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piknleft
Dec-07-2008, 6:09am
I like to keep "lens wipes" to clean my thumb and pick finger and pick. (Hand lotion in the Ohio winters is a must) I also keep a "tack rag" (for woodworking) in a baggie. Press it between my thumb and finger and it seems to offer just enough grip.
I also carry a cokscrew and a de-capulator but that's another story.;) Mike
PhilTod
Dec-07-2008, 10:55am
A nail file is a must (from years as a fingerstyle guitarist-still useful with mandolin), a jar "grip" (those rubbery things with a grabbing surface) to assist with tight bridge screw adjusters.
MikeEdgerton
Dec-07-2008, 11:01am
This is a favorite subject (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43342&highlight=case+gorilla). :)
I've added Advil to my previous list. The older I get the more it seems to help.
Well you asked for unusual. I keep my service ribbons from the Marine Corps in my case. Yes I know its weird, and I don't have a clue why. Just seems like a good place for them.
Ken
Bruce Evans
Dec-09-2008, 5:46am
How about something to NOT put in your case - like your car keys?
You can go nuts looking for them after the jam/gig. :mad: :crying: & :redface:
BiscoMando
Dec-09-2008, 6:33am
I have one of those Oasis humidifyers and it needs to be filled with a little syringe. I keep the syringe in the case too, and whenever I go to get my tuner or picks, I'm always worried someone will see it in there, and you know... make some bad assumptions about my personal habits.
-BM
Don Christy
Dec-09-2008, 7:02am
In most of my cases I have a tuner, strings, 2 picks, and cleaning cloths. And this time of year a humidifier.
I generally use my Silver Angel as my main axe and mostly keep it in my travellite. So in that case I also carry my Zoom H2 recorder and wall wort for tune capture. And that's about all that can fit in it.
When I really travel I use the Calton for the mando and it holds less (and I travel with more) so I carry an extra bag full of stuff: including pliars, cutters, screwdriver, string winder, tab and notation paper, pens, corkscrew and bottle opener, etc.
In the other thread, several folks mentioned a flask of whiskey. Does the flask fit in the compartment??
Don
How about something to NOT put in your case - like your car keys?
You can go nuts looking for them after the jam/gig. :mad: :crying: & :redface:
You think that's bad...I've looked for my car keys and they were in my left hand.
Now, that's bad.
greg_tsam
Dec-09-2008, 10:48am
rosin bag
cudofcow
Dec-09-2008, 1:38pm
Lots of picks, a regular black strap dunlop capo, cleaning cloth, my case keys?, 1 english pound for good luck, GHS Fast Fret (I swear by this stuff), and thats about all it can fit.
mandolooter
Dec-09-2008, 1:49pm
a lighter!
JEStanek
Dec-09-2008, 2:03pm
Pick's, tuner, a business card with my name, address, and phone number (in case I leave it somewhere I can get that happy call- even though I've never forgotten an instrument anywhere-yet), strap, microfiber cloth, some music... nothing too unusual.
Jamie
Rob Powell
Dec-09-2008, 2:34pm
Maybe not so unusual...14 picks, all different. Horn, bone, Wegens, Red Bears, TS, Blue Chips....
EDIT: oh yeah, 2 spare bridge saddles, one blank, one slotted. Never know when you'll need a new saddle ;)