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Location: toneville USA | you mentioned a string tube to stick in the pinless bridge, to keep the string clean during insertion(he he ...i said insert)
can you tell me specifically where to get some of it? as you suggested, i've tried a few craft stores...no luck.
do the ones you have accomodate a .056??
he he...i also said "get some" :D |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Here is a place you can get it on the web.
http://www.scicominc.com/polyethylene.htm
I think the one you need is number BB31695-PE/10. It says the ID is .062
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Location: toneville USA | dave...again i'll say it: you da man.
i find it interesting that so many others don't buy into the fact that the bass strings become almsot "dead" tone-wise when fed through the pinless. glad to see that someone else hears what i hear... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | What? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You could take a Q-tip with lacquer on it and coat the inside of the bridge hole so the string will slide in there more smoothly with out putting the deposits on the string. Let it dry before putting strings through there of course..... |
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Location: toneville USA | that is the stuff..i ordered it as you suggested and FINALLY FINALLY i have heard what my 1778LX sounds like WITH ACTUAL FRESH STRINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks dave, i was seriously contemplating offing this guitar and never looking back to ovations. the added crispness in sound and feel now assures that i'll have it for "ever".
any doubters out there who think their strings are "new" when restringing the pinless should try the aformentioned tubes while stringing.
thanks dave! |
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Location: toneville USA | Originally posted by cwk2:
You could take a Q-tip with lacquer on it and coat the inside of the bridge hole so the string will slide in there more smoothly with out putting the deposits on the string. Let it dry before putting strings through there of course..... but then i'd have ebony and lacquer deposits in the windings... |
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Location: NJ | Yes, Witko . . .
. . . you are DEFINITELY "d'Man"!
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Location: SoCal | You guys have got to get lives........ |
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Location: Upper Left USA | And on which web board would you get a life?
Even Walmart ain't stocking them! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | For your information, "STRING TUBES" are now Patent Pending. Dave |
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Location: SoCal | I think I'll "improve" the sound of my guitar by practicing more..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I found a battery operated set. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Isn't this string tube thing a joke? Not in the sense that it's silly, but in the sense of April's fools? Does anyone have a left handed smoke shifter? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Could be a joke. Or could be a way to improve the sound of your guitar. It's up to you. Dave |
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Location: Colorado | I've got some left-handed magazines |
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Location: NJ | Big Deal.
Witko's got a bathroom FULL of 'em . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | If it improves the sound of MY guitar, then it must be good. |
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Location: NJ | Y'know . . . if y'used TEFLON tubing, the string would pick up a Teflon COATING, and then the wood couldn't POSSIBLY get trapped in the wraps . . .
. . . 'course, that'd mean that you'd now have TEFLON trapped in the wraps . . . .
. . . . damn! . . . this "OCD-shit" really blows! . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I saw a goth / new age band about a month ago, the audience could've used q-tips dipped in laquer to stick in their ear holes. At least I coulda. After each song the only thing I could say was: Are they finished yet!? |
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Dave...?? string tube info please!