Your Laugh for the Night

**Chrissy** · Nov-04-2005, 9:19pm

ok, so I'm sitting here looking at the tailpiece on this and I'm wondering......how do the strings stick in there? can i lift that up and look under there or will it break? I'm such a beginner, can you tell?

**Celtic Saguaro** · Nov-04-2005, 9:25pm

Go ahead and look. Just don't let the blue smoke out! #

**mikeo2** · Nov-04-2005, 9:26pm

LOL!!! Good memories... been there don't that! Don't feel bad

**Chrissy** · Nov-04-2005, 9:30pm

oh oh, i took it off, its like a whole new world under there but now i can't get that thing back on. i'm getting the hammer.

**John Flynn** · Nov-04-2005, 10:16pm

It slides on from the back. No hammers, please.

**grandmainger** · Nov-05-2005, 2:28am

Originally Posted by (Chrissy @ Nov. 05 2005, 03:30)

oh oh, i took it off, its like a whole new world under there but now i can't get that thing back on. i'm getting the hammer.

Assuming you have a Gibson-style tailpiece, you can slip the cover off by pulling it away from the bridge.
To replace it, you simply need to slide it back into place. Took me a good 3 months to figure that one out on my first mando!

Germain

**Darren Kern** · Nov-05-2005, 8:08am

One of the most important tools for me when I was learning how to get the tailpiece on and off, and how to change strings, was a box of band-aids

**Michael Gowell** · Nov-05-2005, 10:30am

The last time I slid the cover off her tailpiece it was the beginning of a beautiful evening...

**Bruce Evans** · Nov-05-2005, 4:42pm

OH NO! You took it off?

Well... Throw it in your case. It will never stay on now. It is sure to pop off while you wander around at a festival. #

Smiling, but not a fan of tailpiece covers.

**DryBones** · Nov-06-2005, 6:11pm

replace it with a 1 piece..might as well get use to ugrading parts... is that UAS?

**Stephanie Reiser** · Nov-06-2005, 8:01pm

I was talking to a guy at the last BG Jam, and he said that he was proud of himself in that he had finally gotten the courage to change strings. Said it took him a half an hour to get the string through the hole and onto the tailpiece. I broke his heart when I showed him how easily the cover slid off. Lol. But, thats how we learn.

**Links** · Nov-09-2005, 8:56am

Celtic Saguaro - Blue smoke! You must have owned some British sports cars. Everyone knows that the Lucas electrical system operated on blue smoke!

**Keith Erickson** · Nov-09-2005, 9:11am

Originally Posted by (Links @ Nov. 09 2005, 09:56)

Celtic Saguaro #- #Blue smoke! #You must have owned some British sports cars. #Everyone knows that the Lucas electrical system operated on blue smoke!

Links,

That's why Lucas is affectionately known as:

Lucas the prince of darkness

**bjc** · Nov-09-2005, 11:35am

I LOVED the band aid comment...The first time I popped the cover off I lost a good amount of blood and kept thinking "There's GOT to be a Better Way."
There is: Allen tail pieces...much easier

**Links** · Nov-09-2005, 10:24pm

Keith:

You got dat right! I've owned two Austin Healeys!

**Keith Erickson** · Nov-10-2005, 9:16am

Originally Posted by (Links @ Nov. 09 2005, 23:24)

Keith:

You got dat right! #I've owned two Austin Healeys!

Links,

My heartfelt sincerest condolences to you

Let's just hope that you mandolin strings were not made by Lucas.

The sound combined with the blue smoke would be too much for one to handle

**steve V. johnson** · Nov-10-2005, 9:32am

"Lucas the prince of darkness "

Mother Lucas always told her boys, 'Don't go out after dark!' Why do the English drink warm beer? They use Lucas refridgerators...

I won't go further, but there are a zillion of 'em. You know, I know you do. <GGG>

stv
(ex-TR4a, Jaguar)