Jimmy Page/ Joe Bonamassa/ Billy Gibbons String Trick AKA "topwrapping"

A quick video showing the Jimmy Page/ Joe Bonamassa string trick. Makes 11s feel like 10.5s.

Very easy and it really improves playability if you like heavy strings like I do.

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[HeliVis]

Page was doing this decades befor JB exactly how is this the "JB string trick"? Anything to keep associating his name with real musicians instead of mediocre types I guess. That's why he bills himself as "King of all Blues" these days?

[weirdotis]

@HeliVis I titled it JB because I first learned of it from him. Also, have you ever seen him live? That will change your opinions of him real quick.

[JoeBonamassaOfficial]

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[mundellmatthewray]

Page used light gauge

[Hoopermazing]

Never heard of him... he must be a metal or fusion guitarist.

[TheGospelGuitarist]

@BluesBrogio You can buy Stop Bars with them already molded into it. To save money you could file grooves but make sure you get them smooth.

[RisingSon011]

{Page and Billy are two of the best in the world . Monsters of rock . But if you dismiss Joe Bo , you need to get a clue . The man is as good as it gets in the blues rock guitar world .

[Mdaman13]

@HeliVis Bold words from a guy that favourites Dave Days....

[dokokai]

@JHLittleWing Just remember that Joe wouldn't be doing what he's doing without Page, Stevie & Hendrix. They took Albert King & other greats & brought it past what anyone else was doing. And Page was not only a genius guitarist but also a genius musician, songwriter, recording engineer, producer & arranger. Nothing he's done has been match yet... not by a Bonamassa or any other player. Joe is no doubt a great player but has yet to match the greatness of Page & I doubt anyone ever will.

[emanhacker]

@alanpetsche actually joe plays with alot of emotion and feeling so dont even go there dude

[alanpetsche]

@CoreyTB1 Maybe he can run circles, I'll bet he's a real fast runner!!! But he can't play a guitar lick that has a micron of emotion in it.

[BluesBrogio]

Would you recommend sanding the top of the stopbar in order to create slots in which the strings would lay?

[ElevenBravo]

Answer to "WHY STRING THIS WAY?":

Stringing this way allows to you crank down your tailpiece (NOT the bridge) so that it in direct contact with the top of the guitar. The reason for stringing this way is so that the strings are at not such a sharp angle to the bridge saddles. The claim is that if the tailpiece is in contact with the top of the guitar, then the string vibration will resonate more readily into the guitar body. Acoustically, this makes perfect sense.