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Post by xyrn on Oct 6, 2015 19:59:27 GMT -5
I love slot heads and I change my own strings unlike some guys I could mention. I love my slot head guitar!
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Post by drlj on Oct 6, 2015 20:00:12 GMT -5
I can see why, too!
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 6, 2015 20:55:46 GMT -5
Great news, Don!
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Post by james on Oct 6, 2015 21:08:29 GMT -5
Yep. Great news.
I was a little nervous about restringing my slot headed classical guitar the first time but what with Frank Ford from frets and YouTube etc. it turned out to be surprisingly bother free.
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 6, 2015 21:11:44 GMT -5
There you go, Bill. If Marty is busy, just have James come over and change your strings for you.
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Post by TKennedy on Oct 6, 2015 22:16:21 GMT -5
Some guitars demand a slothead. Who am I to judge?
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Post by TKennedy on Oct 6, 2015 22:19:04 GMT -5
I love slot heads and I change my own strings unlike some guys I could mention. I love my slot head guitar! I forgot I put three on a plate Waverlys on that baby. Nice picture. I really liked that guitar.
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Post by Don Clark on Oct 6, 2015 23:14:03 GMT -5
Cutting peghead slots with the greatest commercial jig ever made. The Luthier Tools slothead jig. A little pricy but worth every penny. You drill the tuner holes with it as well. Made like something we'd use in a total knee. That's fascinating..... If you had been the one to put my sternum back together when they closed.....would you have used biscuits?
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Post by TKennedy on Oct 6, 2015 23:47:40 GMT -5
Cutting peghead slots with the greatest commercial jig ever made. The Luthier Tools slothead jig. A little pricy but worth every penny. You drill the tuner holes with it as well. Made like something we'd use in a total knee. That's fascinating..... If you had been the one to put my sternum back together when they closed.....would you have used biscuits? I actually worked for a heart surgeon for a year before ortho residency and helped close a lot of sternums. We use figure of eight #18G wire as I recall!
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 7, 2015 6:19:15 GMT -5
I see those figure eight stitches all the time on chest films. Don't know why those sharp ends don't bother more folks.
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Post by drlj on Oct 7, 2015 7:39:10 GMT -5
Someday I will return to the Twin Cities. When I do, I'd like to spend a day or two hanging with the Minneapolis "mafia." Terry, a visit to your shop would be a highlight, as well as lunching with Marty, Bill, Lonnie, et al. We need to plan that trip together. You can fly into Chicago and then we can drive to MN together. We can raid Hammond's new refrigerator ( I hear it is really well stocked with all kinds of wonderful food and beverages), visit both Marty's and Terry's shops, hit up the Podium and Willie's and maybe come back with something new and cool stowed in the back seat. Maybe a nice new Kennedy? Easy trip and we can be out of town and back home before they know what hit them.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 7, 2015 8:29:46 GMT -5
Someday I will return to the Twin Cities. When I do, I'd like to spend a day or two hanging with the Minneapolis "mafia." Terry, a visit to your shop would be a highlight, as well as lunching with Marty, Bill, Lonnie, et al. We need to plan that trip together. You can fly into Chicago and then we can drive to MN together. We can raid Hammond's new refrigerator ( I hear it is really well stocked with all kinds of wonderful food and beverages), visit both Marty's and Terry's shops, hit up the Podium and Willie's and maybe come back with something new and cool stowed in the back seat. Maybe a nice new Kennedy? Easy trip and we can be out of town and back home before they know what hit them. Sounds like a great plan to me!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 8:59:05 GMT -5
You guys should do that before we get snowed in here.
