Guitar Maintenance part two – changing strings
By MNJ
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I’m certainly not a guitar tech. and alsway have any major work, even setups, done by someone who knows their trade.
I take all the strings off my PRS and give the fingerboard a good clean before re-stringing. Due to the cam type machine heads it only takes about 15 minutes which is nowhere near as long as when someone is working on a fingerboard stoning frets or refretting. I don’t know if any special procedures such as truss rod adjustments are used to counteract the lack of string tension when doing this kind of work but in my experience I’ve had no problems in removing all the strings when re-stringing. It takes a bit longer on a Les Paul but I’ve still had no problems.
Steve