Just general stuff.

What time should we arrive? we'd like to be there early enough to help out 
but not so early that we're bored/in the way etc?

The pub car park - is it big enough for everyone attending or should we park 
in the one across the road?

Do we know when the official set list gets released ?

Any tricks for sweaty palms coz of nerves?

If I pass round sweets before I start, will it detract from the fact I can't 
really play very well?

Erm... can you tell I'm getting nervous!

Sure there are more....

Cheers


-- 
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no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

and is the lucky dip CD thing still a runner?



-- 
no66y©
no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

In article ,
 "no66y©"  wrote:

> Just general stuff.
> 
> What time should we arrive? we'd like to be there early enough to help out 
> but not so early that we're bored/in the way etc?
> 
> The pub car park - is it big enough for everyone attending or should we park 
> in the one across the road?
> 
> Do we know when the official set list gets released ?
> 
> Any tricks for sweaty palms coz of nerves?
> 
> If I pass round sweets before I start, will it detract from the fact I can't 
> really play very well?
> 
> Erm... can you tell I'm getting nervous!
> 
> Sure there are more....
> 
> Cheers

Peter, 

I will be sending an itinerary out early this week that will answer 
every sing question. I do this late because the set list changes a lot 
in the final days as people drop out. 

There will be no help needed on the Friday. If you aim for noon on Sat, 
you will be fine. 

Nige.

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"Nige"  wrote in message
> I will be sending an itinerary out early this week that will answer
> every sing question. I do this late because the set list changes a lot
> in the final days as people drop out.

OK, brilliant stuff. I'll have to buy you a pint on Saturday :-)


> There will be no help needed on the Friday. If you aim for noon on Sat,
> you will be fine.


Aye, we were aiming for Sat after dinner some time. I have now managed to 
borrow a sat nav so there is less chance of us getting lost....


Cheers



-- 
no66y©
no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

In article ,
 "no66y©"  wrote:

> "Nige"  wrote in message
> > I will be sending an itinerary out early this week that will answer
> > every sing question. I do this late because the set list changes a lot
> > in the final days as people drop out.
> 
> OK, brilliant stuff. I'll have to buy you a pint on Saturday :-)
> 
> 
> > There will be no help needed on the Friday. If you aim for noon on Sat,
> > you will be fine.
> 
> 
> Aye, we were aiming for Sat after dinner some time. I have now managed to 
> borrow a sat nav so there is less chance of us getting lost....
> 
> 
> Cheers

Acoustic set is about 2pm. Feasibility depends on your definition of 
'dinner' as evening meal or lunch! Electric set at 18.30. 


Nige.

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"Nige"  wrote in message
> Acoustic set is about 2pm. Feasibility depends on your definition of
> 'dinner' as evening meal or lunch! Electric set at 18.30.


We're northerners, we have dinner and tea :-)

Cheers for the itinerary - great work guys!

Respect!



-- 
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no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

On 1 Nov, 09:50, "no66y©"  wrote:
> Just general stuff.
>
> What time should we arrive? we'd like to be there early enough to help out
> but not so early that we're bored/in the way etc?
>
> The pub car park - is it big enough for everyone attending or should we park
> in the one across the road?
>
> Do we know when the official set list gets released ?
>
> Any tricks for sweaty palms coz of nerves?
>
> If I pass round sweets before I start, will it detract from the fact I can't
> really play very well?
>
> Erm... can you tell I'm getting nervous!
>
> Sure there are more....
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> no66y©
> no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

You'll be fine...we're all in the same boat. I personally get really
nervous before playing then once on stage it's just a case of plugging
through and hoping for the best. It's over in a flash....unless it's a
trainwreck then time slows down.

Trick is not to think about it. Or think about your tune too much
before going on.

Currently have the Buxton nerves just reading this thread !!!

"Pablo"  wrote in message 
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> Trick is not to think about it. Or think about your tune too much
> before going on.

I try not to think about before, during and after I'm on :-)

> Currently have the Buxton nerves just reading this thread !!!

Me too!
I have two bars of a solo to sort out then I have to practise the bassline 
for George's acosutic song.
Then I have to learn the bass part for No66y's Twisted Sister song.
I also have to finish polishing Pablo's jack socket.
Then I have to make a new control plate for the bass that Penfold is buying 
from me.
All in three days...

DaveBenj wrote:

> I also have to finish polishing Pablo's jack socket.

