Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I normally cut all the old strings off first, then start re-stringing the new ones. But, before I do this to my "new" 330, it looks as if this way might be a little bit tough to do. I mean it looks as if I have to re-string one at a time in order to make the tailpiece not wobble out of position. Is this what I must do?

I thought common convention calls for restringing by one string at a time, so there's always at least 5 strings on.

I really like my new 330.

Steve in Idaho USA

Hey, two posts are better than none. I posted a question on another forum and nobody responds, after 28 people looked at it. At least here at this forum, people try to answer questions. That's what I like about this one. Nobody treats nobody like idiots or morons for asking a so-called "dumb" question that were "Supposed to Know" the answer to. Okay, I'll get back to the subject, now. Thanks for the advice, Miguel and Steve.

I replace them one at a time on my 620. I also have kept the cover on the bridge, so I have to feed the strings through there as well. It's sort of a pain, but I like the looks of it.

I have tried the 'all at once' method on my 12 strings by laying all of the strings in the tailpiece and then applying a strip of masking tape to hold them in...Then when tuning--first the bottom pair, then the top E and its twin, to keep tension equal on the tailpiece so it doesn't rock back and forth. Then I just work inward...it works pretty cool!! I think Mark the MD told of this method sometime in an earlier related post.