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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | .....did what I just did. :rolleyes: :p
I'm changing strings on Jewel, and I grabbed one, measured it, wound it on, tuned it, cut it, went to grab the next string--and realized the one I just did is the wrong string and it's now about two inches too short for where it's supposed to be.
(????Huh???? How'd that happen...?)
Oh, I know I can take one from the next pack, but they weren't cheapies, and now I'm gonna have a pack that's short when I have to change strings again.
A dilemna...what to do, what to do, what to do....
A thought surfaces from the dim murk of my bass-playing days: "Some people actually boil their strings to get some extra life out of them." Well, why not?
So, I heated some water, threw in the old string, let it go for awhile, fished it out, dried it off, wound it on, and VOILA! It pretty much looks new, doesn't sound much different from the new ones, and leaves me with an intact new set for next time.
The moral of the story (aside from the obvious)? Unwind the old strings carefully, because you just never know.....
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Location: Upper Left USA | Karen,
Wait until you get a set just like those and I'll buy them from you and use them on my 19.1" Scale Papoose!
Or...
I'll send you an 0.74" to put where the low e goes, then you swap the E for the A, the A for the D and so on. This is the Poor Girl's Baritone.
These aren't problems, they are opportunities! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Originally posted by MWoody:
Karen,
Wait until you get a set just like those and I'll buy them from you and use them on my 19.1" Scale Papoose!
Or...
I'll send you an 0.74" to put where the low e goes, then you swap the E for the A, the A for the D and so on. This is the Poor Girl's Baritone.
These aren't problems, they are opportunities! Lol! Ingenious! Where there's MWoody, there's a way! (believe me, I was careful about how I phrased that!) |
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Location: Utah | Which is why I never cut a string until all of them are installed and verified! I've learned the hard way, too. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | did that last week with my 12 string. I was luck because, despite having cut the remaining string, it was an A in place of a D, so I had enough string to work with. |
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Location: SoCal | Measure twice, cut once.... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Once I had to cut one three times, and it was still too short. |
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Location: Location Location Location | My guitars sound so much better without strings. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | We've all done that, Karen. For some, more than once. We're just unwilling to admit it. All part of our Alpha Dog mentality. |
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Location: SoCal | You know Brad, the older I get the less I mind admitting mistakes. I just don't want to do it too often as it could take up all my time.... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Ditto, Moody. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Yepper, my mistakes keep me busy... |
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