# Pulling string from my hand,, and strummol8

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**Category:** Spin Tops
**Created:** [February 6, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pulling-string-from-my-hand-and-strummol8/393842 "2024-02-06T18:41:57Z")
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### Author: ![Rockitglider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5a626/32.png) [@Rockitglider](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rockitglider)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/pulling-string-from-my-hand-and-strummol8/393842/8 "2024-02-08T15:41:55Z")

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Thanks,  
I’ll try to experiment with the length, I bought a couple of custom made strings from Dazzling Dave, and they are long enough to start out with a fairly long string and shorten it as I experiment. I think I read somewhere that there is a string length standard to start with depending on the weight of the top.

> [@Getting Started with Spin Tops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/getting-started-with-spin-tops/23363):
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> Almost everything about learning how to spin tops defies logic, is counter-intuitive, or is otherwise generally frustrating.&nbsp; It’s all backwards, I tell ya!&nbsp; The following bits of advice should help move things forward again. Which top? As you may have already discovered, there are two basic types of tops, fixed tip and bearing tip tops.&nbsp; Bearing tops seem to be easier for beginners because they give the player more time to set up for tricks.&nbsp; The bearings themselves can be difficult to remove…

Rockit

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