Daves way of stringing guitar

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Daves way of stringing guitar

Unread post by little ants734 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:32 pm

how does dave string his guitar.. is there a certain way to get it real neat.. i can never string it nicely does anyone have any steps that can put up or something to do a nice job stringing a guitar.. thanks
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Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:41 pm

I'm sure he doesn't string it himself (on tour at least), but you can google it and find some great guides.
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Unread post by TaylorGuy110 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:51 pm

just keep all your distances of the strings the same and everything uniform (like key turns and loop directions) and a good pair of side cutters! you'llget it!

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Unread post by czech » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:04 pm

unfortunately, the only thing i am good at on my guitar is stringing it :oops:

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Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:05 pm

i suck at it. and it takes freakin forever. i hate it.
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Unread post by HCHaikuWarrior » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:07 pm

i love it, it's relaxing to take care of a guitar...polish it up...and then it will sing back to you nicely...it's all karma.
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Unread post by Tranman66 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:11 pm

how do you clean a guitar?
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Unread post by gumbomadness » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:18 pm

Tranman66 wrote:how do you clean a guitar?
pledge that fretboard (minimal pledge, and pledge does work, the for-wood pledge) and um.. ya get rid of smudges.
" I give up on this six string shit. "
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:32 pm

Ole' Monk does it for him.
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Unread post by Dheibs » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:39 am

you think restring a six string takes forever....try doin a 12...it takes me a frikken hour

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Unread post by jellyfish » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:22 am

dmbguitar718 wrote:i suck at it. and it takes freakin forever. i hate it.
I bought one of those tuner turners. it saves like 10 minutes.

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Unread post by HCHaikuWarrior » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:36 pm

gumbomadness wrote:
Tranman66 wrote:how do you clean a guitar?
pledge that fretboard (minimal pledge, and pledge does work, the for-wood pledge) and um.. ya get rid of smudges.
lemon oil- for fretboard
guitar polish- for body
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:40 pm

I use the Gibson Vintage Reissue RestorationKit. It comes with metal cleaner, lemon oil, guitar polish, and a very handy tiny brush to get into the small spaces. I also use that Fender cloth, I forget it's name but it works great.

I change my strings about 1-2 months. When I do, I take all thge strings off, give my guitar a good scrub down, and restring.

I also bet Dave doesn't restring his "road" guitars, but the ones he keeps with him (like his yamaha, and if he keeps his one beat up 714) I bet he restrings himself.
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Unread post by GuitarGuy305 » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:36 pm

I've gotten it down to a science. I can change strings on one of my guitars in about 5 minutes, 10 if I'm taking my time. I invested in one of those string winders. Those save a ton of time. They also have one you can attach to a cordless drill, but I think that's more trouble than it's worth.

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