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Location: Boston | What do you guys use for shims and where did you get them? I need a couple. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | I cut up my wife's credit card.... |
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Location: PDX | I just emailed one of the factory folks, and they mailed a few out, along with a TR wrench, and some end pins -- no charge. I think it was Keller, but i'm not sure any more, it was a while ago.
In any case, excellent, excellent customer service!
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Location: NJ | Any hard, flat material of a consistent thickness.
Old credit cards DO work rather well . . . |
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Location: Orange County, California | I especially like using the "magnetic strip" part of the credit card as a shim to enhance the magnetic pick up sound of the OPP.... Use one for a "single coil sound", or two for a "Hum-bucker" :p ;) :p ;)
Next greatest thing since string tubes, I'd say. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Coincidence,
I just asked Keller about this yesterday on the phone because I needed a couple. He recommended credit cards too. |
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Location: Boston | Hmmm, given the way my collection seems to keep growing myabe I better cut up my own card and use that.
Thanks for the quick replies!!!! |
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Location: Reno, NV | Check out the "remnants" bin at you local plastic supply house. I picked up a few pieces of thin acrylic sheet for $1.00
the shims I made from it are about 1.5x of the OEM shims. Perfect for that "in between" adjustments.
PM me and I'll mail one to you. If you want. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Gee, I have to get some of those string tubes...heard they are available on eBay :rolleyes: |
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Location: big island | jim,
k-mart had a "blue-light" special on string tubes this week. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | For thinner shims, I used a credit card size calendar that was about half the thickness of a credit card.
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Lanaki,
They closed all of the K-Marts in this area, what about Walmart? Do you think they have String Tubes? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Remember that what ever thickness you use you'll get half at the 12th fret. |
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Location: Midland, MI | This thread takes on a whole new meaning when viewed from the perspective of my best friend who refers to hermaphrodites and cross-dressers both as 'shims.'
:eek:
I've never changed the shims under the bridge in my Elite. The one and only time I had the bridge off, though, there was a thin one and a thicker one (IIRC, it's been a couple of years). The thicker one reminded me of the brown resin board that I used for the circuit board on my amp build, only about 1/2 the thickness.
cwk2 said:
Remember that what ever thickness you use you'll get half at the 12th fret. So, if you take one out, do you get back twice as much? ;) |
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Location: NW NJ | Originally posted by BegginJM:
Gee, I have to get some of those string tubes...heard they are available on eBay :rolleyes: Don't buy 'em on eBay - they're cheap knockoffs that degrade under vibration and clog up the holes through the bridge. As long as you keep playing the junk stays flexible, but as soon as you stop, it congeals into an acrylic-like solid mass. You gotta drill the crap out to change strings.
ONLY buy your string tubes from Standing Ovation. Take this from someone who knows ... |
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Location: big island | begginjm,
walmart's string tubes are all made in china. the ones k-mart was selling are from ypsilanti. i think the chinese ones are similar to those on ebay that robbie is talking about above. follow his seemingly knowledgeable advice and get yours from standingovation just to be safe. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by worshipleader:
ONLY buy your string tubes from Standing Ovation. Take this from someone who knows ... Didn't he move to Amsterdam to avoid extradition? :p :D :p :D |
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| Wasn't he extradited TO Amsterdam? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
[/qb] Didn't he move to Amsterdam to avoid extradition? :p :D :p :D
yeah, but he will find extra other things in amsterdam...
or maybe some "shims", to get back on topic! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | I think I am getting SHAMMED on shims!???? |
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Location: NW NJ | Originally posted by BegginJM:
I think I am getting SHAMMED on shims!???? Nope, not shammed on shims. String tubes...well, maybe. :rolleyes: |
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