Jim Hall thingy?

[dklsplace]

Can anyone describe what this thing is on the headstock of Jim's guitar & it's purpose?

http://guitar-masters.com/Masters/Profile-Hall.html

 

[West R Lee]

Why Don, that's a guit-light...............similar to a piano light, but for a fretboard. Very tiny bulbs.

West

 

[coastie99]

Well !!

Tie me to a tree, and call me Brenda !

There I was thinking it was a guitar-mounted, Max Factor Passionate Pink lipstick-dispenser !

 

[Russell Letson]

it's a--

Van Eps string damper--designed to keep strings from ringing between the nut and the fretted position. Fine if you never play open strings.

http://www.jenniferbatten.com/dampmuseum.htm

http://www.scottymoore.net/dampers.html

 

[Guildmark]

Wow! Russell, I am impressed!
You're a five-time Jeoardy winner, right? Will we never stop learning things on this forum?

Thanks, Man!

 

[dklsplace]

Thanks Russel!!!!