How to Restring Your PRS Equipped With Non-Locking Tuners | PRS Guitars

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

Комментарии • 56

  • @piemmetubo
    @piemmetubo 3 года назад +16

    Thank you for this tutorial. Since I adopted your method, I don't feel in need of buying locking tuners any more! My guitars stay in tune very, very well.

  • @frednance3988
    @frednance3988 2 года назад +6

    i used to have a lot of slack when i put on strings. I had never cut them and. The technique here is nicely done.

  • @ivansuner2120
    @ivansuner2120 3 года назад +14

    Happy to know I'm not the only weirdo who double-backs their guitar strings. It makes a pretty nice spot for the strings to bind against themselves and let's you have less wraps for less slippage like a locking tuners. Locking tuners are still faster to swap strings with though, but with this technique, I don't mind too much one way or the other.

  • @DougBsDigitalDen
    @DougBsDigitalDen 2 года назад +4

    Thanks Skitchy! I used this method on my SE 24-08 and it is holding the tuning longer. So you can still teach an old dog news tricks ;-)

  • @shawnadams1693
    @shawnadams1693 3 года назад +5

    As soon as locking tuners come back (on production models) I’ll be making a purchase or two.

    • @z3guitars
      @z3guitars 3 года назад +2

      I’ve actually been swapping all of mine to nonlocking. They sound better to me.

    • @CocoKoi321
      @CocoKoi321 3 года назад +1

      @@z3guitars you're dumb then, they're the same brass tuning posts too so theres legit zero difference

  • @N64CORE
    @N64CORE 4 месяца назад

    Ive never seen a bridge like that before. Looks innovative

  • @Wade6242
    @Wade6242 2 года назад +9

    Works great, just difficult to remove.

  • @matthewpaluch777
    @matthewpaluch777 3 года назад +8

    😎👍💗🇺🇸🎸 LONG LIVE PRS!!!
    Relic free since 1985!

  • @lescobrandon6694
    @lescobrandon6694 Год назад +1

    Direct and to the point

  • @christophersaeli5620
    @christophersaeli5620 3 года назад +6

    Actually really useful ty

  • @brianmckenzie1318
    @brianmckenzie1318 3 года назад +2

    Thanks James!! Very helpful.

  • @felipeavlopes
    @felipeavlopes 3 года назад +2

    For conventional tuners I usually stretch the string up to the next tuner, cut the excess off, pull it backwards till there's just a tip sticking out of the tuning post hole and wind it up. There's no need to bend and make a knot (although it is useful) if you hold it nicely and stretch the strings properly imo. Another great video

    • @GordonPavilion
      @GordonPavilion 2 года назад

      I’m not a fan of bending the string under to describe a knot. That technique is unnecessary and makes it more difficult to change the strings, when that time comes around.

    • @felipeavlopes
      @felipeavlopes 2 года назад

      @@GordonPavilion I'm not sure you read my comment but I've mentioned I do not bend the string under as I don't find it necessary... I hold it down to keep it from sleeping and let the windings "tie" the string around the tuning posts as the subsequent windings keep the bit that's fed through the tuning post hole in place. I don't use the so called "Luthier's Knot" on my guitars. Cheers

  • @davidcurry6784
    @davidcurry6784 Год назад

    Very helpful. One area I'd like to hear about is how tight the tuner pegs should be. I've a MCCarty (non-locking pegs) that have a place for a flathead screw driver to fit. These black plastic tuner pegs can also be turned by hand. Sometimes it feels to me as if my tuners turn too easily, so I fear "string slippage". (I don't detect slippage, but the tuners sure are easy to turn.) Any thoughts?

  • @StevenH-g7b
    @StevenH-g7b 9 месяцев назад +5

    Is it too much to ask to just color code the strings?

    • @StevenH-g7b
      @StevenH-g7b 27 дней назад

      @Alongfortheride693 yet every other manufacturer does this. 42 guitars. The main 3 changed at least every other week. I prefer to spend my time playing, not wasting time deciding between B and E strings. I assume you change your string once every couple of years? Than I see your point. What's an extra 3 minutes once every 2 years.

