Replacing tricone cones

[Niek]

Hello,

I am waiting for new cones for my handmade Regal tricone (Amistar) and want to replace them myself. Does anybody have some advise in how I can do this in the best way? I mainly going to play slide on this guitar, so I am going to use thick strings.

[Alan]

Last time I did it, I just took out the old ones and put the new ones in ;D



Then put all the strings back very slack and tried to get equal pressure across them all, gradually tightenning them a little. I would'nt think it would be a good idea to put on the heaviest string and tune up to D.

Think I tuned it to D - then once there was no rattle or buzzing up to G. Worked for me.

[Niek]

Hello,

Thanks for your advise. With thick strings I ment gauges of .014 .015 for the e string.