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Earnest Bovine


From:
Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 8:39 am    
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What should I do about my 3rd string?
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Steve Feldman


From:
Central MA USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 8:54 am    
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299 to go.

SORRY! I can't help it!....
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Chris Schlotzhauer


From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 8:58 am    
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It is a slow day
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Jeff Lampert

 

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queens, new york city
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 9:37 am    
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uhhhhhh .........
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Pete Burak

 

From:
Portland, OR USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 10:09 am    
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"Necessity" is the Mother of Invention.

(Let us know what you come up with.)
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Don Townsend

 

From:
Turner Valley, Alberta Canada
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 10:26 am    
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Is it on the guitar, or still in the package?
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P Gleespen


From:
Toledo, OH USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 10:51 am    
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Is it quicker to New York or by bus?
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Paul Graupp

 

From:
Macon Ga USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 11:01 am    
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You could do like I do Earnest. Leave it on there for no more than three months and change it whether it needs it or not. Three gigs a week and clean wipe after each set works for me.

Regards, Paul

Regards, Paul
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Jon Light


From:
Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 11:03 am    
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THE SOLUTION


Oh,and Patrick G---call Buddy to get his new phone #.
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Chris Schlotzhauer


From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 11:16 am    
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ROFLMAO!!

So that's the "Lucky 404"
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Dave Van Allen


From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 12:46 pm    
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so what sounds better...Trilene XL or Stren EasyCast???
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chas smith


From:
Encino, CA, USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 5:16 pm    
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Quote:
What should I do about my 3rd string?
I have it string across the top of the kitchen window and I've used dental floss to hang an array of cockroaches from side to side as a substitute for "chi-chi balls'. Got the idea from Martha Stewart.
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Joey Ace


From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 7:05 pm    
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Jon! LOL!
What the heck is that???

Does it play Reels?

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Ken Lang


From:
Simi Valley, Ca
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 8:00 pm    
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"What should I do about my third string?"

Give them some playing time when you're way ahead.

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Pat Burns

 

From:
Branchville, N.J. USA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2002 9:30 pm    
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...Earnest, hotels don't have 13th floors but you can still get to the 14th floor and all floors above...just skip string 3, go directly from string 2 to string 4...the low B string on an E9 will be the 11th string and you'll still have a 10 string neck...
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Gene Jones

 

From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
Post  Posted 20 Mar 2002 4:08 am    
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...before pedals strings didn't break so we only had to change them when they got "rusty"....
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Jerry Hayes


From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 20 Mar 2002 8:05 am    
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Put a light coat of oil on it and then insert tab A into slot B etc. etc. etc.!!!

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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney tuning.

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Bill Hankey


From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2002 6:21 am    
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Earnest B.

There are numerous causes that contribute to the premature breakage of the infamous .011 string. To find a way to reduce the stress points, seems to be the utmost goal to achieve success for string endurance. There are several approaches open for experimentation. Not the least of all, the characteristics of the string. Modifications may be in order.

Bill H.

[This message was edited by Bill Hankey on 21 March 2002 at 04:50 PM.]

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Earnest Bovine


From:
Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2002 8:24 am    
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Now that, is the sort of response I am looking for. A momentaneous ventilation of diurnal prevalence, disabuses a surfeit of stress points. Modifications, may, or may not, be in order.
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Bobbe Seymour

 

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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2002 8:39 am    
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Bovine, you are my hero!

J. Cuddy Twistenbreakem III
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chas smith


From:
Encino, CA, USA
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2002 11:50 am    
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A momentaneous ventilation of diurnal prevalence
I had a momentaneous ventilation of diurnal prevalence and when I overshot diurnal...
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ebb


From:
nj
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2002 4:35 pm    
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trade it for a draft choice
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Joe Smith

 

From:
Charlotte, NC, USA
Post  Posted 23 Mar 2002 7:10 am    
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Well, I just changed my 3rd string. It sounds more like it does now than it did before.
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Harold Dye

 

From:
Cullman, Alabama, USA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2002 3:22 am    
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I once had a momentaneous ventilation of denurnal prevalence, but I was told not to worry it was only gas..
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Larry Miller

 

From:
Dothan AL,USA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2002 5:26 am    
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Bill Hankey, could you further delve into the uncertain lifespan of the 3rd string, and perhaps, define the many events that might lead to breakage, and as a follow up question,..... why is there air?
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