That sounds worryingly like a euphemism for something.

DaveBenj  wrote:

> I also have to finish polishing Pablo's jack socket.

Is that a.. hmm.. maybe I shouldn't go there..

-- 
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On 2 Nov, 12:25, use...@alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote:
> DaveBenj  wrote:
> > I also have to finish polishing Pablo's jack socket.
>
> Is that a.. hmm.. maybe I shouldn't go there..
>
> --
> Woody
>
> www.alienrat.com

Not with a name like Woody ;-)

Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this tonight
to give stretching in time.

"Pablo"  wrote in message
> Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this tonight
> to give stretching in time.

Did mine last night - god I hate restringing guitars.....

Lucky dip cd done
sat nav borrowed
a big pile of cameras/video cameras to sort out


glad I'm not the only nervous one!



-- 
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no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

In article ,
 "no66y©"  wrote:

> "Pablo"  wrote in message
> > Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this tonight
> > to give stretching in time.
> 
> Did mine last night - god I hate restringing guitars.....
> 
> Lucky dip cd done
> sat nav borrowed
> a big pile of cameras/video cameras to sort out
> 
> 
> glad I'm not the only nervous one!

I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup. This was not good. It was 
very nearly rushed to Setve R. 

Nige.

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"Mark Bluemel"  wrote in message 
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> DaveBenj wrote:
>
>> I also have to finish polishing Pablo's jack socket.
>
> That sounds worryingly like a euphemism for something.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way...

Jose
-- 
www.mcnach.com

Richt Hoat Chillis:
http://www.myspace.com/rhcpscot  - Bass: OLP MM2
http://www.freakmusic.co.uk/scotland/bands/the_richt_hoat_chillis

www.myspace.com/purplenoise68
-
Current favourite guitar: Fender 'Sambora' Stratocaster
Current favourite bass: Warwick Corvette $$

"Nige"  wrote in message 
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> In article ,
> "no66y©"  wrote:
>
>> "Pablo"  wrote in message
>> > Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this tonight
>> > to give stretching in time.
>>
>> Did mine last night - god I hate restringing guitars.....
>>
>> Lucky dip cd done
>> sat nav borrowed
>> a big pile of cameras/video cameras to sort out
>>
>>
>> glad I'm not the only nervous one!
>
> I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup. This was not good. It was
> very nearly rushed to Setve R.

I was idly thinking of maybe re-stringing a couple of mine.
Not the Rick Parfitt special though - that one probably might need 
re-stringing in about 20 years' time...
But nah - it would just make me worry that they might go slack on me - oo-er 
missus!
What, me worry? (Alfred E. Neumann)
;-)

George

"Nige"  wrote in message 
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> I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.

Do it one string at a time next time, eh?

"George Weston"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Nige"  wrote in message 
> news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>> In article ,
>> "no66y©"  wrote:
>>
>>> "Pablo"  wrote in message
>>> > Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this tonight
>>> > to give stretching in time.
>>>
>>> Did mine last night - god I hate restringing guitars.....
>>>
>>> Lucky dip cd done
>>> sat nav borrowed
>>> a big pile of cameras/video cameras to sort out
>>>
>>>
>>> glad I'm not the only nervous one!
>>
>> I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup. This was not good. It was
>> very nearly rushed to Setve R.
>
> I was idly thinking of maybe re-stringing a couple of mine.
> Not the Rick Parfitt special though - that one probably might need 
> re-stringing in about 20 years' time...
> But nah - it would just make me worry that they might go slack on me - 
> oo-er missus!
> What, me worry? (Alfred E. Neumann)
> ;-)
>
> George


Is it really a problem?

I'm curious, because a few people have expressed views to this effect... but 
I don't feel it's a problem *for me*.... and a lot of people change strings 
just before a gig, precisely because they want the brightness of new 
strings. When you read about established bands that play regularly, starting 
with a new set seems the norm...

When I change my strings, they're ready to go.  I may occasionally have a 
tring or two going a little (little) flat, but as I check my tuning 
regularly if I'm playing live, it wouldn't cause me any trouble.

