Post by RobertW on Aug 13, 2021 12:08:48 GMT -5
SO another day, another guitar with not changed since 2017.
My Martin GPCPA5k.
Oh and it still has plastic pins!
I check my pins stock i sett i have a set of ebony and abalone. But when i check fit they are too loose. SO it will have to be bone & black dot which look the same as the original plastic. (First mistake)
The last change was 2017 feb with EB Aluminum Bronze. This time I selected Martin Flexible Core SP.
and these are 13s instead of 12s. Never had 13s, on any guitar. (Second Mistake?)
First have to remove the StringDrop from the 6th string tuner, and decide not to put it back because I was forced to hang guitar by a capo on 2ed fret because the string drop interfered with hanger.
Then I did clean and lube fretboard and polish guitar with Seagull polish.
I rubbed graphite in the nut slots and as I installed each wound string, rubbed the string in the slot like a file.
re: First Mistake:
AS i installed new strings I found the ball end catching on EVERY pin end and had to be pushed off manually! I should have prepped the pins by cutting the ends off diagonally. I forgot.
Tuning seemed more difficult. I kept fearing i was about to snap a string, yet I could see I was in proper octave for each. I do not have any nut binding but I may have discover a tuner with gear slip!!. But perhaps it just needs to settle in with the higher tension.
I can't do the 12 string yet, because, i don't have any 12 sets in stock! Shocking!
My Martin GPCPA5k.
Oh and it still has plastic pins!
I check my pins stock i sett i have a set of ebony and abalone. But when i check fit they are too loose. SO it will have to be bone & black dot which look the same as the original plastic. (First mistake)
The last change was 2017 feb with EB Aluminum Bronze. This time I selected Martin Flexible Core SP.
and these are 13s instead of 12s. Never had 13s, on any guitar. (Second Mistake?)
First have to remove the StringDrop from the 6th string tuner, and decide not to put it back because I was forced to hang guitar by a capo on 2ed fret because the string drop interfered with hanger.
Then I did clean and lube fretboard and polish guitar with Seagull polish.
I rubbed graphite in the nut slots and as I installed each wound string, rubbed the string in the slot like a file.
re: First Mistake:
AS i installed new strings I found the ball end catching on EVERY pin end and had to be pushed off manually! I should have prepped the pins by cutting the ends off diagonally. I forgot.
Tuning seemed more difficult. I kept fearing i was about to snap a string, yet I could see I was in proper octave for each. I do not have any nut binding but I may have discover a tuner with gear slip!!. But perhaps it just needs to settle in with the higher tension.
I can't do the 12 string yet, because, i don't have any 12 sets in stock! Shocking!
