Now I dont know how many of you go through what I am about to describe but I figured if I could help just one person avoid the frustration I experienced then this article will have served its purpose.
My favorite guitar was custom made at Candelas Guitars located in East Los Angeles and I use it ninety five percent of the time. Sometimes on this guitar I cannot insert the string through bridge the easy way which for me is inserting the end of the string from the top of the bridge pushing it through and then tying it off. What happens is the string at the bottom end is not strong enough to stay rigid and usually bunches up. So I figure no problem right? Just insert the top of the string which is rigid through the bottom of the bridge and pull it all the way through leaving enough to tie off at the bottom.
Here is where the frustration begins. It seems the there is not enough angle to bend the string upwards and it gets stuck. I provided a picture below:
No matter how hard I push the string will not bend upwards allowing me to pull it through. As I am looking for a safe place to throw my guitar in anger I notice a paper clip on my desk and just like that the solution presents itself. I placed the loop of the paper clip in the bridge allowing the string hole to be centered in the paper clip loop and then pushed the string through kind of like threading a needle as shown in the image below:
Now as I push the string I pull upward on the paper clip allowing the string to bend and be pulled through.
Now all thats left is tucking the previous string ends into the loop.
Tying them off and pulling to make sure you get a secure hold.
Thats it! Hope this helps at least one person.
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