What do you do with your string ends?

DT · Unread post by DT » Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:59 pm

Right now on my guitar instead of cutting the ends off of the strings at the headstock i have them all coiled together into a small ring that sticks out perpendicular to the headstock... Does anyone do something like this or something else cool?

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:27 pm

i cut em off, because if you move the excess strings, it can get out of tune

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:31 pm

i cut them off cause personally, i think its hideous to have all those strings hanging everywhere

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:33 am

yea. it makes the guitar look better if you cut em. and if what fatjack says is true, then all the better to cut em off!

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:39 am

I always give the guitar a new haircut , i've several times where i've left them hanging , almost poked and eye out on myself :lol:

Cut the guitars hair , and cut it short :lol:

t41 · Unread post by **t41** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 9:00 am

another thing is that they make an awful noise when you move the guitar around.

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:11 am

i cut them off...and sometimes i cut my hand. last night i was restringing (at 5am no less) and i stabbed a hole in my hand...

as per usual :cry:

blood comes off of the taylor gloss finish with just a soft wipe.

gravedigger · Unread post by **gravedigger** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:39 am

cut-em as close as ya can. some times those damn high e strings can be a bitch but if you have the right tool it shouldn't ever be a problem.

Ando · Unread post by **Ando** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:42 am

Jay wrote:i cut them off...and sometimes i cut my hand. last night i was restringing (at 5am no less) and i stabbed a hole in my hand...

as per usual

blood comes off of the taylor gloss finish with just a soft wipe.

I did that too!

but my Seagull is no Taylor...

Dancing Ants · Unread post by **Dancing Ants** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:54 am

Well, according to Martha (Stewart), you can make a nice little Christmas Ornament with string ends, and some old tuners.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:16 pm

i usually cut them off but only after a few days. it takes a lot out of me to change the strings and i have to work myself up to stop being lazy and to just cut the darn things.

tjmac66pc · Unread post by **tjmac66pc** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:01 pm

Jay wrote:i cut them off...and sometimes i cut my hand. last night i was restringing (at 5am no less) and i stabbed a hole in my hand...

as per usual

blood comes off of the taylor gloss finish with just a soft wipe.

i hate that!! i did that to the tip of my thumb yesterday...it's the smallest little cut, yet it leaves my whole thumb in pain! i can't understand why

NoNotThat · Unread post by **NoNotThat** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:17 pm

what can you use to cut the high e and b strings?

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:24 pm

NoNotThat wrote:what can you use to cut the high e and b strings?

[confused] wire cutters?!? same as the others... [/confused]

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:31 pm

ive got a nice little dealy thing thats a string winder + wirecutter.... now whoever invented that is a genius

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