Does anyone else install their strings "backwards? on a Floyd?

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

LOL! Any strat I get I immediately "upgrade" to slot tuners I like the retro look. One set I got was the Eric Johnson ones where the post get shorter to the high E and you don't have to use a string T. very cool.



I was seriously considering leaving the ball ends on a firecrackle 5FX I put together last night but I was afraid you guys would bully me

LOL sounds like a retro-grade to me...but ya they do work. Man, I love locking nuts...I do not have the patience for this shit, now I don't have to have it! Couple of turns and I'm in tune lol.

[P I K A]

All my guitars are "backwards".

[tonemonster]

holy wah!! a controversial subject to each their own. I like it and think it looks nice.

[plon]

yea, but this way you only cut the strings once.

OK then, I just think it looks stupid. Plus on heavier gauge strings, where the windings get thicker at the ball end, you do have to open the hole up on the E and A tuner to get right up to the ball. I've had to do this for people who insist on this method of stringing.

[DonP]

The biggest PITA are those old slot style Fender tuners. The string keeps popping out. I do a half ass job on those two but my tele stays in tune pretty well. If it didn't have tiny frets and a 7.25" radius I'd seriously consider routing it for a OFR...and then post it on that tele forum. For a bunch of old farts they sure act like a bunch of little girls lol!

LOL! Any strat I get I immediately "upgrade" to slot tuners I like the retro look. One set I got was the Eric Johnson ones where the post get shorter to the high E and you don't have to use a string T. very cool.



I was seriously considering leaving the ball ends on a firecrackle 5FX I put together last night but I was afraid you guys would bully me

[Chad]

Have thought about it, but never have done it. I always like to go first wrap over, then the rest under. Is that how you are doing it? Can't tell in the pic.

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

I used to do it, don't know when or why I stopped. I must have just kept winding the excess til I ran out of slack. These days I just stick the string thru the little hole once, thru the locking nut, and into the bridge block, and tighten. No fancy wrapping or dressing tricks here, that's why I use a locking nut.

The biggest PITA are those old slot style Fender tuners. The string keeps popping out. I do a half ass job on those two but my tele stays in tune pretty well. If it didn't have tiny frets and a 7.25" radius I'd seriously consider routing it for a OFR...and then post it on that tele forum. For a bunch of old farts they sure act like a bunch of little girls lol!

[Axewielder]

I can't even see the tuners on either of these pics because my eyes can't get past the missing truss rod covers.

[Cygnus X1]

I voted this time.
Still YES.



I'm not afraid of being viewed as retarded.
Gives me an advantage going in!

[tonemonster]

Nope and what Newc said about the posts. Plus, you would still have to clip off the end of the string that is not wound over anyway before locking it into the saddle.

yea, but this way you only cut the strings once.

[tonemonster]

thats interesting...... I have done this with 17 guitars, and I have never had any problems with the ball ends digging into the posts. strange.... I thought this method was cooler than the side of the toilet bowl on a 3am puker.

[levantin]

I do, but I only have one guitar with a floyd. Locking tuners FTW!

[DonP]

It seems OK to me, but then I saw posts from members here saying that it's retarded. I caved-in to the peer pressure and won't do it

[Cygnus X1]

Yes.

[neilli]

Yeah, I do it like that. Works for me and I've never had issues with the posts. Plus, you only have to cut the string once, and I'm lazy