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Post by NikGnashers on Feb 13, 2017 17:21:35 GMT
Thanks Keith. My guitar is almost new anyway, and still feels nice, so maybe when it's a few years old and not so nice I 'might' go for a bit of oily stuff.
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Post by NikGnashers on Feb 13, 2017 17:12:03 GMT
Thank you for the replies chaps.
Apart from making it look a bit 'richer' does anyone notice any benefit to playing. Maybe it makes your fingers glide easier or something ? I'm still not sure I really need to use it on a rosewood fingerboard, I never play with dirty hands anyway, so my guitars do tend to stay very clean.
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Post by NikGnashers on Feb 12, 2017 17:46:05 GMT
Just wanted to ask what everyone thinks about this 'procedure' ?
I have a rosewood fingerboard, and I have read so much conflicting advice, I really am unsure what to do.
I'd like to say, I have never oiled a fingerboard on any of my guitars in the past, and never noticed any deterioration/cracks/anything else wrong. Is it something you do, or is it best left alone ? Advantages/disadvantages and experiences would be most welcome, Many thanks as always, Nik
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Post by NikGnashers on Feb 12, 2017 13:55:15 GMT
With any hobby these days, it seems like you can literally pay as much as you want to for items. This is just another example ! One of my other passions, mountain biking, is as bad. The new SRAM Eagle components are ridiculous, the rear wheel cassette (group of cogs on the back wheel) cost £200 alone And another... foreverspin.com/?c=fs5re&gclid=CIW6puuOhNICFSsz0wodX18FvAThe cheapest spinning top, in aluminium is $34 !!! The tungsten one is $195
Beyond belief.
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Post by NikGnashers on Feb 11, 2017 12:55:36 GMT
With any hobby these days, it seems like you can literally pay as much as you want to for items. This is just another example ! One of my other passions, mountain biking, is as bad. The new SRAM Eagle components are ridiculous, the rear wheel cassette (group of cogs on the back wheel) cost £200 alone
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Post by NikGnashers on Jan 29, 2017 19:40:10 GMT
Peg-Leg Fingers Rivers
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Post by NikGnashers on Jan 21, 2017 8:32:19 GMT
I've been thinking a bit about my finger-picking, even listening to it a bit, and I conclude I'm in the same camp as a number of the other folks (over on page 1 of this thread so I can't look up their names :-) Sorry). These days most of what I do is a simplified version of what I'm trying and hoping to do, and in that simplification I end up doing something that is me. So I guess that's a good thing. When I were younger I always wanted to play things correctly. These days I'm more than happy to fumble my way through and just have all my fingers get to the end at the same time. I think I need to take this on board. I have been trying to play Black Water Side exactly as Bert played it, and realistically, that is never going to happen. He was a genius player, and I am not (and never will be lol) !
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Post by NikGnashers on Jan 16, 2017 21:56:45 GMT
I thought I could get away with using the old thumb on bottom 3, and three fingers one each on top 3 strings, and not using my pinky.
All was going well until I started learning Black Water Side, which requires me to pluck two of the bottom three strings at the same time in parts, errmmm ....
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Post by NikGnashers on Jan 8, 2017 7:32:27 GMT
or.... Way to many to chose from..sorry cant pick just one Wow, I actually REALLY like that !!!!
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Post by NikGnashers on Jan 8, 2017 7:26:51 GMT
Shubb capo user here, and if you don't switch between guitars of different neck profiles, I'd say they are the best capo for the money available after trying 5 different ones myself.
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 31, 2016 21:27:26 GMT
All the best for 2017 to everyone on here. I'm hoping I can finally nail 'Black Water Side' (Bert Jansch) this year, and then 'Never Going Back Again' (Lindsey Buckingham) by 2317 if I'm still alive
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 31, 2016 9:07:46 GMT
Thank you for all your replies in this thread, I have found it fascinating to see the wide range of music we all aspire to. I just wanted to mention, I tried learning my 'dream tune' last week, and so far have failed miserably LOL .... I can just about get bars 1 to 4 ok, which are pretty simple, but bars 5 & 6 require you to travis pick the low e, a, & d strings with your thumb (easy peasy) but at the same time play triplets on the other three strings with your three fingers. Computer says no (brain)
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 29, 2016 16:11:27 GMT
Thank you for the replies & help I will look out for a suitable quality replacement socket, not sure if it's 2 pin or 3 p[in though, that's my only issue at the moment.
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 29, 2016 16:07:08 GMT
I'd like to be included please, size L
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 26, 2016 8:15:18 GMT
Just wondered, How easy is it to change these ? My new Tanglewood, appears to have a slightly dodgy one. Well, what I mean is, if I push the 1/4" jack plug on any guitar lead all the way into the socket, it won't make a connection (electrically). I have to pull the jack plug out about 3mm-5mm and then it works, when I get it in the exact right place, but 1mm either way and it's crackly. So, is it easy to change the socket for a better quality one ? I'm a dab hand at any soldering/wiring, just not sure how easy it is to do this, bearing in mind it appears you have to do it 'blind' ir by removing the strings and feeling your way with hand through the sound hole ?
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