I was often asked if it's safe to remove all strings when one re-strings one's guitar so that there's access to the fingerboard for cleaning- you do clean yours, don't you? Yes, the guitar neck is a tension laden part of your instrument, when it's strung up at the factory, the neck was adjusted to accommodate the string tension. The general concern here is whether the release of this tension (upon un-stringing) would detriment the neck.
Over the years, I observe guitars equipped with a .009/ .010 string set manifest no adversity when subject to a complete string removal. I did so & left some of my guitars stringless for some days in the midst of re-moisturizing the rosewood fingerboard. If you employ a thicker string set, say .012 or thicker, & still stay with standard tuning, you can still remove all strings to access your fingerboard then proceed to re-string as usual. Sight your neck for any warping. You can then rectify any anomalies via truss rod adjustments- that's what it's there for.
6 comments:
it's not like the neck was made from rubber, right...
definitely not but misconception/ misinformation do surface among the uninformed.
i often meet people with gunk on the fretboard. when asked why no cleaning was done, they told me they can't access the fingerboard because something would happen should the strings be removed.
oh well same goes the myth of your floating bridge destroying itself if you remove all the strings at once. haha.
self-destructing floating bridge- never heard of this...
hmmm... i was jus wondering, my high E string (0.009) tends to snap easily when i bend the string. n i use a Swing s-100Plus with floating bridge and locking tuners. does the tuners have anything to do with this? since they tend to clip the string down in the tuning heads.
try lubricating the nut first then proceed to play as per normal- your usual bends should take place. note if there are any further snapping...
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