Just about to start my least favourite guitar maintenance task of all...

[Antag]

...so much so that I've only done it once in the 9 years I've owned the guitar  :oops:

Restringing my 12-string  :( :? :roll:

I've put it off as the strings got ever rustier & rustier, but last night one of them snapped (at the nut - that's never happened to me before :?) so I'm going to bite the bullet & get it done.

Wish me luck, I'm going in....

[HTH AMPS]

there is always the option of putting it in for a setup so you get out of the re-stringing 

[tomjackson]

Convert it to a Diddley Bow

[Frank]

Can't say I envy you, I've had a set of acoustic strings sat on my shelf for 6 months because I hate dealing with bridge pins.

[FernandoDuarte]

Good luck! I'd totally throw it to Feline do it :lol:

[nfe]

Could be worse man, I've had to restring a custom 12 string Martin with a slotted headstock, it's very first string change for a customer before he collected and had to not scratch the hell out of the inside of that headstock  :lol:

[Afghan Dave]

Could be worse man...

oh yes..

[WezV]

at least its worth it - 12 strings sound lovely... till they start going out of tune again ;)

[gingataff]

Could be worse man...

oh yes..

So that's what Albert Steptoe is up to these days.

[Antag]

Good luck! I'd totally throw it to Feline do it :lol:

Believe me, I was sorely tempted to drive the 60 miles to Feline's place with it :lol: (I have a few other things need doing too + I get to play with his HTH combo & Egnater M4 while I'm there :))

All done now.  Only took me the best part of an hour :oops:

Sadly, these D'Addario things don't look like they'll last the 6 or so years the Elixirs did (though they did sound like cr@p towards the end of that time :lol:)

[Ted 'N' Leo]

I've put it off as the strings got ever rustier & rustier, but last night one of them snapped (at the nut - that's never happened to me before :?)

EXACT same thing happened to me last night! Conspiracy?