Trapeze Tailpiece stringing question

[devinomatic]

Hi folks! Long time Rickenbacker fan, first time poster on the forum here.

I recently bought a 6-string 660, and it's marvelous. I just have a question about stringing it up.

The slots on the trapeze tailpiece have keyhole shaped holes, and my intuition tells me that they string right through, and however they sit, they sit. Occasionally, however, one of the unwound strings will "kink" at a sharp angle, almost similar to how one will pre-bend the ball end of a string to hook it onto a bigsby tailpiece.

Is it common practice to kink the strings up, so they sit very snugly into the keyhole bit? Or will doing this cause string breakage?

I can take a photo to show what I mean, if it helps to get my point across. Thanks in advance for anyone's input!

[jdogric12]

Sounds normal. If it's not causing you undue breakage, I'd leave it alone. Don't get creative LOL

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[collin]

Yes, I kink the string ends and I have done so for many years.

Doesn't cause any issues (and the reason I do this is so the strings don't "settle" suddenly later into their slot).

[jdogric12]

so the strings don't "settle" suddenly later into their slot).

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[jps]

so the strings don't "settle" suddenly later into their slot).

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Sounds like you have some experience with this!

[jdogric12]

so the strings don't "settle" suddenly later into their slot).

mid-show!

Sounds like you have some experience with this!

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