Changing strings - GRRRRRRRR!

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 15 Aug 2004 8:13 am

Having just renewed all twenty, I'm reflecting on just how much I hate this chore!!!!

When I was last at Emmons, Ron Jr. was using a power-drill with a string-winding 'bit' attached - was this his own ingenuity, or can you get these wondrous objects anywhere?

'Grumpy' in Naples.....

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 15 Aug 2004 8:31 am

www.deanmarkley.com/htmlDocs/TurboTune.html

Carter and everybody else sells them.

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Bob
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Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 15 Aug 2004 8:58 am

Thanks, Bob! I had no idea....

RR

Ricky Littleton · Post by **Ricky Littleton** » 15 Aug 2004 9:37 am

Scotty's sells them also. I have one for my electric screw driver to ease the task.

Good money spent...

Ricky

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Emmons LeGrande - 8x4
Session 400 Ltd, Peterson VS-II Tuner
Dan-Echo, E-Bow, Ibanez Distortion, Boss Comp./Sustain, Ibanez Auto-Wah, PX4 Pandoras Box

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 15 Aug 2004 10:50 am

Ricky- I'm glad you said "electric" screwdriver. One time I used the term "cordless" screwdriver and my wife said, "Aren't most screwdrivers cordless?"

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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 15 Aug 2004 11:45 am

I had a "hand" stringwinder,& cut off the handle,got a 1/4 inch socket wrench adapter,some epoxy cement,& made my own. That,w/ the electric screwdriver,fit very nicely in my seat. One last tip,be sure to remember to keep the screwdriver charged up. I didn't,one time,

& I think I invented some new cuss words.

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George Kimery · Post by **George Kimery** » 15 Aug 2004 12:32 pm

I got my Turbo Tuner at Guitar Center for $7.95. They list at about $19.95. Works great and speeds up changing strings about 1000 percent using a re-chargeable screwdriver. On my Emmons Butterfly tuners I had to take a knife and whittle the tuner out a little bit. Then I got an "O" ring from Home Depot and snapped around it like a rubber band. These changes would only be necessary on odd sized keys like the butterflys.[This message was edited by George Kimery on 15 August 2004 at 01:34 PM.]