  • @DennisMC1974
    @DennisMC1974 2 года назад

    Great Tutorial For my style Gutair 👍

  • @sandrorossi2711
    @sandrorossi2711 2 года назад +1

    I wonder how these non-locking tuners perform in terms of tuning stability. Can they handle a 5 semitone bend ?
    I wish mccarty 594 guitars came with locking tuners on the core and s2 lines...

    • @JoeDread316
      @JoeDread316 2 года назад

      The earlier 594s had the phase 3 locking tuners. The newer models with non locking stay in tune just fine.

  • @user-bl3si3kq6x
    @user-bl3si3kq6x 10 месяцев назад

    Should have bent the string the opposite direction before clipping.
    It is slightly less likely to slip and is more neat.

  • @MDCSYD
    @MDCSYD 3 года назад +3

    I’ve leaned all these years that high strings (G,B & E) should have minimum of full 5-6 turns. Am I correct?

    • @CocoKoi321
      @CocoKoi321 3 года назад

      Ofc..

    • @piemmetubo
      @piemmetubo 3 года назад +1

      Me too I was taught that way, but this PRS method is totally safe and so fast, and the stability in tuning of my guitar is comparable to a guitar with locking tuners.

  • @jamiecampbell88
    @jamiecampbell88 Год назад +2

    Personally I leave enough slack to get 2 winds around the bass side and 4 or 5 around the treble. It doesn't lock it further it's to give downward pressure on the break angle to act like a string tree

  • @juliochingaling5824
    @juliochingaling5824 5 месяцев назад

    excellent

  • @jacobmcvay123
    @jacobmcvay123 Год назад

    I always wrap from the inside of the tuning head to the outside. Thought that’s how it was always done. Always sounds perfect for me.

  • @ElDuderino502
    @ElDuderino502 3 года назад +1

    Why are the strings packaged in pairs like that? I haven't found that it evens the tension on the neck
    Not noticably, anyway.

    • @CocoKoi321
      @CocoKoi321 3 года назад +1

      It's the insidious way packaging strings

    • @TheJML1975
      @TheJML1975 3 года назад

      @@CocoKoi321 Are you Japanese? I love how you’ve written that reply ♥️

    • @KeepinYouUp07
      @KeepinYouUp07 2 года назад

      I asked myself that as well. Fender strings come the same way. Most likely the same company manufacturers them. There's only a few string manufacturers but there's MANY brands of strings. The only difference is price and packaging.

    • @adriansaunders5313
      @adriansaunders5313 8 месяцев назад

      Pretty sure PRS strings are made by D'Addario@@KeepinYouUp07

  • @M4D4F4K4.
    @M4D4F4K4. Год назад

    Those 1,2,3rd string are confusing as hell every time I change string as a new prs neck type player

  • @brianprickett6721
    @brianprickett6721 3 года назад

    Hey, which guitar is that. I have the same finish on my custom 24 se, but I have never seen it on another PRS guitar.

    • @sandraniemz8057
      @sandraniemz8057 3 года назад

      I think it's a S2 McCarty 594

    • @Claidheambmor
      @Claidheambmor Год назад

      It's written on the truss rod cover throughout the video.

    • @daryljones3195
      @daryljones3195 15 часов назад

      .@@sandraniemz8057 it's not an S2, otherwise the pickup switch would be on the lower body left of the tone and volume knobs. Cores and SE's have the switch on the upper horn and SE's are plainly identified on the headstock. Core model shown. And the control knobs on Core models have the beveled/sculpted pot holes.

