Classical guitar string slippage

Stoffeltoo

I am at wits end!
Second set of strings and the damn thing will not stay in tune.
I retied the strings and Bang! Gone is the G string.

Please help. Does it help to melt a bobble to the trebles to prevent slippage and how many turns around then bridge?

Second will a half hitch help on the machine heads or just straight on?

Thanks

Gearhead

Try this

DaFiz

Do tie a knot of sorts if required, but also allow as many turns around the tuner capstain as you can fit.
There will always be slippage on new nylon strings and you should tug on them and re-tune them until they stabilise. 8)

Stoffeltoo

Thanks guys ?

Restrung with new strings

I'll give it a day or two and let you know

V8

I'm constantly refining the technique...currently it's a slight variant of our Legend's technique (Aka Alan Ratcliffe ?) : http://www.guitarforum.co.za/general-discussion/nylon-strings/

If the memory banks are recalling correctly - the less string you need to securely attach = less string you need to stretch out before the string stabilzes into a tuning. And the string wrapped around the roller can take a while to stretch out, far longer than the rest of the string - giving you a slight tuning irritation over the lifetime of that string.

I try to avoid using a knot on the rollers. On the basses I've got a little trick that works for me - on the trebles, I use Alan's method.

I try do most of the stretching during the restringing (physically stretch em out by hand ala Keira) and once on & stretched in (1-3 days depending on the string) they're relatively stable tuning wise. About as stable as my hardtail strat.

Stoffeltoo

Used half hitch on the rollers, stretched the strings by hand and fastened trebles ala Alan and strue's Bob! The tuning holds much better.

Thanks for the replies ?

beardedmoose

http://www.derek-hasted.co.uk/faqs/restring/