- Joined
- Feb 11, 2009
- Messages
- 23,208
- Reaction score
- 18,931
- Location
- NJ (The nice part)
- Guild Total
- 112
I agree! I actually like changing my strings and making any necessary set up tweaks (...within my skill -set anyway!). It kinda bonds me with the guitar even more. I WISH I had the courage to attempt nut and saddle making, but I’d need about 20 blanks of each before I got a couple of them right! LOL.
And just the idea of “ genuine tortoise” boils my bunny!
Oh I know. A couple of years ago someone heard me talking guitars to Don probably at a bar and they said, "Oh, yeah, I gotta take mine into the shop." I asked what was wrong with it. "Needs new strings." :confusion:
I said, "Do it yourself." "Wouldn't have a clue how." "Bring it over to my house and I'll change them and show you how."
Of course it never happened.
It's shocking!!
The first time I experienced this I was in a Sam Ash and a very nice woman who looked and acted like a pro brought in a high-end Taylor and told them that "it was time for new strings." I was flabbergasted. I can't imagine playing an instrument and not knowing how to change the consumables. Can you imagine someone playing the saxophone and needing to bring it in for service to get the reed changed?
I've done my own acoustic Saddles, but not nuts. You haven't lived until you've sanded down a bone saddle. Ew. I have a nut file kit and I've adjusted nuts, but just never had the need to do one from scratch.