Stringing a Guitar.

Make sure that the ball end of the string is not getting caught on the end of the bridge pin. I put a slight bend in the string near the ball to ensure that the string seats on the underside of the bridge.

Take a look at this article by Alan Horvath on stringing your guitar for some tips and tricks.

Vic

What's happening is that the ball end of the string is not nestling properly in the pin. When you first put the string in the hole, replace the peg then give the string a good pull and you should feel it locate the right place. It won't move if you do this right.

All the best

Matt

...or your bridge plate could be worn away.

The ball end of the string is supposed to lock on the bridge plate. The pin is only supposed to be a guide to hold it there until you tighten.

If you have worn grooves in that plate, you'll need to get it fixed.

The same thing happened to me when I bought ebony bridge pins for my string change just to do something different, so I put my other plastic pins back in. Look at each one to see which one is spread open a little more than the others and use that one for the low E and try to get the others back where they were. Try not to mix things up when you take things apart, things usually go back together better where they were in the first place. If you didn't have a problem before changing springs, I would bet you will be fine if you get things back where they were in the first place.

Thank you, You guys rock, literally and figuratively :)

Thats a smashing guitar you have there as well Vic-I have the same model and wouldn't swap it for anything :)

Cheers greenstuart, I also bought a seagull s6 yesterday.
It's impressive as well.