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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Oct 2007 6:08 pm |
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Yeah, bummer.  Almost as bad as when you take a string out of the envelope, unwind it, and find the ball's on the wrong end! Then 'ya gotta get up, walk around the steel, and put it on from the other side. 
Should'a stuck with bongos. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 29 Oct 2007 6:18 pm
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I discovered a good trick for just that problem restringing Bigsby tailpieces on 6-strings.
My wife uses these foam makeup sponges that are wedged shaped. Without worrying about the keyhead end of the string.....you spin the string in your left hand until the ball aligns with the changer pin. With your right hand slip the ball end of the string on the changer pin and jam one of these foam wedges right behind the string.
The wedge blocks the string from coming slipping off the pin.....while you thread the string through the tuning key post at your leisure. |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Oct 2007 7:04 pm
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I've been using a rubber single tapered wedge, like a piano-tuner uses for years, behind the pin on the changer; to hold the string-ball in place while winding the string on the keyhead! Always check to “make sure the ball is completely against the finger”, before tightening the string all the way or it is possible to break the pin under too much tension! I've had that happen just once in 50-yrs., but; that's once too often!
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 29 Oct 2007 8:10 pm
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Oh, yeah - I'll pile on. And you know - it seems like this mainly happens on the rare occasion I break a string in the middle of a set and I haven't got time to fool with it.
But that's what needle-nose pliers are for. In that situation, I don't even bother to hold the ball-end with my hand - I just grab the pliers and hold that sucker tight as I put it on. I keep a set in the little gig bag I keep my bar, picks, and other sundries in. Once I get it oriented on the pin, I have a little piece of scrap wood that I carved to fit down in there and keep it lodged on the pin until the string gets tightened up.
My dad always told me, "Never force anything - finesse it." Well, every once in a while, things need to be forced.  |
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Robert Thomas
From:
Mehama, Oregon, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 1:18 am
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| I use a Q-tip. |
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Paul Redmond
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 1:53 am
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That's why I play keyless guitars.
PRR |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 2:00 am
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the newer Zums have a slot rather than a pin
makes that kind of situation a breeze to remedy |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 6:18 am string breakage
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I can handle breaking a string in the middle of a song,,,,,,,,but what I really hate is when it happens and the singer says now here's that steel, I got the string in one hand, and my winder in the other. Just gotta look up and say "Duh"  
Larry
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 7:07 am
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All this has been helpful and informative, but I thought the thread was going to take a more "pile on" approach of different things that happen instead of solutions to the specific problem; i.e.
... your fingerpick rolls off the guitar and comes to rest under your C pedal.
... your bar flies out of your hand, and leaves a wonderful new dent in that beautiful maple finish.
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 7:26 am OK Mike...
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I hate it when a new string breaks when bringing it up to tension, then I try another new string and it does the same.
You start to realize you have a bad batch (can happen with any brand) and wonder if you have enough spares!
So far, I've only broken three in a row, with this rare occurrence. No real problem, but you worry when it's happening, and I hate that. |
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Tamara James
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 7:32 am
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| You mean like when you set your bar on the steel and take a bathroom break..the bar rolls off the guitar shattering the glass of adult beverage that was placed on the floor so it wouldn't spill on the equipment....? nasty mess. |
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Mike Ester
From:
New Braunfels, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 7:48 am
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| I fold up the paper envelope that contained the new string into a wedge. |
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 7:53 am
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| ... your fingerpick rolls off the guitar and comes to rest under your C pedal. |
Or your fingerpick snags on a string somehow, gets 'launched' onto the dance floor, where some clueless dancer immediately smashes it flat...
Or you come back from a break and there are little pieces of magnetic tape stuck on your guitar, your cables, and anywhere else it will stick. (Inside joke for Centex steel players, particularly those who have worked around Kerrville, Bandera...)
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 7:58 am
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Or when you decide to put an end to the lead player's 'bouncing your butt out' on your rides and you put a staight pin through his cable to the amp and cut both ends off, only to find out on your next lead ride you don't hear anything. Then you find out some big dummy (you) did the nasty on the wrong damned cable. 
Phred
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 8:12 am
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This happened to me this past Sunday. The battery went dead in my delay pedal when I took the back half of a solo. I should have replaced it but, no.
Tony |
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Carl Williams
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 9:02 am Lost Tuning Wrench!
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"...your LITTLE Tuning Wrench after it falls to the floor and rolls either under something or in a darker area of the bandstand and you can't find it ...possible solution to keep this from happening or at least finding it, See the BIG Tuning Wrench ad  in the For Sale section of the Forum! ha Thanks for the opening Michael!  Carl (See Avatar) |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 9:49 am
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| You stick your finger in your mouth to wet it so the pick will stay on, and discover that the finger had been where it shouldn't have been. |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 10:01 am
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Dave Mudgett wrote "My dad always told me, "Never force anything - finesse it."
My Dad always told me " Don't force it, use a bigger hammer!  |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 12:07 pm
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You arrive late at the gig and rush your setup...sit down to play and nothing is coming out of the amp !!!
After tearing out all your leads and checking them and finding everything is ok you eventually discover that you have forgotten to plug the power lead into the back of the volume pedal (Goodrich LDR) ...it is attached with a little cable holder so it's the last and least obvious thing!! Meanwhile the band is into the second song which has your favourite intro and solo -- and you've missed the bugger !!!  |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2007 3:23 pm
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Its the biggest gig you've ever played, your a nervous wreck. You want everything to be perfect.
You set the Steel and Amp up just the way you want.
Time to play. No finger picks,the ultimate fear sets in. You start making excuses,why your Amp don't work.Then you look down and there they are right where they belong, on your fingers.
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Bo Legg
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Posted 31 Oct 2007 11:31 am
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| Never take a Sho-Bud to Church. There is no way you can replace a string without using God’s name in vain. |
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 31 Oct 2007 4:02 pm
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| When I got my new D-10 in 2003,(still can't play any C-6), I sat everything up and could get no sound. Checked everything and finally, after what seemed to be a eternity, found I was picking the E-9 and the selector switch was on C-6. There was no hole in the hardwood floor to crawl into. |
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Colm Chomicky
From:
Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 31 Oct 2007 4:13 pm
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| You are getting ready to play all set-up on a flat bed trailer. It has a wood deck and there are spaces between the deck planks. You drop your picks and then have get on your hands and knees and go pick-fishing in the cracks. |
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