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Post by Don Clark on Oct 7, 2015 9:17:00 GMT -5
I see those figure eight stitches all the time on chest films. Don't know why those sharp ends don't bother more folks. When I sat up on the cath table when the biopsy was done on Monday, there was one of the monitor screens that showed 5 small loops with what appeared to be twisted ends. Must be the sharp ends you're referring to. The funny thing.....Barb gives me crap about being OCD with bread ties for closing up bread sacks and other food wrappers. She and especially the kids don't bother and I'm the one who finds all the dried out food, etc. There were actually 8 of these loops, 3 more out of that particular view. So yes.....I find that is exactly how Dr. Borkon wired my sternum back together. Just like a friggin' bread twistie. Barb is still laughing.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 7, 2015 9:21:52 GMT -5
You guys should do that before we get snowed in here. (Next week.)
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Post by fauxmaha on Oct 7, 2015 9:25:50 GMT -5
Well, it would be a good thing if slot heads were a good thing. They are not. They are a PIA. I've got two slotties. Steel strings...well, I'd rather have a peghead, but it's not that bad. Nylon...no problemo.
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Post by Don Clark on Oct 7, 2015 11:40:26 GMT -5
Been a long time since I had changed strings on a slothead. Back in high school, I had a 1968 Martin D12-20, slope dread 12-string. And it was twice the work. Of course my classical is but I haven't put new strings on it in about 10 years. But now my Harp Guitar is a slothead, I've put one set of Elixir lights on it. Really wasn't difficult. What might be fun is changing the subs whenever I ever need to. New ones were just put on when I got it in Mar. '14. They are still super clean.
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Post by Marshall on Oct 7, 2015 13:13:25 GMT -5
Well, it would be a good thing if slot heads were a good thing. They are not. They are a PIA. I've got two slotties. Steel strings...well, I'd rather have a peghead, but it's not that bad. Nylon...no problemo. The engineer in me doesn't like the weakened headstock. And the string windings are tougher. And I imagine the less mass affects string action; not necessarily worse; just different. I remember Doug Young bringing an east coast guitar to a Rosejam (True North?) . And the headstock was a heavy brute. Apparently the luthier believed it helped resonance to have a lot of mass up there. The guitar did resonate for ever. But all that is esoteric hair splitting. If you like the sound and the feel and the look, then it's the cat's pajamas.
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Post by brucemacneill on Oct 7, 2015 13:55:50 GMT -5
I've got two slotties. Steel strings...well, I'd rather have a peghead, but it's not that bad. Nylon...no problemo. The engineer in me doesn't like the weakened headstock. And the string windings are tougher. And I imagine the less mass affects string action; not necessarily worse; just different. I remember Doug Young bringing an east coast guitar to a Rosejam (True North?) . And the headstock was a heavy brute. Apparently the luthier believed it helped resonance to have a lot of mass up there. The guitar did resonate for ever. But all that is esoteric hair splitting. If you like the sound and the feel and the look, then it's the cat's pajamas. I wonder if I get esoteric hair splitting can I go back to a comb-over? Sorry, I'm on drugs you know.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2015 8:08:16 GMT -5
We need to plan that trip together. You can fly into Chicago and then we can drive to MN together. We can raid Hammond's new refrigerator ( I hear it is really well stocked with all kinds of wonderful food and beverages), visit both Marty's and Terry's shops, hit up the Podium and Willie's and maybe come back with something new and cool stowed in the back seat. Maybe a nice new Kennedy? Easy trip and we can be out of town and back home before they know what hit them. Sounds like a great plan to me! I like the way your minds work. Can't say I'd be able to make it before the next snowfall, though; my father's condition is deteriorating. He had a procedure performed last Thursday and spent one night in the hospital. Although he seemed to have been declining anyway, I think this really knocked the wind out of him. In addition to the dementia, he is weak, has trouble walking, and is having other problems. He can't climb the stairs to his bedroom, and we are in the process of renting a hospital bed to install in the dining room. Luckily, there is a half bath 15 feet away. So give me a rain check on this visit, and I'll visit the Midwest again. I'll have to—LJ says if I stay with him and his Mrs. in their new place, I'll have my own private bath. I haven't had a private anything for the last 12 years.
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