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  • Reverse headstock restring question

    I may have missed the boat on this so I'm asking for help...

    I just ordered and received a DKMGT with reverse headstock. I replaced the strings on it right away. However, I quickly realized that since the low E post is now at the opposite end of the headstock (reverse) I barely had enough extra string to get a good wrap. I usually like to wrap the post 3 times or so to get a good hold but I was only able to wrap the post like one and a half times. So, is there a longer string you can buy for the reverse headstocks?
    E = Fb

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    Re: Reverse headstock restring question

    Try a different brand of string - sounds like you got took by a set that was made mostly for regular headstocks.

    Or get a set of locking tuners so you don't need to use so much winding.
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    • #3
      Re: Reverse headstock restring question

      Every Jackson I own is reverse, and Ive never had that problem.
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      • #4
        Re: Reverse headstock restring question

        That's weird. I've never had a problem either. Upon glancing at my guitars, my EXP Vandy got a good three wraps, but my other one only had about one and a half. It doesn't matter as it has a locking nut anyway. I have no idea what strings are on that one, but the one that did get three wraps are GHS boomers.

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        • #5
          Re: Reverse headstock restring question

          The set I put on it are Dean Markley Blue Steel brand strings.

          Here's a better mental picture of what I'm dealing with...

          The excess middle "core" of the string (or unwound part) has plenty of length, but I don't start wrapping the post with that part. I always wrap the post with the wound part and cut the extra off. So there's like 6 inches of the unwound string that is useless, and where the wound part starts there is barely enough. Make better sense?
          E = Fb

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          • #6
            Re: Reverse headstock restring question

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            Try a different brand of string - sounds like you got took by a set that was made mostly for regular headstocks.


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            Huh? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] Makes no sense whatsoever. Any regular brand of strings should work fine. You don't need all that much wind around the post anyway.
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            • #7
              Re: Reverse headstock restring question

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              You don't need all that much wind around the post anyway.

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              +1. I would say it's the core that gets stretched more anyway.

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