So, is it the way people fit their strings, is it the way people don't 
"prebend" them (pushing them on the areas where they naturally bend over 
time: bridge, nut...)?

and since I'm talking strings... In january '93 I bought a Gordon Smith GS1, 
second hand. The strings were already dark grey. Being a poor student I 
thought "I'll wait till a string breaks, then change them all".
In April 2001 I replaced the strings, I got bored waiting... I used that 
guitar a lot and never broke a string.
A band I was playing in for a few months had a guitarist (I was playing 
bass) who kept having string breakage issues. He didn't have a backup 
guitar, so he started borrowing a couple of mine. He kept breaking strings 
on mine too... and everytime he played, not necessarily at a gig, but even 
just stopping by for half an hour at my place, the neck and strings would 
feel dirty and disgusting after he used them. I had a set of strings on a 
guitar for under 2 weeks, he took the guitar for a small gig (50min set)... 
and the strings were black and they felt very rough to the touch. Urgh. I 
guess some people have very corrosive sweat and shed skin more readily... 
Nice guy, but I hated touching that guitar after he played...


Jose
-- 
www.mcnach.com

Richt Hoat Chillis:
http://www.myspace.com/rhcpscot  - Bass: OLP MM2
http://www.freakmusic.co.uk/scotland/bands/the_richt_hoat_chillis

www.myspace.com/purplenoise68
-
Current favourite guitar: Fender 'Sambora' Stratocaster
Current favourite bass: Warwick Corvette $$

On 2 Nov, 22:09, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
> "Nige"  wrote in message
>
> news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> > I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.
>
> Do it one string at a time next time, eh?

I always remove all of the strings at one (slacken them off, cut them
around the 12th fret etc.) so that I can get to fretboard and give it
a good clean (radius gauges are excellent scrapers) and check the
frets for any pitting.  Feed all of the strings through the tailpiece/
block, wind 'em on the tuners, up to pitch, stretch 'em in, check
intonation - job done.

Of course, if I'm doing the Les Paul, I make sure that the tailpiece
is well screwed down before I do anything...

Ross
--
www.rossedwards.net

"Ross Edwards"  wrote in message 
news:fdbf0bf6-8558-4a44-ac80-b1d4249b0f9b@a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> On 2 Nov, 22:09, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
>> "Nige"  wrote in message
>>
>> news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>>
>> > I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.
>>
>> Do it one string at a time next time, eh?
>
> I always remove all of the strings at one (slacken them off, cut them
> around the 12th fret etc.)

Have you ever done that with a Floyd Rose equipped guitar?
It takes a fortnight to balance the strings and the trem springs!
(I know Nige's is a Strat with a "vintage" trem - similar thing applies)
:-)

Meant to ask, some friends of ours live in Derbyshire and would like to pop 
along to the Eagle on Saturday for moral support, chatterige etc?

I'm guessing that is OK ?



-- 
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no66y AT gmx DOT co DOT uk

Jose de las Heras wrote:
> "George Weston"  wrote in message
> news:7l8vruF3d34arU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Nige"  wrote in message
>> news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>>> In article ,
>>> "no66y©"  wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Pablo"  wrote in message
>>>>> Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this
>>>>> tonight to give stretching in time.
>>>>
>>>> Did mine last night - god I hate restringing guitars.....
>>>>
>>>> Lucky dip cd done
>>>> sat nav borrowed
>>>> a big pile of cameras/video cameras to sort out
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> glad I'm not the only nervous one!
>>>
>>> I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup. This was not good. It
>>> was very nearly rushed to Setve R.
>>
>> I was idly thinking of maybe re-stringing a couple of mine.
>> Not the Rick Parfitt special though - that one probably might need
>> re-stringing in about 20 years' time...
>> But nah - it would just make me worry that they might go slack on me
>> - oo-er missus!
>> What, me worry? (Alfred E. Neumann)
>> ;-)
>>
>> George
>
>
> Is it really a problem?
>
> I'm curious, because a few people have expressed views to this
> effect... but I don't feel it's a problem *for me*.... and a lot of
> people change strings just before a gig, precisely because they want
> the brightness of new strings. When you read about established bands
> that play regularly, starting with a new set seems the norm...
>
> When I change my strings, they're ready to go.  I may occasionally
> have a tring or two going a little (little) flat, but as I check my
> tuning regularly if I'm playing live, it wouldn't cause me any
> trouble.
> So, is it the way people fit their strings, is it the way people don't
> "prebend" them (pushing them on the areas where they naturally bend
> over time: bridge, nut...)?
>
> and since I'm talking strings... In january '93 I bought a Gordon
> Smith GS1, second hand. The strings were already dark grey. Being a
> poor student I thought "I'll wait till a string breaks, then change
> them all". In April 2001 I replaced the strings, I got bored waiting... I 
> used
> that guitar a lot and never broke a string.
> A band I was playing in for a few months had a guitarist (I was
> playing bass) who kept having string breakage issues. He didn't have
> a backup guitar, so he started borrowing a couple of mine. He kept
> breaking strings on mine too... and everytime he played, not
> necessarily at a gig, but even just stopping by for half an hour at
> my place, the neck and strings would feel dirty and disgusting after
> he used them. I had a set of strings on a guitar for under 2 weeks,
> he took the guitar for a small gig (50min set)... and the strings
> were black and they felt very rough to the touch. Urgh. I guess some
> people have very corrosive sweat and shed skin more readily... Nice
> guy, but I hated touching that guitar after he played...
>
> Jose

