Pruning roses?
Silverangel A
Arches F style kit
1913 Gibson A-1
Changing strings - too easy!
Yeah but, "which" string?
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
I dont understand, what is this changing of strings of which you speak?
Dyeing your fingers blueish?
Dale Ludewig
http://www.ludewigmandolins.com
Someday I will go for it and convert my tuners to the split-peg style Fender had for a while. Not only were there no sharp string ends sticking out, the bend through two different planes means zero chance of slippage. It is true that the peg is weaker, but my instruments use generic guitar tuners, so replacing is not a big issue if needed.
One does have to cut the string first to use this type, but that is a pretty trivial issue, except in the case one broke a string at a gig without a wire cutter handy. ( keep one in my case.) And those folks who like to leave a coil of wire dangling beyond the peg need the pass-through hole in the peg. (I think those loops look ratty.)
Soon...
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The viola is proof that man is not rational
A string? Although the last time I wounded myself changing strings I think it was while taking them off!
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1920 Lyon & Healy bowlback
1923 Gibson A-1 snakehead
1952 Strad-o-lin
1983 Giannini ABSM1 bandolim
2009 Giannini GBSM3 bandolim
2011 Eastman MD305
You owe James R a beer.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
If I don't bleed when changing strings I feel as if I have failed in some way.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Blood glucose measurement?
For wooden musical fun that doesn't involve strumming, check out:
www.busmanwhistles.com
Handcrafted pennywhistles in exotic hardwoods.
Thx for having fun ya'll . . . I'm down in the Orlando area, if you're ever close by, give me a heads up for that brewski or your beverage of choice!
The ole ax sure sounds great with new strings . . . . definitely worth the risk.
That will probably be me tomorrow...
Am I doing something wrong? I don't recall every enduring a bloodletting while changing strings (and, unfortunately, I have to change strings way too often).
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
Blood for the blood gods
Jason Anderson
"...while a great mandolin is a wonderful treat, I would venture to say that there is always more each of us can do with the tools we have available at hand. The biggest limiting factors belong to us not the instruments." Paul Glasse
Stumbling Towards Competence
Wait until you get one underneath your thumb or finger nail !,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
Nearly got zinged in the ol' eyeball one time. Luckily was wearing glasses! (Not shades like in the smiley.)
I don't get how string changing injures so many of you guys. I took a non-trimmed G on an electric under my fingernail once, but I wasn't changing them when it happened.
Soliver arm rested and Tone-Garded Northfield Model M with D’Addario NB 11.5-41, picked with a Wegen Bluegrass 1.4
Oh wait, is that when you break an E string, and then a couple of weeks later the other E string breaks and you have no E string and you have to put two new ones on (which is why theres never any Es in the spare pack of strings)?
I wonder how changing strings doesn't jab a lot of you? Also, if you clip the excess string off at the posts as I suspect that most of us do, those suckers are incredibly sharp and very easy to get a prick when you're cleaning or wiping off the dust around the head stock and posts. I gotta believe that most of us have been there, done that.
Getting swiped in the eye is a real possibility and a serious hazard to watch out for. I've had it almost happen when unfurling a pair of new strings.
Anyway, to all my "blood brothers" . . . hears to ya!
I have decided to quit changing strings.
Once they all break, I'm just buying a new mando.
No matter where I go, there I am...Unless I'm running a little late.
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