HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings

Subject: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: greg stephens
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 08:04 AM

Never played nylon string guitar. Have just acquired three old spanish guitars for use with teaching guitar basics to refugees. Now, the strings I've bought havent got ball-ends. Is there a special knot you use to tie them on? Can anyone do a description, or a blue clicky to a picture?
Thanks a lot
greg

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: C-flat
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 08:53 AM

There's a description and diagram here.

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: mooman
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 08:57 AM

OK...I try to describe it in words!

At the bridge end you pass the strings over the saddle and then through the holes in the bridge from the neck side. Then take a short length of each string from the exit to the hole and bring it back across the top of the bridge. Pass it under the string where it enters the hole and then back towards the bottom of the guitar. Pass the loose end under the part of each string that crosses the top of the bridge (once is usually enough but for the thinner strings you could do this twice. Now, the important bit! Pull the string tighter from the part that will go to the nut and ensure that the wrapped around part string is trapped just behind, i.e. not on top of the bridge. If you do this there will be no slippage. If that grip is behind the back edge of the bridge, it will almost certainly slip.

At the tuner end, usual procedure, ensuring that you loop the string back round so it is gripped by the wound part and that you have at least two or three windings on the roller.

I'm sure someone will find a photo that shows this much more simply visually and do a blicky to it!

Hope this helps!

moo

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: mooman
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 08:59 AM

Thanks C-flat, that photo illustrates it perfectly!

moo

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: C-flat
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 09:07 AM

I was going to try to describe it verbally but it looked awfully complicated when I read it back.
Yours was much better than mine, Moonman!:~)
C-flat.

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: greg stephens
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 11:55 AM

Thanks to you both, exactly what I wanted. I'll see how I get on.
cheers greg

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: Leadfingers
Date: 21 Oct 02 - 12:32 PM

Au Lait

Subject: RE: HELP: fitting Spanish guitar strings
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jul 08 - 03:15 PM

Great advice above. Yourtube also have some videos