Dan87
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Hi all.
I've ordered up a set of locking tuners for my 594 Thinline. They are the official PRS ones with the thumb wheel at the top for locking the strings in place.
I went for them for the simple reason of making strings changes quick and easy. I know many are quite happy with winding their strings onto regular old tuners but I'm so used to locking tuners on other guitars and I love the convenience
My question is this: what's the best way to restring with these tuners? There seems to be a bit of debate on the interwebs. The official PRS video guide clearly shows that you should allow approx 2 fingers worth of slack before tightening the thumb screw and winding the string around the post, pretty much like a normal non locking tuners.
Other videos show the string being pulled through the post, locking down and tuning up like every other locking tuner. So what do you folks suggest is best? In my mind option 1 makes the point of swapping out for the locking tuners a bit redundant in my case.
Cheers, Dan
I've ordered up a set of locking tuners for my 594 Thinline. They are the official PRS ones with the thumb wheel at the top for locking the strings in place.
I went for them for the simple reason of making strings changes quick and easy. I know many are quite happy with winding their strings onto regular old tuners but I'm so used to locking tuners on other guitars and I love the convenience
My question is this: what's the best way to restring with these tuners? There seems to be a bit of debate on the interwebs. The official PRS video guide clearly shows that you should allow approx 2 fingers worth of slack before tightening the thumb screw and winding the string around the post, pretty much like a normal non locking tuners.
Other videos show the string being pulled through the post, locking down and tuning up like every other locking tuner. So what do you folks suggest is best? In my mind option 1 makes the point of swapping out for the locking tuners a bit redundant in my case.
Cheers, Dan