Favourite String Winder

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:54 pm

What does everyone use? I use one of these, it came free with a magazine.

It is good.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:55 pm

I've been hand-stringing for years, I need to purchase one bad.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:56 pm

Maybe you could make one.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:57 pm

Good Idea! [/sarcasm].
Or better yet, maybe i could carve one out of the rock of salt you have towards me.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:00 am

being somewhat of a string winder connosseur i have quite a collection.

the one on the left was jimi hendrix's, and the blue one is actually a copy made in the phillipines and used by an american serviceman in vietnam. you can tell by the size of the logo.

naturally i only collect vintage string winders, made between the years 1917 and 1942.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:04 am

Nice to see you favour the 'one for each machine head' technique, a dying part of the noble art of luthiering. Who inspired you to buy your first string winder?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:05 am

i think it was mike.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:10 am

Mine was this bloke:

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Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:27 am

I want this:
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/ ... sku=216500

Right now I'm using a planet waves thingy with a built-in cutter. I've had it so long it's actually rusty and squeaky.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:39 am

I don't really like them all that much, but a tip from Dan Erlewine is to cut the winding part to make it concave and onlyfit over about half the peg - then it won't get caught on the other tuning pegs, or crack the finish on old guitars etc...

CaptainGD · Post by **CaptainGD** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:18 am

The most badass peg winder ever conceived. Got a dude to throw it in with an amp purchase.

NBarnes21 · Post by **NBarnes21** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:38 am

CaptainGD wrote:

The most badass peg winder ever conceived. Got a dude to throw it in with an amp purchase.

This is my favorite as well.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:51 am

nearly all of my guitars have slot head tuners, so I dont really need one, but at the guitar shop I use this

just put it in an electric drill and have at it.

nascar style string changes

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:51 am

i can't really see the point in one unless you're stringing up a classical or something.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:03 am

What the fuck is the matter with you people? Since when was stringing a guitar an ardous task?

Fuck String Winders.

Do you put on your shoes with ShoeHorns every morning?

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:48 pm

Mike wrote:What the fuck is the matter with you people? Since when was stringing a guitar an ardous task?

Fuck String Winders.

Do you put on your shoes with ShoeHorns every morning?

I know, why would you ever spend $2.50 on a something that makes a task take half as much time. Also if you have an acoustic they're great for pulling out string pegs with out fucking them up

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:51 pm

I'm going to be restringing my jag-stang later. Can't wait. I'm going to give it a good and proper cleaning. I think I might go for twelves on it.

I've a gig tomorrow night, and an hour before the last gig I realised the D string was unwnding about seven or eigth inches away from the bridge. I was amazed it held up, given that I'm a fairly physical player and was whiskey drunk at the gig.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:54 pm

Mike wrote:Do you put on your shoes with ShoeHorns every morning?

i'm actually thinking of making a shoe horn. what sort of materials would you guys recommend? bone or plastic? maybe i could get hold of some ivory and make it the old fashioned way. bear in mind i'm pretty much a shoe horn noob, but i'm keen to learn how it's done.

i know there are probably websites out there dedicated specifically to shoe horn manufacture and all that goes with it, but i can't be bothered spending 5 seconds typing my requirements into a search engine.

help me people!

Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:00 pm

light rail coyote wrote:
Mike wrote:What the fuck is the matter with you people? Since when was stringing a guitar an ardous task?

Fuck String Winders.

Do you put on your shoes with ShoeHorns every morning?
I know, why would you ever spend $2.50 on a something that makes a task take half as much time. Also if you have an acoustic they're great for pulling out string pegs with out fucking them up

Why would you want to halve the time it takes to string up a guitar (and I'm not sure I spend half my time winding up the strings, if you wind them around the pegs correctly you have to take out minimum slack)?

I enjoy stringing and sprucing up my guitar, I finad it relaxing.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:05 pm

stewart wrote:
Mike wrote:Do you put on your shoes with ShoeHorns every morning?
i'm actually thinking of making a shoe horn. what sort of materials would you guys recommend? bone or plastic? maybe i could get hold of some ivory and make it the old fashioned way. bear in mind i'm pretty much a shoe horn noob, but i'm keen to learn how it's done.

i know there are probably websites out there dedicated specifically to shoe horn manufacture and all that goes with it, but i can't be bothered spending 5 seconds typing my requirements into a search engine.

help me people!

You should make one like this:

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Bollocks, it's not working.