I do that. I'm a very clean person (honest!) but give me 30 mins on new 
strings and theyre gunky and horrible. Its a real pain in the arse, trust 
me. I don't break many strings tho.

-- 
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"no66y©"  wrote in message 
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> Meant to ask, some friends of ours live in Derbyshire and would like to 
> pop along to the Eagle on Saturday for moral support, chatterige etc?
>
> I'm guessing that is OK ?

A mate of mine and his wife are threatening to pop in too.
Whilst this might incur the wrath of Da Manglement, I've told them that it's 
a pub, so why not, so long as they don't start a fight (highly unlikely!).
Who dares wins and all that...
;-)

George

"George Weston"  wrote in message 
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>
> "no66y©"  wrote in message 
> news:iK2dnQ9vEMfetW3XnZ2dnUVZ8jidnZ2d@bt.com...
>> Meant to ask, some friends of ours live in Derbyshire and would like to 
>> pop along to the Eagle on Saturday for moral support, chatterige etc?
>>
>> I'm guessing that is OK ?
>
> A mate of mine and his wife are threatening to pop in too.
> Whilst this might incur the wrath of Da Manglement,

This is Nige the last time anyone did that...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26383198@N03/3061822212/in/set-72157610180712238

:-)

On 3 Nov, 11:47, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
> "Ross Edwards"  wrote in message
>
> news:fdbf0bf6-8558-4a44-ac80-b1d4249b0f9b@a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On 2 Nov, 22:09, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
> >> "Nige"  wrote in message
>
> >>news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> >> > I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.
>
> >> Do it one string at a time next time, eh?
>
> > I always remove all of the strings at one (slacken them off, cut them
> > around the 12th fret etc.)
>
> Have you ever done that with a Floyd Rose equipped guitar?
> It takes a fortnight to balance the strings and the trem springs!
> (I know Nige's is a Strat with a "vintage" trem - similar thing applies)
> :-)

Sure have - although I normally block the trem with a wedge (or a PP3
battery at a push) :-)  The good thing about a wedge is that, once
you've restrung and tuned up, it drops right out when you're at the
right tension...

Ross
--
www.rossedwards.net

"Ross Edwards"  wrote in message 
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> On 3 Nov, 11:47, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
>> "Ross Edwards"  wrote in message
>>
>> news:fdbf0bf6-8558-4a44-ac80-b1d4249b0f9b@a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On 2 Nov, 22:09, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
>> >> "Nige"  wrote in message
>>
>> >>news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>>
>> >> > I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.
>>
>> >> Do it one string at a time next time, eh?
>>
>> > I always remove all of the strings at one (slacken them off, cut them
>> > around the 12th fret etc.)
>>
>> Have you ever done that with a Floyd Rose equipped guitar?
>> It takes a fortnight to balance the strings and the trem springs!
>> (I know Nige's is a Strat with a "vintage" trem - similar thing applies)
>> :-)
>
> Sure have - although I normally block the trem with a wedge (or a PP3
> battery at a push) :-)  The good thing about a wedge is that, once
> you've restrung and tuned up, it drops right out when you're at the
> right tension...

I'd never thought of that. Top Tip.
Thanks mate.

