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Wonder how many people who use powered string winders have "hand built" guitars?
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My string winder, my cutters, and my tuner are in the drawer beside my chair.
My guitar is on a stand the other side of my chair. You want me to move to get a power tool? MJRB |
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It has nothing to do with speed or laziness. Using a power winder gives me tremendous control and I tension the string with my right hand winding with my left. The guitar sits nice and steady. Its all for control
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If I use as many hand tools as possible to make the guitar, why would I use a power tool to wind the strings?
Better? Worse? Right? Wrong? Control??? Like tonewoods and braces, just different. |
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Exactly right! Same reason I pull out a hand saw to cut a small item in 10 seconds when it would take 10 minutes to set up/use the table saw. As noted, if your doing production work, it's a different thing but to change strings on a guitar every few weeks, the crank tool in the case is much faster.
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Although I have a plastic string winder,I did not use it when i changed the strings on my AEG20.Did not seem to take very much time and the results were satisfactory.
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For a quick string change I use a hand winder for multiple guitars or 12 strings I use a drill. Why would you NOT use a string winder.
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Exactly why I too use the Black & Decker screwdriver. As far as slipping, gouging, over tightening go... it's not a drill, so it doesn't spin fast enough for that to be a danger. Frankly, it was $12 very well spent. I have a Planet Waves hand winder in the case, for use when I'm away from home but MUCH prefer the B&D.
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Sometimes the string-winders are a bit big.... Like on my mandolin. The tuning knobs are so close together that I keep knocking into the others...
Half the time I just wind 'em by hand... With the guitar on a padded surface I can hold tension with one hand and wind with the other... If I had a 12-string I think I'd be tempted to go electric. |
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Yeah, some of the time I'm too lazy to even get the string winder out of the case so I use that tool. I agree, it seems to work pretty well. |
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