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Post by 007 on Sept 13, 2014 13:22:02 GMT
I have had some dodgy strings over the years I'm not a particular fan of Elixirs. Problem is as you get less young you develop a black hole trying to remember what strings are on what guitar(s) (most people on the forum have more than one some like Leo and Martin have a bucketful  and when they were changed: strings not guitars I devised a simple way of keeping track which I am sure many people on the forum already use. When I change strings I keep the pack and write on it the date of change and any problems experienced in the change over.The pack is then filed in my guitar box This seems to work for me and I don't go buying strings that I don't like. I guy I met once had a variation of this theme he would put a tiny adhesive label on the back of the headstock of the guitar with the make and date of change recorded Personally thought this was a bit untidy and what if he played so fast it caught fire  |
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Post by Martin on Sept 13, 2014 14:39:25 GMT
I'm a bit slipshod when it comes to string changing, and I never keep track of what goes on what, although since I rarely experiment with them, and even more rarely change the damn things, it doesn't matter a great deal. What you do seems logical and interesting, but to me is verging a bit towards OCD  |
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Post by vikingblues on Sept 13, 2014 14:52:50 GMT
Too organised for me too I'm afraid.  A good idea though.  Mark |
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Post by 007 on Sept 13, 2014 16:34:37 GMT
MMM never seen it that way Martin
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Post by Phil Taylor on Sept 14, 2014 8:06:08 GMT
I have had some dodgy strings over the years I'm not a particular fan of Elixirs. Problem is as you get less young you develop a black hole trying to remember what strings are on what guitar(s) (most people on the forum have more than one some like Leo and Martin have a bucketful and when they were changed: strings not guitars I devised a simple way of keeping track which I am sure many people on the forum already use. When I change strings I keep the pack and write on it the date of change and any problems experienced in the change over.The pack is then filed in my guitar box This seems to work for me and I don't go buying strings that I don't like. I guy I met once had a variation of this theme he would put a tiny adhesive label on the back of the headstock of the guitar with the make and date of change recorded Personally thought this was a bit untidy and what if he played so fast it caught fire That's exactly what I do but I would not call it OCD - efficiency I say  Phil |
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Post by Akquarius on Sept 14, 2014 11:16:32 GMT
When I change strings I keep the pack and write on it the date of change and any problems experienced in the change over.The pack is then filed in my guitar box Same procedure here, except that I keep only the cut-off top sheet of the pack. Saves storage place. |
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Post by 007 on Sept 14, 2014 12:08:00 GMT
Glad its not just me being OCDC or is that ACDc or .............
Bollocks to it
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Post by alig on Sept 14, 2014 17:51:36 GMT
Erm...
They used to be made out of animal gut but now they're made of nylon or metal.
The end.
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Post by Akquarius on Sept 14, 2014 17:55:42 GMT
This would be a perfect base to start a new "strings" thread...  |
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Post by Martin on Sept 14, 2014 19:01:17 GMT
Erm... They used to be made out of animal gut but now they're made of nylon or metal. The end. Still are made out of animal gut - at least they are on one of my banjers  Maybe that's just cause I ain't changed them in a while...  |
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 14, 2014 19:18:18 GMT
This would be a perfect base to start a new "strings" thread... NOOOOOOOO! |
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Post by 007 on Sept 14, 2014 20:52:15 GMT
Mmm We don't have a shellac or French polish thread either |
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Post by missclarktree on Sept 14, 2014 21:32:41 GMT
Sounds like an excellent idea, not OCD at all. It's only OCD if you have to arrange the pack at a particular angle in relation to what's on the same shelf/drawer, or if you have to keep two packs to make it an even number, etc, or if you use the old strings with budgies' bells on the end to practise bellringing in your living room.
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Post by 007 on Sept 15, 2014 7:33:45 GMT
I will bow to your greater knowledge of all things ACDC sorry OCD Alison
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Post by 007 on Sept 15, 2014 15:38:51 GMT
So as we have moved on this thread from record keeping of strings to being OCD how do you store your music/books /DVD's by genre, Alphabetical, by age, or any other nomenclature and at what point do you become OCD. Answers please on both sides of the paper and no conferring you have 1 hour for this test  |
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and when they were changed: strings not guitars
Jo whoever he is.
