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Topic: Scratching the finish when changing the strings? |
Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 12:33 am |
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No matter how careful you are, eventually you will scratch the finish when changing strings in a hurry.
Not anymore, a xmas tree shaped piece of black denim inside the keyhead frame:
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Olli Haavisto
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 5:03 am
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not if you cut out a thin piece of colored plastic or plexi glass to fit the key head under the strings to protect the finish !
Anal? probably but at then end of time the finish will not be scratched !
On my D10 Carter, both key heads have a thin piece of black plastic , fit, under the strings, you can't tell, but they are there... pay no attention to the dust, spring cleaning is around the corner !
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 11:48 am
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I'm glad somebody else does this too, Tony. 
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 12:38 pm
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So it don't end up looking like this: 
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 1:08 pm Or You Can
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Just do this 
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 1:09 pm
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| Thanks guys...your post was just 24 hrs too late Olli. Last nite I was winding on a new string and at the last minute noticed I left the cut end just a bit too long and it would have scratched the finish. When I reached in to bend it to the side I promptly drove it halfway through my thumb! |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 2:00 pm
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And that bleeds!
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 4:50 pm
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| Way to go Steve I'm keyless to the core. |
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Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
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Posted 20 Feb 2015 6:38 am
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| Tony Prior wrote: |
not if you cut out a thin piece of colored plastic or plexi glass to fit the key head under the strings to protect the finish !
Anal? probably but at then end of time the finish will not be scratched !
On my D10 Carter, both key heads have a thin piece of black plastic , fit, under the strings, you can't tell, but they are there... pay no attention to the dust, spring cleaning is around the corner |
I do the same thing on my steels! I use translucent plastic cut from a "page protector" sheet.
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Source Audio, Goodrich Sound, and Stringjoy Authorized Dealer
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 21 Feb 2015 6:35 am
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This time I put the cloth in before the first string change.
I`m relieved that other people do it too.
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Olli Haavisto
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 21 Feb 2015 6:52 am
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That bird has flown. Too late here too. Also unfortunate is that the inside of the aluminum keyhead of my Fessenden is painted black. That has gotten scraped up. Not something I care a lot about but I'd have taken a bit more care if I'd realized that it wasn't just shadow--it was paint.
Something else I've done --- the expanse of polished neck between the end of the fretboard and the pickup gets marred by (what I presume to be) dead skin that sits and chemically reacts. It needs a Simichrome rub to clean it up--mere dusting doesn't do it. I have laid down a shield of mylar (cut to shape) for this. Unfortunately I lost it and need to cut another and the neck is a mess right now.
What's that about, anyway? Acids? Salts? |
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