Like most when you buy a package of strings the bottom 2 strings tend to get used for other things like hanging things up to dry, picture hangers, muffler holder uppers etc etc...
Well today after cutting the notches in a neck I found out I didn't have enough fret wire to complete the job. Spy'n the growing bundle of 'E" strings gave me a brain flash, one of them rare moments. I cut the string into pieces just short of the width of the neck and used carpenters glue to glue them on. The cut makes them sit in place while the glue dries and seems to hold them ok. The glue in the cut and the winding on the string seems to provide plenty of surface area for the glue to hold'm good... time will tell tho
Any other uses??
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Just came across another use for those Fat E strings.
Seen a lot of yak'n about grounding the piezos and pots etc... Heres what I did. Too a fatty and soldered it onto the one side of the piezo. Drilled a hole thru the bridge and box. Cut a small channel with a three edged file for the wire to sit on. Bent the wire 90 degrees and laid it in the channel with the strings pressing it down... Works like a charm...
How do you garrote a CBG?
I can't tell Ya', the statute of limitations doesn't run out on that. (:-D)
I bend pieces to shape around the heel of the neck and glue them in place right against the box. It takes care of my less than perfect cut's while making the neck slot.
I make diddly bows and give them to my friend's kids...
...and you used a tuner gear in one of them! Brilliant!!
;-)
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