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Old 10-01-2012, 11:13 AM
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Default Ewan Dobson and the Dental Floss Guitar

Hey guys, has anybody ever seen anything like this before?
It's a pretty cool video of Ewan Dobson playing a guitar strung with dental floss.
Has anybody ever tried using anything else for guitar strings?
or used dental floss for anything creative?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO08T4ukuac

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Old 10-01-2012, 12:16 PM
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Pretty darn cool
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:21 PM
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I have several guitars strung with real strings....and I can't make them sound that good. Ewan Dobson has to have more fun playing his guitars than about anyone else out there.

That is a pretty awesome song as well.
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:26 PM
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Just goes to show that it's not the strings that make the music...it's the player.
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:26 PM
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Thoroughly impressed.
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:36 PM
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That fella is a mind-boggler.... Loved it.
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:41 PM
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Great playing, nice tune, good music, horrible tone from the guitar. Its novel but nylon strings would sound better.
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:41 PM
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Default Guitar Strings made from dental floss played by Ewan Dobson

Sounds great and it's minty fresh!
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Old 10-01-2012, 01:38 PM
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Thanks for that.

You just have to blink and something new appears from him.

The guy is amazing.
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Old 10-01-2012, 02:32 PM
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I know this might sound weird, but at the risk of sounding like a weirdo...that man has the sickest left hand pinky dexterity I have ever seen! Yes...I am jealous
Just watched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7E-PEv7cl8
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Old 10-01-2012, 02:38 PM
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Great playing, nice tune, good music, horrible tone from the guitar. Its novel but nylon strings would sound better.
I really don't think that that perceived 'correct' tone is his main concern here, do you ?

Absolutely amazing watching the bottom E string oscillate. Like a slow-motion video capture of a normal string, but the pitch is normal.
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Old 10-01-2012, 02:58 PM
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I know this might sound weird, but at the risk of sounding like a weirdo...that man has the sickest left hand pinky dexterity I have ever seen! Yes...I am jealous
Just watched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7E-PEv7cl8
what about this spidery left hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T61ba...eature=related
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as for the materials used for strings
well we went from animal guts to nylon to carbon to titanium to a combination of nylon and carbon to a combination of steel and nylon and the journey continues...
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Very good and unusual id think
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My teeth don't sound that good when I floss and judging by the fillings, at some point they have opened up.
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Old 10-01-2012, 03:23 PM
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Lets see him play it with his teeth (toothpicks)
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