wow quite ganas also are u ppl experiences...
my worst was mid last year when my band was practicing for a youth event... one of the last few practices. there was one part where u know, the musicians will stop totally for while (leaving just the vocals) then bang back in on the 1st beat... i jumped, and landed on time, but i hit the strings probably at the wrong angle, took out the high E string in the process and cut my thumb. ouch. fortunately it was only during practice. I didn't dare try any more funny stuff since then... plus shortly after that, I got my RG1570... so more sayang guitar di hahhaa.

Occationally I too poke my fingers on the ends of the strings at the tuners... then I started restringing with the ball end into the tuners... no more accidents. and d'addario coloured ball ends FTW!



This post has been edited by MetalZone: Apr 20 2007, 02:23 PM

man.... so many ppl get hit near the eyes.... scary....

True that the strings are thicker ar the ball end coz they're wound up. I always pre-bend them and the wind them in. No probs for me. maybe it's bad for high gauges as it probably wont fit into the tuner properly. I'm using 9's anyway.

About the tension issue, how is it that the tension is uneven? plus its a locking tremolo... so once u locked it in... whatever happens past the locking nut is insignificant. (in fact i've heard of somebody's headstock breaking off past the locking nut and the strings still held their tune)

And another point is... Rich Harris, the supposed Masterpro at Ibanez guitars also strings his guitars this way. So if he does it... hahahah ok nvm...

but anyway, another way to string it in if you are worried about those issues above, is to string it with a longer gap past the ball end wound part before you start winding it in the tuners, so theres no more question about having the thicker end inside the tuners nor the tension thing.

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Added on April 23, 2007, 12:48 amguitars with a floyd rose/double locking tremolo can do it.
the ball end at the tremolo side is useless coz the string is clamped down anyway, not held by the ball end.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Apr 23 2007, 12:54 AM

well, imho its alright.

Speaking of that, sweat is a killer of strings... there was a conference/camp where we had to practice without the aircond, imagine me and my drummer sweat like crazy... by the time the 4 day camp was over, my strings had changed colour and I had just changed them a day before the camp.

thats the thing I dont like... the oilyness...
surprisingly though the strings in my guitars rarely rust. They will gradually change colour from bright silver to grey over a period of over 1-2 months. But nothing serious. Do you guys really mean rust as in like, really rusty?
I have a silica gel pack in my GRX70's case, but not in my RG1570's case, and I don't actually see any difference.