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Thanks Wade! I am going to use them.....do you have a pic of the right size? While I love my luthier more than life, the catch is he uses the “Martin string lock” method with a weird 2 and a 1/2 hitch thing to lock the string.....I can’t even understand how he actually does it.....must be a jewellery tool. Removing the thick strings is a comedy while the skinnies are disaster waiting to happen. I will buy a crochet hook! My hack is for guitars that slip off your knee when playing while seated. In the past, my Nationals have been a culprit and a metal Dobro - halfway through a tune and we are losing everything. It is the same with my Taylor 717e with the Silent Satin Finish......whoops, straight off the leg and heading for floor, mic stand, music stand. My solution also comes from the haberdashery - a small roll of Velcro tape with adhesive backing. I cut a small strip and stick it right where my thigh contacts the guitar. Works! Some might be wary of the adhesive removing finish but I figure that is better than dropping the guitar... Some would say to just use a strap but it isn’t as good. BluesKing777. |
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Score the edges on a $5-$8 set of feeler gauges with a file to make some nut files.
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Take a playing card (or I suppose a business card would work) and loosely weave it in and out of your strings. Makes for an instant sort of steel-drum like sound effect.
I used to do this to get the audience attention. They wonder what I'm about to do with the Ace of Clubs that I just dramatically produced and then use it to play "Lime and Coconut" - good for laughs. |
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Use a piece of .010" guitar string as a feeler gauge when checking relief.
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I have a friend who uses them as flat picks. (they don't work very well, but he's not fussy). I have seen credit cars cut up and used as well. They work somewhat better - if you like them floppy.
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I use and old sliver spoon to gently pry up stubborn pins that won't come out even when pushed from the bottom by a hand inside the guitar. Because of sliver's high value, spoons of real sterling silver are often very thin, and a thin tip will fit into tighter spaces ... as in the above pic. My every day stainless steel spoons don't work on all my guitars because those spoons are too thick. Some antique stores sell real sterling silver spoons for around 12 bucks. The spoon in this pic weighs 1 ounce, and pure silver is now about $15 an ounce ... but sterling silver is only 92.5% silver. Many silver spoons are very tiny, 3 or 4 inches long and much lighter, like those spoons with tourists destinations on them sold as souvenirs. Last edited by Tico; 06-02-2020 at 09:37 PM. |
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I started using them recently. I snip the ends a little so that they clip on easier. Works great!
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Can I still cut it up for picks? Last edited by Tico; 06-02-2020 at 11:28 PM. |
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I did find this photo online, and it's actually more helpful than what I've written so far: ˙˙˙ Unlike my set, this one has the sizes labeled. Which is a nice touch. Even so, I'd suggest you go look and see what your Walmart/local fabric or knit shops have on hand. Get the smallest. Hope this helps a bit more. Wade Hampton Miller |
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Thanks Wade! If it helps the deadly string impale, I will get a gold plated one! BluesKing777. |