Stringing a stop tailpiece?

On Fri, 16 May 2008 05:56:50 -0700 (PDT), RichCI <richci@gmail . com >
wrote:

>On May 15, 7:45 pm, "Tony Done" <tonyd...@bigpond . com > wrote:
>> How many of you that use Gibson style stop tailpieces string it up in the
>> "wraparound" mode? That is, loading the string from the front of the
>> tailpiece and bringing it over the top.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tony D
>
>
>Not me. It's been discussed here before and I don't see any merits to
>stringing a stop tail piece like a wrap-around. If anything, it
>sounds like a good way to scratch the finish on the tail piece.

Agreed. If you want a wrap around...get a real wrap around like the
nice Wilkinson on my 96 Hamer studio.

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