"DaveBenj"  wrote in message 
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>
> "George Weston"  wrote in message 
> news:7lb579F3d4amaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "no66y©"  wrote in message 
>> news:iK2dnQ9vEMfetW3XnZ2dnUVZ8jidnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> Meant to ask, some friends of ours live in Derbyshire and would like to 
>>> pop along to the Eagle on Saturday for moral support, chatterige etc?
>>>
>>> I'm guessing that is OK ?
>>
>> A mate of mine and his wife are threatening to pop in too.
>> Whilst this might incur the wrath of Da Manglement,
>
> This is Nige the last time anyone did that...
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26383198@N03/3061822212/in/set-72157610180712238
>
> :-)

LOL!

"DaveBenj"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Ross Edwards"  wrote in message 
> news:fdbf0bf6-8558-4a44-ac80-b1d4249b0f9b@a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>> On 2 Nov, 22:09, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
>>> "Nige"  wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>>>
>>> > I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.
>>>
>>> Do it one string at a time next time, eh?
>>
>> I always remove all of the strings at one (slacken them off, cut them
>> around the 12th fret etc.)
>
> Have you ever done that with a Floyd Rose equipped guitar?
> It takes a fortnight to balance the strings and the trem springs!
> (I know Nige's is a Strat with a "vintage" trem - similar thing applies)
> :-)


I do that with my Sambora strat... and it seems fine.

I mean, the annoying thing is to tune it from scratch, but once it's done, I 
don't feel it goes out of tune. So, to change strings in a normal guitar, a 
few mins, for the Floyd Rose strat I'll be easily 20-30min, but that's it. 
If it was balanced before, it remains balanced afterwards unless I'm using a 
different type/gauge of strings where the tension is so different.

Jose
-- 
www.mcnach.com

Richt Hoat Chillis:
http://www.myspace.com/rhcpscot  - Bass: OLP MM2
http://www.freakmusic.co.uk/scotland/bands/the_richt_hoat_chillis

www.myspace.com/purplenoise68
-
Current favourite guitar: Fender 'Sambora' Stratocaster
Current favourite bass: Warwick Corvette $$

On Nov 3, 11:47 am, "DaveBenj"  wrote:

> Have you ever done that with a Floyd Rose equipped guitar?

I always do that... whip them all off and put the new ones on. Half
the battle with the Floyd is learning to guesstimate the relationship
between spring tension and string tension... figuring out how much to
tune each string to allow for the bridge movement when you come to
fine-tune.


adrian

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:01:08 -0000, "Jose de las Heras"
 wrote:

>
>"George Weston"  wrote in message 
>news:7l8vruF3d34arU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Nige"  wrote in message 
>> news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>>> In article ,
>>> "no66y©"  wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Pablo"  wrote in message
>>>> > Hmm forgot that I need to restring a guitar... better do this tonight
>>>> > to give stretching in time.
>>>>
>>>> Did mine last night - god I hate restringing guitars.....
>>>>
>>>> Lucky dip cd done
>>>> sat nav borrowed
>>>> a big pile of cameras/video cameras to sort out
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> glad I'm not the only nervous one!
>>>
>>> I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup. This was not good. It was
>>> very nearly rushed to Setve R.
>>
>> I was idly thinking of maybe re-stringing a couple of mine.
>> Not the Rick Parfitt special though - that one probably might need 
>> re-stringing in about 20 years' time...
>> But nah - it would just make me worry that they might go slack on me - 
>> oo-er missus!
>> What, me worry? (Alfred E. Neumann)
>> ;-)
>>
>> George
>
>
>Is it really a problem?
>
>I'm curious, because a few people have expressed views to this effect... but 
>I don't feel it's a problem *for me*.... and a lot of people change strings 
>just before a gig, precisely because they want the brightness of new 
>strings. When you read about established bands that play regularly, starting 
>with a new set seems the norm...
>
>When I change my strings, they're ready to go.  I may occasionally have a 
>tring or two going a little (little) flat, but as I check my tuning 
>regularly if I'm playing live, it wouldn't cause me any trouble.
>
>So, is it the way people fit their strings, is it the way people don't 
>"prebend" them (pushing them on the areas where they naturally bend over 
>time: bridge, nut...)?
>
>and since I'm talking strings... In january '93 I bought a Gordon Smith GS1, 
>second hand. The strings were already dark grey. Being a poor student I 
>thought "I'll wait till a string breaks, then change them all".
>In April 2001 I replaced the strings, I got bored waiting... I used that 
>guitar a lot and never broke a string.
>A band I was playing in for a few months had a guitarist (I was playing 
>bass) who kept having string breakage issues. He didn't have a backup 
>guitar, so he started borrowing a couple of mine. He kept breaking strings 
>on mine too... and everytime he played, not necessarily at a gig, but even 
>just stopping by for half an hour at my place, the neck and strings would 
>feel dirty and disgusting after he used them. I had a set of strings on a 
>guitar for under 2 weeks, he took the guitar for a small gig (50min set)... 
>and the strings were black and they felt very rough to the touch. Urgh. I 
>guess some people have very corrosive sweat and shed skin more readily... 
>Nice guy, but I hated touching that guitar after he played...
>
>
>Jose

