Guitar Help

RollingChopper · 03-18-2013, 10:38 PM

I know it's kinda off-topic.

I'm changing my electric guitar strings, and there's one string that is like trapped in the bridge and i can't push it down to take it off.

Taking it off the neck is pretty easy but they're like trapped and i can't push them down to take it off the guitar.

Thank you.

Necromancer · 03-18-2013, 11:01 PM

I can't quite picture what your trying to explain. Wow .. thats never happened to me before, as far as I remember anyway.

Sounds like it should be easy to correct.

Maybe post a picture or try describing the problem in better detail?

Hurricane7 · 03-19-2013, 05:12 AM

I think I know what you mean but I kinda need more details. Have you cut the string leaving only a small section stuck in the bridge? Is there anykind of back plate to the guitar?

Plankton · 03-19-2013, 09:29 AM

What kind of bridge is it? Hard tail, or Trem?

Sequoioideae · 03-19-2013, 04:03 PM

Trapped in the bridge, is it a string through?

RollingChopper · 03-19-2013, 06:47 PM

OP here, i actually already fixed the problem.

I'm from Argentina and i don't speak good english but ima try to explain it:

The strings have 2 endings, one with a little ball, and the other is plane.
Well, the ball is the mechanism that is used to don't let the string "escape" in a normal way.
But when you have to remove a string to replace them, you push the string in the direction that i actually entered. OK: the problem was that when i pushed the string to remove it, the string didn't remove, the ball was like "glued" to the bridge. I already got a little piece of thin metal and remove the balls with some force.

Thank you all for the help!!!

03-18-2013, 10:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
RollingChopper Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 24	Guitar Help I know it's kinda off-topic. I'm changing my electric guitar strings, and there's one string that is like trapped in the bridge and i can't push it down to take it off. Taking it off the neck is pretty easy but they're like trapped and i can't push them down to take it off the guitar. Thank you.

03-19-2013, 05:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hurricane7 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 14	I think I know what you mean but I kinda need more details. Have you cut the string leaving only a small section stuck in the bridge? Is there anykind of back plate to the guitar? __________________ LastFM

03-19-2013, 09:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	What kind of bridge is it? Hard tail, or Trem? __________________ See location...

03-18-2013, 11:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	I can't quite picture what your trying to explain. Wow .. thats never happened to me before, as far as I remember anyway. Sounds like it should be easy to correct. Maybe post a picture or try describing the problem in better detail?

03-19-2013, 06:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
RollingChopper Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 24	OP here, i actually already fixed the problem. I'm from Argentina and i don't speak good english but ima try to explain it: The strings have 2 endings, one with a little ball, and the other is plane. Well, the ball is the mechanism that is used to don't let the string "escape" in a normal way. But when you have to remove a string to replace them, you push the string in the direction that i actually entered. OK: the problem was that when i pushed the string to remove it, the string didn't remove, the ball was like "glued" to the bridge. I already got a little piece of thin metal and remove the balls with some force. Thank you all for the help!!!