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I once tried it with violin strings but they weren't long enough and there weren't enough of them.
Much easier to do on the first three strings than the previous method I used.
I don't get electric winders. I don't even get manual winders. They don't seem to actually make anything any faster or easier. But then I'd rather wash a few plates and spoons than figure out how to get the bloody dishwasher going, let along have to stack and unstack the damn thing.
I do treasure my cheap plastic D'Addario string winder though: turn it around backwards and the handle has a nifty non-scratch bridge pin remover.
I don't hold with the various published methods. Simply pop the string into the hole and insert the bridge pin, lead it through the tuning peg leaving only a little slack (about 1.5 turns worth) and use one hand to keep constant tension on the string while you wind it up with the other hand. Easy. Fast. Very stable tuning. The secret is to wind it on under tension. String winders just make that more difficult, and little if any faster.
last time I used the 2 > 1 fret measuring method for gauging how much to excess to wind around the posts, did take the guesswork out of it.
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