bit of a problem...

tbillie41 · Unread post by **tbillie41** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:13 pm

a couple hours ago, i pu tsome new strings on, and was did the usual tune, stretch, tune, play some, stretch, tune, lather rinse repeat. i played for about an hour and was stretching the strings one last time and the peg holding the low E in place started to pop out. "musta done something a little wrong with that string" i thought, and re-strung it, but it keeps happening. i've re-strung only twice before and this has never happened? any ideas what happened, if it's something bad and what i can do to fix it? thanks.

MWR · Unread post by **MWR** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:22 pm

You might have bought heavier guage strings. The extra tension could be pulling that pin out.

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:24 pm

no problem at all...

how far out is it?

you can just push it back in with a little force...

maybe look into getting new pegs?

tbillie41 · Unread post by **tbillie41** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:26 pm

nah, same strings .53-.12 elixir polyweb lights. (they rule imho).

the peg doesn't come out very much. i did push it a little ways back in and it worked loose again and made a popping noise as it did so. i've only had the guitar since may, and i'm still a bit nervous about being "rough" with it. I'll go push on it a bit more, and see about getting new pegs.

DT · Unread post by DT » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:26 pm

its probably either a worn pin, or maybe youre just not seating the ball end correctly?

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:27 pm

make sure the ball on the end of the string is going up beside the pin and not on the bottom of it. if you can get the ball beside the pin (in between the pin and wood) then it locks itself in.

DmbFanJason · Unread post by **DmbFanJason** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:31 pm

that same thing happened to the pegs my guitar....so I got Martin pegs and it never happened again.

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:32 pm

The Dreaming Tree wrote:not seating the ball end correctly?

thats what I am thinking here...if it keeps coming out, then that is a very viable answer...

you could de-tune it enough to pull the string out and re-set it

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:33 pm

Appsoldier wrote:make sure the ball on the end of the string is going up beside the pin and not on the bottom of it. if you can get the ball beside the pin (in between the pin and wood) then it locks itself in.

tbillie41 · Unread post by **tbillie41** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:53 pm

well, i reseated the ball end of the string and made sure it was in, and that seems to have solved things.

thanks guys...

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:22 pm

sure thing man

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:33 pm

firedancer86 wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:make sure the ball on the end of the string is going up beside the pin and not on the bottom of it. if you can get the ball beside the pin (in between the pin and wood) then it locks itself in.

what? he said he's only restrung twice. i made the same mistake when i first started and my peg went flying across the room. i thought it was valid point.

tbillie41 · Unread post by **tbillie41** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:38 pm

Appsoldier wrote:
firedancer86 wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:make sure the ball on the end of the string is going up beside the pin and not on the bottom of it. if you can get the ball beside the pin (in between the pin and wood) then it locks itself in.

what? he said he's only restrung twice. i made the same mistake when i first started and my peg went flying across the room. i thought it was valid point.

it was a valid point. that actually happened to me the first time. the peg hit my sleeping dog. it was comedy gold.

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:39 pm

moments when you wish you had a camera

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 8:47 pm

I never let the ball above the bottom of the pin...I let the knotted part...just not the ball itself...never knew that is what you were "supposta" do...

:s meaning, "are you sure?"

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