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=====Slipping=====
Sometimes when you get close to being in tune, the string will slip. This can either occur at the bridge or the tuning peg. If it slips from a Floyd style bridge, you will have to unwind the tuner a bit to get more length to the string and re-clamp it - make sure you have enough of the string in the block and are tightening the block hard enough. Also make sure the clamp block itself is not damaged, preventing it from working properly. For a Stratocaster style bridge, sometimes the ball end catches on part of the bridge before getting all the way to the place it's supposed to be. Just keep tightening the tuning peg. If the string slipped at the tuning peg, you basically have to start over - unwind the string until you can repinch it and start winding again. Some people may say to tie a knot in the string on the peg. I think it's unnecessary - I've only had the string slip off the peg a handful of times. If you follow the advice about starting with a karate chop's worth of slack, getting get a good pinchon the peg, keeping keep tension while tuning up, and making make sure each wind is lower rests under than the priorone, it should not slip.
=== Breaking New Strings In ===