C6 string corrosion.

Michael Haselman · Post by **Michael Haselman** » 29 Jan 2003 6:48 am

Is there anything you veteran D-10 players do to keep your C6 strings from getting funked up from sweat from your right arm when playing the front neck?

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 29 Jan 2003 7:09 am

I've seen people lay a small towel over the changer endo of the C6 neck while playing E9. My suggestions, wear a long sleeved shirt and play more C6!

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 29 Jan 2003 7:41 am

Leave your double neck guitar in the case.

Michael Haselman · Post by **Michael Haselman** » 29 Jan 2003 8:12 am

Thanks, Mr. Bovine, for your helpful suggestion. You sound like a very pleasant fellow. I'm sure that when you got your first D-10 the C6 neck knowledge just came flowing out of your fingers like magic. Unfortunately, I'm one of those poor people that has to practice it to learn it.[This message was edited by Michael Haselman on 29 January 2003 at 08:20 AM.]

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 29 Jan 2003 8:30 am

Leaving it the case probably won't help anyway. The strings get covered with crud there too.

Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 29 Jan 2003 9:23 am

Jim has it right.....play it.....don't lean on it! The C6th I hear the pros playing on steel radio is the greatest! I love the E9th, too, don't get me wrong. I have a S10 tuned C6th just for me, but I surely do miss that other neck. They are both great tunings, but don't give up one for the other!
Play them both! Expand your horizons![This message was edited by Doug Seymour on 29 January 2003 at 09:28 AM.]

Michael Haselman · Post by **Michael Haselman** » 29 Jan 2003 9:51 am

Let me see if I can clarify this. I just got a D-10 a few months ago. I've been playing e9 for 25 years. I play in a country cover band. I'm learning and practicing the c6 when I get a chance. That's why I purchased a D-10, so I could learn the C6. Unfortunately, most of the tunes I play call for the E9 neck. When I play gigs my arm gets sweaty, and I don't always wear long-sleeved shirts. It's not an issue of how much or little I play the neck. I just wanted to know if there's a good way to keep the sweat off the strings. If I didn't want to actually play the neck someday, I guess I wouldn't care if the strings got all funky.[This message was edited by Michael Haselman on 29 January 2003 at 11:29 AM.]

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 29 Jan 2003 10:51 am

Michael

I use a small towel (like a bar-towel) even though I'd rather not - it feels odd to me and I'm used to the feel of the back neck under my arm.

It does help, but I only do that when the humidity's extreme.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 31 Jan 2003 2:04 pm

I always wear a long-sleeved shirt.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 31 Jan 2003 8:31 pm

Donny's said it! Always wear a long sleeve shirt.......al

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 31 Jan 2003 8:45 pm

Excuse me.......... Does anyone have photo's of top pickers/session players that actually have to rest their weary arms on the strings of the C6th neck? I've NEVER SEEN it!

Isn't there something about proper "posture" when playing a double neck steel guitar?

I NEVER observed it when triple and quad neck guitars were the rage. Is this another new invention? Time is fading rapidly and I need to have some factual input before I expire with wrong impressions left in my headbone.

THANX all!