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Location: SoCal | Anyone who has gone to a Matt's Chop Shop has seen him take one of the guitar store's guitars, add a higher guage low E string and put an adapter over the nut...then amazing slide (dobro style). Doesn't harm the guitar at all.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Tony, I think you sent me the one I have.
I have played around with it many times. Very cool to own one. |
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Location: SoCal | Yep, thought I would try to find it again as I have a Custom Legend with a broken nut and low frets...so, easiest solution - raise the strings :mad: :D :mad: |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Okay ,
This is 1 thread I do n`t get .. as I`ve never been to them chop-shops , a " higher-gauge " E , is a Bigger E-Bass string .. ??.
.. and is an " Adapter over the NUT " a CAPO ??
.. and where is Gregg comin` in ..??..
Lt.Col. T C , ... briefing please .. :)
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Location: SoCal | The adapter sits on top of the nut raising the strings to allow the guitar to be played as a slide.
Bigger string, believe it is a .76 or a .78
As for my use, just putting on mediums will give me the ability to sound like a lousy beginning violin player annoying the neighbors.
And who is Gregg?
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Location: Scotland | Strictly speaking, this is an adapter for lap-style playing. You don't need the nut to be raised as much as this for regular bottleneck-style upright slide. A couple of mm at the most will do, some slide players don't even bother raising at the nut. |
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Location: GA USA | When I first started trying to learn, I just put resophonic strings on an old acoustic. That raised the action enough at the saddle, and I could play Spanish style. Since it was tuned slack, open G or D, the heavy strings were not a problem. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Originally posted by Tony Calman:
And who is Gregg? And who the heck is this "Paul Templeman"? |
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Location: SoCal | "who the heck is this "Paul Templeman"?
right...633 posts since 1/2006, maybe not the only body that is numb...CLICK |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | stuff happens and not everybody knows about it I guess... |
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Location: NW Washington State | OK, next time I try to make a joke I'll fill my post with smileys. That way if it doesn't go over everyone will know I was kidding. Or maybe I should give up on my comedy career. :) :) :) :) :) |
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Location: everywhere | emoticons:
braille for the "hard-of-thinking". |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Emoticons: pictures that help explain things to those whose reading skills are not up to par. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Ah yes , Lt.Col.
When ye said " dobro " I thought ye meant a cherished member who goes by the name - Dobro - ( Gregg ), who is a Virtuoso on the Git. , but now I understand that ya meant the dobro-guitar .
Sorry about the confusion.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Numb, it wouldn't be decent sarcasm if everyone got it. Sarcasm usually doesn't play well in writing, though. I try, but no one understands me. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | What? |
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Location: GA USA | Dudes... Numby, of course we knew you were joking. |
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Location: SoCal | ah, but was I, me, we, they? |
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adapter for slide