2007
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Cheers to everyone, I,m almost there now!! Posted a new question now regarding the tuning.'Frequency' is the name of the thread , if anyone knows about this then could you please reply to my 'frequency thread...., thanks guys.
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