New way to string a guitar?

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New way to string a guitar? Oct 26, 2018 11:51:16 GMT -5 Jim likes this

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I've been looking at the music section of my local used stuff site again and found a Vox 12 string for sale. The person selling it says that he bought it in 1965 and played it throughout the 60's an 70's in a folk / rock band "that was popular then". He posted a picture of the head of the guitar and what got me was seeing how it was strung. Gee, have I been doing it wrong all these years...

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New way to string a guitar? Oct 26, 2018 13:34:12 GMT -5

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jamesM,

Why do they say, re-stringing a guitar, when they are made out of wire.

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Derick , being the kind of guy that likes to look into the 'why' of things I thought I would try and find an answer to your question. Now, after spending some time wandering the interweb I think the best answer I can come up with is; I don't know. Good thing it isn't called re-wiring though. That would cause nothing but confusion.

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New way to string a guitar? Oct 26, 2018 17:47:37 GMT -5 Derick and ancient1 like this

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Oct 26, 2018 14:53:29 GMT -5 jamesM said:

Derick , being the kind of guy that likes to look into the 'why' of things I thought I would try and find an answer to your question. Now, after spending some time wandering the interweb I think the best answer I can come up with is; I don't know. Good thing it isn't called re-wiring though. That would cause nothing but confusion.

good thing we no longer use gut...
regutting a guitar sounds disgusting...

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New way to string a guitar? Oct 26, 2018 18:06:52 GMT -5 RobertW and ancient1 like this

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Oct 26, 2018 11:51:16 GMT -5 jamesM said:

I've been looking at the music section of my local used stuff site again and found a Vox 12 string for sale. The person selling it says that he bought it in 1965 and played it throughout the 60's an 70's in a folk / rock band "that was popular then". He posted a picture of the head of the guitar and what got me was seeing how it was strung. Gee, have I been doing it wrong all these years...

Whoever strung that guitar up was a couple of strings short of a full guitar.
Probably a bass player.

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Oct 26, 2018 18:06:52 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

Oct 26, 2018 11:51:16 GMT -5 jamesM said:

I've been looking at the music section of my local used stuff site again and found a Vox 12 string for sale. The person selling it says that he bought it in 1965 and played it throughout the 60's an 70's in a folk / rock band "that was popular then". He posted a picture of the head of the guitar and what got me was seeing how it was strung. Gee, have I been doing it wrong all these years...

Whoever strung that guitar up was a couple of strings short of a full guitar.
Probably a bass player.

No, I think it was an accordion player! LOL!!!!

I looked at that picture and thought "What the .....?!"

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Jim Supreme Member Posts: 1,939 Location: Port Hope, Ontario, Canada Playing guitar since: circa 1960	New way to string a guitar? Oct 27, 2018 15:54:15 GMT -5 TonyKgull likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jim on Oct 27, 2018 15:54:15 GMT -5 I have to steal that one jamesM , Thanks. I'm ashamed that it was a Canuck who did that. I wonder if legal weed was involved.
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New way to string a guitar? Oct 28, 2018 3:42:38 GMT -5

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Been studying that photo for ages now, still can't see anything wrong, all the strings that need to go to the left, go to the left, and all the strings that go to the right to to the right.
Just seen it, it's got eleven strings. 😀

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New way to string a guitar? Oct 28, 2018 6:52:17 GMT -5

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Oct 28, 2018 3:42:38 GMT -5 Derick said:

Been studying that photo for ages now, still can't see anything wrong, all the strings that need to go to the left, go to the left, and all the strings that go to the right to to the right.
Just seen it, it's got eleven strings. 😀

Good try, but it does have 12 strings. Keep looking, you'll find it!

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New way to string a guitar? Oct 28, 2018 9:04:42 GMT -5

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Oct 28, 2018 6:52:17 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

Oct 28, 2018 3:42:38 GMT -5 Derick said:

Been studying that photo for ages now, still can't see anything wrong, all the strings that need to go to the left, go to the left, and all the strings that go to the right to to the right.
Just seen it, it's got eleven strings. 😀

Good try, but it does have 12 strings. Keep looking, you'll find it!

there are many thing wrong

so far I see:
- 1st, 2ed and 3rd pairs wired to 6-5, 4-3 and 2-1 pegs
- It appears two strings are wired to peg 12
- strings wound opposite direction on pegs 7 thru 12

did I miss anything?

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ancient1 Elite Member Posts: 815 Playing guitar since: late 50's....always a beginner	New way to string a guitar? Oct 28, 2018 11:20:52 GMT -5 via mobile Derick and TonyKgull like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ancient1 on Oct 28, 2018 11:20:52 GMT -5 Enlarged the picture and it looked like a power pole in Bagdad. The person that strung it must of had two left hands, cross eyed and way too much to drink. What a mess.
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New way to string a guitar? Oct 29, 2018 1:27:47 GMT -5

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All strings are wound on the outside of the pegs. The person putting the strings on started at the peg closest to the nut, and worked his/her way up the bass side and when he/she got to the middle, started at the nut again so that string 6 was on the 1st post, string 5 on the 2nd post, string 4 on the 3rd post. . .string 1 on the 6th post with a bunch of them looping on the outside of a few posts. Very weird.

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