Akquarius
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Post by Akquarius on May 3, 2020 14:44:58 GMT
Changing strings with that peg winder was so darn fast and easy, it almost felt a bit like cheating.
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Post by andrewjw on May 3, 2020 14:48:31 GMT
Good to see you "coming out " Bernd ...
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ocarolan
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Post by ocarolan on May 3, 2020 23:27:48 GMT
I do use a string winder, but only hand powered!
Keith
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Akquarius
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Post by Akquarius on May 4, 2020 12:57:08 GMT
I do use a string winder, but only hand powered! Keith I've done that for decades, Keith. And after yesterday I hope I will never be doing it again
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brianr2
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Post by brianr2 on May 4, 2020 14:25:27 GMT
I bought one of those gizmos a few years ago.. It’s not expensive (though you need a small electric screwdriver), saves so much time and awkwardness, and almost make string changing fun. It’s right up there with the wheel as one of humankind's great inventions.
Brian
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Post by dreadnought28 on May 5, 2020 17:57:20 GMT
I’ve been using a Planet Waves electric winder for at least 5 years. Makes changing strings so much quicker. Strings off in 3 minutes and new ones on in around 7. A bit longer for slot heads but I can change 5 or 6 guitars at one go in not much more than an hour. And I don’t cut the strings before removing them.
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Welshruss
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Post by Welshruss on May 6, 2020 2:05:24 GMT
I changed the strings on my two Santa Cruz slot heads. With a quick clean each change took a side of Charlie Parr's new album! I might have to invest in the electric string winder too.
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Akquarius
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Post by Akquarius on May 7, 2020 14:55:07 GMT
I changed the strings on my two Santa Cruz slot heads. With a quick clean each change took a side of Charlie Parr's new album! I might have to invest in the electric string winder too. What I got is called a Planet Waves Drill Bit, the Bosch I already had. Fits perfectly, is quick and easy.
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Post by dreadnought28 on May 10, 2020 19:50:18 GMT
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Post by dangad on May 11, 2020 7:33:56 GMT
Only just recently moved to a manual winder so not ready for an electric one yet....
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Post by dreadnought28 on May 11, 2020 16:02:18 GMT
It’s not rocket science 😀
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Post by curmudgeon on May 19, 2020 9:04:55 GMT
The Ixo is a great scrwedriver/winder. lives ona cradle recharging - never let me down, I use a planet waves neck holder thugh.
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Post by walkingdecay on May 19, 2020 14:37:04 GMT
Vandals. If you don't wind by hand evolution will see to it that future generations don't have thumbs. They'll already have to put up with having mobile phones instead of ears and a complete inability to speak in the past tense.
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Post by martinrowe on May 19, 2020 15:39:53 GMT
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Post by walkingdecay on May 20, 2020 7:38:40 GMT
Thanks Martin. I am well now, although the chapter on doctoring in my Bumper Book For Boys - an essay entitled Of False Humours And Ministrations Medicinal - persuades me that I have emerged from my recent ague possessed of an even more choleric nature than that which had previously inhabited me. The book may be very slightly dated by the standards of whatever century this is, but I rate its advice above the gropings and splutterings of any quacksalver. When it counsels that (short of a leeching and hours spent winding the gut of a bull walrus onto the capstan of a sturdy bass viol) I should vent my spleen whenever possible, I take it seriously. Thus the content of my previous post.
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