A little powerdered rosin on the peg should help
A little powerdered rosin on the peg should help
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We call it Teflon tape. Teflon is just a brand name for PTFE.
I have heard of people using it that way, but it doesn’t make sense to me that it would work. It’s the same stuff used to make non stick coatings on pots and pans. It’s made to reduce friction, not increase it.
Don
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I glued my endpin back into my Eastman with rubber cement. So far so good.
I'm with you on this in theory....but
I see Steve's point..even though I sit AND stand and do not use a strap on a mandolin....any mandolin.
And is very useful to help use as a spacer to very gently touch the right hand and help keep it in the plane of the strings. same as on archtop guitars.
I'm a bit surprised when someone removes the finger rest and then needs to plant the pinky to use as a spacer.
Of course a good bowlback has the strings much closer to the soundboard and does not need a finger rest.
Back to Steve's issue - it is easier to do the Bluegress microphone dance and stick your mandolin in front of the mic when you can extend it on a strap.
Last edited by DavidKOS; Oct-11-2018 at 11:23pm.
To Philphool…..Exactly what I do to eliminate the problem if the end pin from comes out or just the strap slipping off the pin.
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As others said above: wrap the peg in painter's tape (the blue tape painters use), and then push it back up into the hole. This is one of those cases when the easiest solution is also the best.
Ray Dearstone #009 D1A (1999)
Skip Kelley #063 Offset Two Point (2017)
Arches #9 A Style (2005)
Bourgeois M5A (2022)
Hohner and Seydel Harmonicas (various keys)
"Heck, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santy Claus!"
We have a winner! Keep it simple. I think my roll of blue painters tape has "fixed" almost as many things as my roll of duct tape!
Also, good for loose knobs on electric guitars -- teeny bit of tape between the knob and the pot will fix it. I used to spread the tangs on the shaft, then reinstall the knob -- worked great until I spread one too far and it broke off -- again, keep it simple -- blue painters tape is the way to go!
To all of you who keep insisting that a piece of blue painter’s tape is the “simple” and “best” solution, why are you trying to ruin the fun of all us nitpickers?
Don
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Tape is gauche!
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