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#146,026
Nocturnal said:
Call me shallow, but I have never liked the untrimmed string look on guitars.



The ability to still use the Dunlop Dual Design if you forget your regular strap was a real selling point to me. You know, getting old and forgetful in my old age so pretty fair odds I will forget the correct strap one of these days.:confused:
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Not shallow - I hate to generalize - but that is just such slacker mentality. I don't even think grung proponents would have gone there. At least for a bass player. As I don't really understand guitarists (nor want to) - if they do it at least it isn't as bad as when a bass-player does it. Seriously...
 
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fasterpussycat said:
Until the singer loses an eye*...

Once, back in the olden days, the drummer picked up a ball of discarded guitar strings with ends poking out all over, and dumped them on the top vent of a valve combo. Couldn't comprehend why I did my block at him.

*And why you should always wear sunglasses on stage.
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good story! :thumbsup:
 
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#146,028
dagrev said:
Our church facilitated several families getting to the US from Burma several years back. Many families have been part of our church now and are just as much family as anyone. Some of the sweetest people you could ever meet. Some try something they think westernized that sound odd to us. May June, Monday Htu, March Green. I think it reflects days/times they were born. Some keep their traditional names. Blah Po, Wa Wa, Blak Say Wa, Say Moo and Say Gai (two sisters). But one lady is named Poo Poo.

After we helped a few they wanted to say with us instead of us helping them start a church. Don't know how many times I heard, "No, no. We came to America, we learn to be American and speak English." No easy task for mostly rural village folk with with little education as we would see it. Most now have decent jobs and even own their own houses. So nice to see them overcome such massive cultural hurdles and do well. I recall one young mother we heard had health problems and we helped get her and her three boys here. A couple years ago she was granted citizenship. It was amazing to see how happy she was to officially be an American. I'll never forget it.

By the way, they have and love some crazy hot sauce. Then they have stuff that will peel paint just by removing the lid! Their little kids love the stuff! They also enjoy Thunderbirds!
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thats really great.
A lot (it seems) Chinese that migrate to Sydney pick an English name. Most seem to be very old names. After talking to one, Meg, I have a theory that it may have something to do with the classics they use while learning English. It works in Meg’s case, she got her name from Little Women.

I can’t explain Sparrow, though I know of one.

MCF said:
There is something special about attending a citizenship ceremony. Remarkable. If more people would do that, we would be a kinder, gentler place.
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nice post
 
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So far the only downside to having dedicated straps is that a week ago, while switching guitars in the Room of Requirement, I whacked the ceiling with the VP headstock. Twice. Had I not been pulling it over my head that wouldn't have happened.
Probably.
Very slight ding at the end of the hadstock with embedded "popcorn" goop I need to remove. I hate popcorn ceilings. Really dumb idea. Probably invented by the spider lobby. They give the little ones so many more places to fasten their webs.
 
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Headstocks like to spoon? Who knew?
VP big spoon:
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VP little spoon:
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dagrev said:
Our church facilitated several families getting to the US from Burma several years back. Many families have been part of our church now and are just as much family as anyone. Some of the sweetest people you could ever meet. Some try something they think westernized that sound odd to us. May June, Monday Htu, March Green. I think it reflects days/times they were born. Some keep their traditional names. Blah Po, Wa Wa, Blak Say Wa, Say Moo and Say Gai (two sisters). But one lady is named Poo Poo.

After we helped a few they wanted to say with us instead of us helping them start a church. Don't know how many times I heard, "No, no. We came to America, we learn to be American and speak English." No easy task for mostly rural village folk with with little education as we would see it. Most now have decent jobs and even own their own houses. So nice to see them overcome such massive cultural hurdles and do well. I recall one young mother we heard had health problems and we helped get her and her three boys here. A couple years ago she was granted citizenship. It was amazing to see how happy she was to officially be an American. I'll never forget it.

By the way, they have and love some crazy hot sauce. Then they have stuff that will peel paint just by removing the lid! Their little kids love the stuff! They also enjoy Thunderbirds!
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A very cool story. Even had a happy ending.

Nocturnal said:
It's a fair point, but I don't need to use that on my current models. I still have several sets of Schaller in the parts drawer. I will put a set on an extra strap and bass with the Loctite to see if that works better than in the past.
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I've been using Schaller straplocks for probably 20 years. Never had a single failure, Never had to resort to locktite.

The trick on the strap end is to make sure you have at least two or three bolt threads exposed after tightening down the nut. If you have a thick leather strap you may need to thin it a bit where the strap pin will bolt through by mashing the leather down with a few good hits from a ball peen hammer. Plus I always use a vice to hold the bolt end of the strap mounted lock while I tighten the nut with a socket wrench. And always mount the strap end of the lock with the open saddle end facing up so it cradles the strap pin on the bass when in use.

The trick on the body mount end is to use a good size screw. My recollection is the Schaller screw is smaller than a standard Fender strap pin screw, so I just use the larger of the two. If the Schaller screw is larger than the stock strap pin screw don't bother drilling the hole larger, just run the screw threads across a dry bar of soap a couple of times and that'll lube the threads up as they bite into the wood.

Finally, check your strap every now and then to make sure nothing is getting loose and you're good as gold.
 
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Nocturnal said:
Call me shallow, but I have never liked the untrimmed string look on guitars.



The ability to still use the Dunlop Dual Design if you forget your regular strap was a real selling point to me. You know, getting old and forgetful in my old age so pretty fair odds I will forget the correct strap one of these days.:confused:
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Shallow is a virtue.
 
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