Wow, what a pain-in-the-a$$...
I used this video and the instructions in the package.
My fingers are sore from pulling and stretching! I didn't care for the Rumblers that came stock, they were sticky in some places and felt like they were crumbling or flaking.
Still don't have a great looking re-string job, but it will work. First time I had so many winds, they were wound back on themselves. I got them up to tune and partly stabilized and then, backed them off and tried to do it right, the A string still has more winds than I'd like.
The Pahoehoes feel and sound a lot better than the Rumblers, I thought the tone with the Rumblers was inconsistent for each string...i.e. the E was real quiet, the G was loud and boomy.
Note: I noted the strings in ukulele tuning, oops! I actually tuned to GCEA the second time...haha. Before I took them off, I put a piece of tape on the strings at the first fret to make it easier to stretch almost to tune when putting them back on. Then I tuned to GCEA, I thought it was weird that the tape was pulling all the way to the nut, but thought it might have slipped or the strings stretched more? Then I checked intonation and played a C (3rd fret, 3rd string) and it was a D, it was then that I realized I had tuned it wrong! doh! :shaka:
it was late...;-D
I used this video and the instructions in the package.
My fingers are sore from pulling and stretching! I didn't care for the Rumblers that came stock, they were sticky in some places and felt like they were crumbling or flaking.
Still don't have a great looking re-string job, but it will work. First time I had so many winds, they were wound back on themselves. I got them up to tune and partly stabilized and then, backed them off and tried to do it right, the A string still has more winds than I'd like.
The Pahoehoes feel and sound a lot better than the Rumblers, I thought the tone with the Rumblers was inconsistent for each string...i.e. the E was real quiet, the G was loud and boomy.
Note: I noted the strings in ukulele tuning, oops! I actually tuned to GCEA the second time...haha. Before I took them off, I put a piece of tape on the strings at the first fret to make it easier to stretch almost to tune when putting them back on. Then I tuned to GCEA, I thought it was weird that the tape was pulling all the way to the nut, but thought it might have slipped or the strings stretched more? Then I checked intonation and played a C (3rd fret, 3rd string) and it was a D, it was then that I realized I had tuned it wrong! doh! :shaka:
it was late...;-D
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