  • @bfiume
    @bfiume 3 года назад +3

    Why don’t they write which strings go on the guitar like other companies do. I just messed up again and wasted another set of PRS strings (the 3rd set). I loved the PRS guitars ( have 6 of them) but I’m going back to D’Addario for my strings

    • @Claidheambmor
      @Claidheambmor Год назад

      They expect some common-sense and individual ability to follow basic instructions when manufacturing strings. As for 'which strings go on which guitar' all electric guitars can have any electric guitar string, there are no specific strings for specific makes and model of guitar. Acoustic and nylon strings go on acoustic and classical guitars accordingly. Again, common sense and seeking guidance go a long way. It's not PRS' fault I'm afraid.

  • @bizlawprofessor
    @bizlawprofessor Год назад

    Why does PRS package their stings in a 6-3; 5-2; 4-1 grouping? Knowing PRS there must be some intelligent design in this ?😊

    • @Claidheambmor
      @Claidheambmor Год назад +1

      A lot of manufacturers do, it's to appropriately divide the tension on the guitar when re-stringing. :)

  • @bobhinley5410
    @bobhinley5410 Год назад

    I own a PRS P20. I would like to upgrade to higher quality tuners. What brand and model tuners that are a drop in replacement?

  • @christiandiscernment1697
    @christiandiscernment1697 2 года назад

    Anyone out there who can tell me why my new strings won't feed through my Custon 24-08 tremolo bridge?

  • @skye7690
    @skye7690 2 года назад

    Cross it under on the inside then across the top, okay. I need that winder cause mine hits the headstock.

  • @Jessewhitten91
    @Jessewhitten91 3 года назад

    we need a @richardshaw of (cradle of filth) custom model please make that happen

  • @NicolaIIILombardi
    @NicolaIIILombardi 2 года назад

    two fingers at nut.... interesting!! thanks a lot

  • @michaelstevenfriedlander4583
    @michaelstevenfriedlander4583 5 месяцев назад

    I am the person who taught PRS how to do this. But I learned how to do it from Dan Armstrong.

  • @larenlarry5773
    @larenlarry5773 3 года назад +2

    @0:49

  • @thebigleone1066
    @thebigleone1066 8 дней назад

    The famous "Gibson Knot". Rick Beato's tech says don't do this. Whatever.......

  • @bearstokesful
    @bearstokesful 4 месяца назад

    I just tried this for the 2nd and I'll NEVER string another guitar like this. There's always slack around the nut and it looks a little janky tbh...

  • @Cootersnootch
    @Cootersnootch 5 месяцев назад

    You said to wind clockwise for the bass side, but, you clearly wound them counter clockwise..

  • @CocoKoi321
    @CocoKoi321 3 года назад +4

    How about just stop making the non locking tuners?
    Besides that's the most confusing way to lock a non locking tuner, you can use the longer string side wrap it around the other end overwrap it above then you use the tuning key
    Ofc it's hard to explain in words

  • @victorparedes4863
    @victorparedes4863 3 года назад

    C'mon. They suck. I've got 3 McCartys, a "Paul's Guitar" and a 509. Phase III locking tuners rule! Here's Paul talking about his Vintage tuners : While the 2016 model used the latest-spec Phase III locking tuners with their unplated string posts, the 2020 reverts to the vintage Kluson-style tuners of the original model, a change back then from the rather clunky cam-lock tuners of Paul’s original vision.
    “The weight of the tuning pegs makes a difference,” states Paul Reed Smith today. “The tension between the gear and the worm makes a difference. I hear a difference, a beautiful difference, and I think we’re doing it for very grounded reasons.
    “Yes, there have been discussions here about whether the weight of the tuners made a difference, so we went into Jack Higginbotham’s office [PRS’s chief operating officer] and we changed the tuners right in front of everybody and asked if they could hear the difference.
    “You were in that meeting; could you hear a difference?” Paul asks PRS’s director of marketing, Judy Schaefer, who was sitting in on our interview. “Absolutely!” she replies.
    “It was eye opening for everybody,” continues Paul. “I was making a claim and they accepted it.”
    Dude , you write their checks (lol)
    A woman says to her analyst - "Doctor, I'm hearing voices". A voice replies - "Alice, you don't have an analyst".