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312 Part V: Gearing Up: Outfitting Your Arsenal TEAM LinG
5. Turn the tuning key so the string wraps around the post.
For inline tuners, turn the keys so that all six posts rotate counterclockwise.
For split tuners, turn the three lower-string (six, five, and four)
tuning posts counterclockwise, and the three upper-string (three, two,
and one) tuning posts clockwise. Following this procedure ensures that
the strings wrap from the middle of the neck over the top of the post
and to the outside, as shown in Figure 16-8.
Figure 16-8:
Wrapping
the strings
in the
proper
direction.
6. As you turn the key and wind the string around the post, make sure
that it coils from the top of the post downward toward the headstock
surface, as shown in Figure 16-9.
Use your other hand (the one not turning the key) to create tight, gapless
winds on the post.
If you have too much string, you’ll run out of room on the post before
the string is tightened up to pitch. If that happens, simply loosen the
string, pull a little more string through the post hole, re-kink the string,
and begin the winding process again.
7. Keep turning the tuning key.
As you turn the key, the coils around the post tighten, the slack in the
string disappears, and the string begins to produce a recognizable musical
pitch. Be sure that the string is inside the appropriate nut slot before
the string becomes too taught to manipulate it further.