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  • Tonal bummer!

    Posted by Steve_O_123 on June 3, 2021 at 12:02 pm

    What a tonal bummer! This obvious defect came out of the brand new package this way. For fear of not being able to play my “go to” guitar for a few days I installed it anyway. Has anybody seen this b4 and should I change it out asap or can I just roll with it. It could just be in my head due to the blatant visual defect but it just don’t sound right. Any coments will be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance.

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    jumpinjeff replied 3 years, 8 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Loraine

    Member
    June 3, 2021 at 12:17 pm

    Hi @Steve_O_123 Its never a good feeling when we find a flaw in something we just purchased, I suggest contacting wherever you purchased it from about the flaw in the string and ask for replacement strings. Then I would see if the flaw interferes with my playing. If so, then replace the strings. If not, then play away!

  • Alisa

    Member
    June 3, 2021 at 12:45 pm

    Yikes! I bet it doesn’t sound right! I’d be worried about the string breaking with a defect like that. I agree with Loraine. Send a picture to whoever sold you these and demand new strings, or a refund.

  • jumpinjeff

    Member
    June 8, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    Hi @Steve_O_123 , from your picture it looks almost like you could just unwind it. See if you can snag the end with an old high E string and maybe just maybe unwind it?

  • Bill_Brown

    Member
    June 8, 2021 at 5:50 pm

    That is a total bummer @Steve_O_123 😱. That’s really poor quality control🧐 for sure. It looks like someone at the winding factory joined 1 spool to another, assuming that it would be discarded somewhere else down the line. I would take the course of action as @Loraine and @Alisa have suggested. I would be very cautious about doing what @jumpinjeff suggested, be sure to release the tension on the string first👍

    • jumpinjeff

      Member
      June 8, 2021 at 6:29 pm

      @Bill_Brown said: “I would be very cautious about doing what @jumpinjeff suggested, be sure to release the tension on the string first”

      Fair enough. Might even be able to slide it off but it is dicey to remove a string once the string gets a bend going around the tuning peg. Additional bending can fatigue the string metal and cause it to break right at the post. Yep, I was a kid who 1. rode my whole childhood without a bike helmet never getting a concussion and 2. engaged in BB gun wars with the other neighborhood kids. Nobody lost an eye. I seem to get away with ready, fire, aim regularly.😄

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