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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 4:07 PM (#121156)
Subject: String Won't Ring


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i am now on my fifth set of strings since getting my W597 a few months ago. i cannot get the high e string to ring true. i noticed this from the get-go with the factory installed strings too. it is almost like there is a slight damper on it somewhere keeping it from sustaining properly and deadening the ring. probably a saddle or nut alteration?
clues or advice please. mahalo!

edit: since it seems better when fretted, it must be the nut.
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Waskel
Posted 2007-01-09 4:13 PM (#121157 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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Ok, get out the Dremel tool, and... no, wait. That's for bridge adjustments...
I think the nut is your problem. Sounds like the string is not snug in the slot.
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 4:14 PM (#121158 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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perhaps the slot needs work?
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Waskel
Posted 2007-01-09 4:17 PM (#121159 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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Um... yes, you could phrase it that way, Randy. Be prepared for this thread to take a sharp left hand turn, though...
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 4:18 PM (#121160 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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especially if jeff w gets involved.
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Beal
Posted 2007-01-09 4:19 PM (#121161 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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Hit the nut with a nut file to make sure the slot is clean and that the contact is at the rear most part of the nut, next to the f/b.
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 4:24 PM (#121162 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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wish i had a nut file (shut up, jeffw)
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Waskel
Posted 2007-01-09 4:26 PM (#121163 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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Schuga, we're not supposed to post innuendo anymore.
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 4:28 PM (#121164 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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i suppose the blade of my pocketknife will have to suffice.

thanks for the suggestion schuga!
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 4:43 PM (#121165 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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i believe the slot had some burrs. it was not cleanly cut/filed. string be ringing now. mahalos!
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Joyful Noise
Posted 2007-01-09 5:11 PM (#121166 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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Let this be a lesson to us all to give their nuts a little attention every now and then. Just be sure that your slot is clean and your strings will be ringing too.
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Joyful Noise
Posted 2007-01-09 5:13 PM (#121167 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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Uh, what I meant to say was a slot with burrs will screw your nuts up.
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Joyful Noise
Posted 2007-01-09 5:14 PM (#121168 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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Uh, Jeeesh, who do I ask to delete messages?
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 5:25 PM (#121169 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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and what would a man do without a pocketknife?
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MWoody
Posted 2007-01-09 5:32 PM (#121170 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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...fly on an airline...
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 5:37 PM (#121171 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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:D
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G-Guy
Posted 2007-01-09 7:44 PM (#121172 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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:eek: This is a riot! :D
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Jason_S
Posted 2007-01-09 7:46 PM (#121173 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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there' allways box cutters. i reckon them will do if'n you aint got no nife..jason
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lanaki
Posted 2007-01-09 8:22 PM (#121174 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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the only thing about usin' box cutters is, you might cut your box.
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Jason_S
Posted 2007-01-09 8:55 PM (#121175 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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does that only apply to woodboxes and not roundbacks?? jason
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colt357
Posted 2007-01-09 11:09 PM (#121176 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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Originally posted by MWoody:
...fly on an airline...
Sharp!!!!
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MWoody
Posted 2007-01-09 11:34 PM (#121177 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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Here's my rant:

We keep trying to regulate and make rules so that people can't do bad things. I like to carry my 2" pocket knife. Feel naked without it. Had to leave it all behind on the flights to the Tour.

YSBT!

Give me a couple of sharp number 2 pencils and a bad attitude and I could rob a bank!
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fillhixx
Posted 2007-01-10 1:13 AM (#121178 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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Yeah, I know a couple Accountants like that too...
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Weaser P
Posted 2007-01-10 7:45 AM (#121179 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring


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hey now...most accountants prefer to pilfer the (usually large) company they actually work for, not banks. Why make the extra trip? I like to think we're an efficient bunch but most just call us lazy (among other things).
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Waskel
Posted 2007-01-10 8:00 AM (#121180 - in reply to #121156)
Subject: Re: String Won't Ring



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I take my Leatherman tool just about everywhere. When flying I just put it in my checked bag. Coming back from the Tour last year, it somehow wound up in my backpack. It was at the bottom, and the pack was so full of audio cables and other metal stuff (frown: "Sir, you have a lot of metal in here!) that they emptied it, but they didn't dig to the bottom. I thought I had left it in the hotel room until I emptied the pack at home and found it.

When I flew to Boise to pick up my GoldWing, I found out what happens when you book a one-way flight the day before it leaves, and show up wearing a leather jacket and carrying a single leather bag... ("Sir? Step over here, please..."
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