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10-03-2009, 08:07 AM
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I have a huge stack of these things and just feel abd throwing them into a landfill. Thoughts? |
10-03-2009, 08:08 AM
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10-03-2009, 08:14 AM
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10-03-2009, 08:16 AM
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10-03-2009, 08:20 AM
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Solder the ends together and braid large sections onto each other and make a kickass tow cable.
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10-03-2009, 08:28 AM
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I remember a thread about a person who collected used strings and sent them to the third world countries in bulk to be used by the less fortunate musicians.
If You think about it, the strings are probably the hardest item on an instrument to be replaced with something else or to be made by the player. Everything else they can pretty much fabricate.
If You have lots of them, this is what I'd do.
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10-03-2009, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird Hi.
I remember a thread about a person who collected used strings and sent them to the third world countries in bulk to be used by the less fortunate musicians.
If You think about it, the strings are probably the hardest item on an instrument to be replaced with something else or to be made by the player. Everything else they can pretty much fabricate.
If You have lots of them, this is what I'd do.
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Sam | +100 to this idea
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10-03-2009, 08:49 AM
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10-03-2009, 08:53 AM
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10-03-2009, 08:55 AM
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10-03-2009, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird Hi.
I remember a thread about a person who collected used strings and sent them to the third world countries in bulk to be used by the less fortunate musicians.
If You think about it, the strings are probably the hardest item on an instrument to be replaced with something else or to be made by the player. Everything else they can pretty much fabricate.
If You have lots of them, this is what I'd do.
Regards
Sam |
I heard about this but guess what? I checked their site and the ONLY TAKE GUITAR STRINGS! What the F is that about!??! |
10-03-2009, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by lavmonga I heard about this but guess what? I checked their site and the ONLY TAKE GUITAR STRINGS! What the F is that about!??! | Instrument racism? 
On a serious note, perhaps TalkBass as a community could do something about it in US.
I have thought about doing it over here, but even though we Finns do a lot of third world aid, none of the organizations I know of are the kind I want to work with.
I do like to throw a hook in the water though. If someone knows someone who could organize such a distribution in any third world country, I'll be in.
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10-03-2009, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by fdeck A thong. | That would only use the G-strings... what about the others? |
10-03-2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by T-Bird Hi.
Instrument racism? | Lol Sam |
10-03-2009, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by TallLankyBastyd That would only use the G-strings... what about the others? | depends on how wide the ass is. That said, one case of not wanting to know if it's 17mm or 19mm spacing. Where is that puking emoticon again?
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10-03-2009, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by hover Where is that puking emoticon again? | 
It's a shame really, Atoz has his own, but...  .
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10-03-2009, 11:01 AM
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10-03-2009, 11:09 AM
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10-03-2009, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sobie18 Chuck 'em......... | ............In the recycling bin. |
10-03-2009, 12:44 PM
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