[CAUT] Hardness of termination vs string breakage (was Re: restrung D)

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed Apr 18 20:31:57 MDT 2007


>     From an earlier post, yes, I understand string does render across the
> bridge form time to time. It just doesn't saw back and forth during the
> tuning process, like at the capo. Hence, far less chance of "wearing out"
> from friction. If wire is going to wear out from friction, it'll happen at
> the capo. 

I agree the wire doesn't saw back and forth across the bridge 
during the tuning process like it does at the capo. But I 
suspect it moves up and down the pin, as well as back and 
forth, far more between tunings than across the capo during.


>I don't think it does there either, though I could be wrong. 

Me either/too.

Ron N


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