I make sure there is little to no tension from the wingnut and that the eye bolt will turn freely. I send the string down the hole in front of the "tuner" and go through the eye of the bolt and once around (like how you start when tying your shoe laces). I then grab the string end and make sure it is being held up against the bottom of the headstock as I start turning the eye-bolt.
This makes it so that the string winding around the eye-bolt has two sides of the string to hold it in place. Sounds like it would slip, but doesn't. Once I start getting tension on the string I start to tighten the wing nut. I get it slightly snug before I try using a tuner to tune the strings.
If I knew I could get away with such a name, I would call this method a "Hillbilly Floyd Rose Tune Locking System". Once the strings have stretched, the wingnuts do just that... lock in the tuning.
It can be a little tricky to get the guit in tune if you are barely sharp or flat (since you don't want to loosen the wingnuts and loose a lot of your tension). But you can use a wrench or something (like a screw driver) as a lever to stick in there to give you the best control over minor adjustments.
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Thanks, Brian. I may try that on a diddley to begin with.
I make sure there is little to no tension from the wingnut and that the eye bolt will turn freely. I send the string down the hole in front of the "tuner" and go through the eye of the bolt and once around (like how you start when tying your shoe laces). I then grab the string end and make sure it is being held up against the bottom of the headstock as I start turning the eye-bolt.
This makes it so that the string winding around the eye-bolt has two sides of the string to hold it in place. Sounds like it would slip, but doesn't. Once I start getting tension on the string I start to tighten the wing nut. I get it slightly snug before I try using a tuner to tune the strings.
If I knew I could get away with such a name, I would call this method a "Hillbilly Floyd Rose Tune Locking System". Once the strings have stretched, the wingnuts do just that... lock in the tuning.
It can be a little tricky to get the guit in tune if you are barely sharp or flat (since you don't want to loosen the wingnuts and loose a lot of your tension). But you can use a wrench or something (like a screw driver) as a lever to stick in there to give you the best control over minor adjustments.
Brian, do you just tie the strings to the eyes? How is it for tuning and holding tune?