Right, 2 things that p*ss me off about guitars!

gordiji

RandallFlagg said:

Jabbing the end of my fingers tips with the sharp end of guitar strings, during restringing, when trying to pull out the wound bit of string from the tuners, making it bleed.

Seething!

Pliers !

Sassafras

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Come on, everyone knows stainless doesn't have the vintage mojo of period correct nickel alloy.

octatonic

Strangefan said:

octatonic said:

RandallFlagg said:

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Thank you, I would welcome your insight in how to restring properly and remove the coiled piece of string from the tuner. 

No charge.

There should be no charge. You haven't given any insight yet!

I fixed your spelling mistake and made some grammatical changes.
That will be £5, thank you.

Voxman

olafgarten said:

Split Post Tuners are used for a reason. 

Yup, much tidier - I have those on my 69 Strat.  But best tuners for fast easy string changes of all my guitars are those on my PRS Custom 24. Thread the string through the post, tighten the screw, snip the excess length off and you're done! 
  

Strangefan

octatonic said:

Strangefan said:

octatonic said:

RandallFlagg said:

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Thank you, I would welcome your insight in how to restring properly and remove the coiled piece of string from the tuner. 

No charge.

There should be no charge. You haven't given any insight yet!

I fixed your spelling mistake and made some grammatical changes.
That will be £5, thank you.

Lol I have a broken arm and a damaged wrist,im sure I can be let off for a few grammatical errors

octatonic

Strangefan said:

octatonic said:

Strangefan said:

octatonic said:

RandallFlagg said:

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Thank you, I would welcome your insight in how to restring properly and remove the coiled piece of string from the tuner. 

No charge.

There should be no charge. You haven't given any insight yet!

I fixed your spelling mistake and made some grammatical changes.
That will be £5, thank you.

Lol I have a broken arm and a damaged wrist,im sure I can be let off for a few grammatical errors

Just dictate to your staff.
Surely one of them is able to write?

WezV

i have stabbed my finger many times just taking them out of the pack at the start, and disposing of the string ends after itsdone.   The type of tuners or stringing method is no help here

stonevibe

I hate the lack of variation and traditional dogmatic approach to tone.

















Nah, not really.  

A Tele and tube amp suits me just fine


 

olafgarten

The only issue with strings is the high e, one went right through my finger once. 

mrleon83

Here's solution to point two, was a game changer for me 

bbill335

olafgarten said:

The only issue with strings is the high e, one went right through my finger once. 

I had a plain 22 string go almost all the way through from the tip of my left thumb and out the side, just above the knuckle. It really stung but I just had a tiny blood blister and it healed really quickly!

Sassafras

No-one said you shouldn't suffer for your art.

olafgarten

bbill335 said:

olafgarten said:

The only issue with strings is the high e, one went right through my finger once. 

I had a plain 22 string go almost all the way through from the tip of my left thumb and out the side, just above the knuckle. It really stung but I just had a tiny blood blister and it healed really quickly!

Worse has actually happened to a friend of mine who strung a baritone with 7s. The high e string sliced right through his finger when as he has a stupid stringing technique. He treads it through the tuner then wraps it around his finger and pulls it tight before turning it. It left a deep cut. 

Loobs

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Why stainless frets?

Grunfeld

RandallFlagg said:

Thank you, I would welcome your insight in how to restring properly and remove the coiled piece of string from the tuner. 

Don't bother cutting the string short?

a la Michael "messy bastard" Schenker

Bridgehouse

Grunfeld said:

RandallFlagg said:

Thank you, I would welcome your insight in how to restring properly and remove the coiled piece of string from the tuner. 

Don't bother cutting the string short?

a la Michael "messy bastard" Schenker

You could have someone's eye out with that..

'Elfin Safetee

Sassafras

Loobs said:

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Why stainless frets?

Why not?

They last much longer than nickel frets.

Strangefan

octatonic said:

Strangefan said:

octatonic said:

Strangefan said:

octatonic said:

RandallFlagg said:

octatonic said:

1. Stainless frets.
2. Learn how to restring properly.

Thank you, I would welcome your insight in how to restring properly and remove the coiled piece of string from the tuner. 

No charge.

There should be no charge. You haven't given any insight yet!

I fixed your spelling mistake and made some grammatical changes.
That will be £5, thank you.

Lol I have a broken arm and a damaged wrist,im sure I can be let off for a few grammatical errors

Just dictate to your staff.
Surely one of them is able to write


Staff lol I dont have any staff....wish I did , However a position is open for a fluffer if anyone's interested

grungebob

The two things that piss me off about guitars is 
1) never satisfied with the ones I've got 
2) other people can make them sound better than me

RandallFlagg

grungebob said:

The two things that piss me off about guitars is 
1) never satisfied with the ones I've got 
2) other people can make them sound better than me

Why is it that after the honeymoon period where you post on a forum about how great your nee guitar is, that within 6 months you are trawling Coda, World Guitars, Guitars4You, Peach etc. and watching videos on Youtube, lusting after some other guitar as the one(s) you have aren't quite right or as good as that new one you want?

it's a modern fast appetite consumerism disease that leaves us always wanting more, differenet and better.