Some people just have poisonous sweat. They prolly don't drink enough
beer to water it down.

Here's how to string a guitar according to Alan Marshall at
Northworthy (who has made three of my guitars - and they don't go out
of tune unless I'm playing outdoors at the North Pole).

Poke the string through the machine head until it's in line but not
tight. Pull it back from the nut to the bridge side of the first fret.
This should leave it just loose enought to wind it once over the peg
and under the tail of the string. Hold the string down tightly to the
pegboard with a finger and wind (so it doesn't criss-cross on the peg.
This should give you between 4 (for the bass strings) and two (for the
high strings) winds over the pegs. Tune up, trim.

This does not work with shit tuners, BTW.

Sounds like there aren't enough turns, but there are, as long as the
strings are wound round the peg evenly and not crossing over each
other.

I always stretch my strings a tone or two up before tuning them to
concert so when you get them down to pitch they're ready to cope with
being played immediately.

Poisonous fingers won't affect the tuning or the tone  - just the
longevity.

Pete

In article ,
 "no66y©"  wrote:

> Meant to ask, some friends of ours live in Derbyshire and would like to pop 
> along to the Eagle on Saturday for moral support, chatterige etc?
> 
> I'm guessing that is OK ?

Yep. 

Nige.

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In article ,
 "George Weston"  wrote:

> "no66y©"  wrote in message 
> news:iK2dnQ9vEMfetW3XnZ2dnUVZ8jidnZ2d@bt.com...
> > Meant to ask, some friends of ours live in Derbyshire and would like to 
> > pop along to the Eagle on Saturday for moral support, chatterige etc?
> >
> > I'm guessing that is OK ?
> 
> A mate of mine and his wife are threatening to pop in too.
> Whilst this might incur the wrath of Da Manglement, I've told them that it's 
> a pub, so why not, so long as they don't start a fight (highly unlikely!).
> Who dares wins and all that...
> ;-)
> 
> George
>  

No wrath. Some toddlers may come too. 

Nige.

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On Nov 4, 3:00 am, anyth...@contractorcom.com wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:26:48 -0800 (PST), Ross Edwards
>
>
>
>
>
>  wrote:
> >On 2 Nov, 22:09, "DaveBenj"  wrote:
> >> "Nige"  wrote in message
>
> >>news:snowman1-BA596B.19282802112009@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> >> > I restrung the Strat and shagged the setup.
>
> >> Do it one string at a time next time, eh?
>
> >I always remove all of the strings at one (slacken them off, cut them
> >around the 12th fret etc.) so that I can get to fretboard and give it
> >a good clean (radius gauges are excellent scrapers) and check the
> >frets for any pitting.  Feed all of the strings through the tailpiece/
> >block, wind 'em on the tuners, up to pitch, stretch 'em in, check
> >intonation - job done.
>
> >Of course, if I'm doing the Les Paul, I make sure that the tailpiece
> >is well screwed down before I do anything...
>
> >Ross
>
> Interesting. I havent had an LP for years but I never screwed the
> tailpiece down - just relied on the low E to hold it in place.
>
> Pete

I just like to have everything as solid as possible :-)

Ross.

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> better do this tonight to give stretching in time.

That sounds worryingly like a non-euphemism for something.

Are you sharing a room?

Steve
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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:46:47 GMT, anything@contractorcom.com wrote:


>
>Some people just have poisonous sweat. They prolly don't drink enough
>beer to water it down.
>


I would have thought it was a symptom of diet /  drinking too much
coffee/tea or other beverages that dehydrate you.

I've noticed since I came to Germany and started drinking a lot more
water, I don't have the same problems with strings getting really
filthy from hand gunk.

Then again, these days I wash my hands and dry them before and after
playing.  It seems to stop the worst effects.
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