Trim those strings!!

[devellis]

Man, I always trim them. Not only do untrimmed strings look bad and scratch up the headstock, but I invariably impale myself on them if I don't trim them. Back in the 60's I remember people getting grief if they trimmed their strings. It was almost considered elitist or overly fussy. Kind of a reverse-snobbery thing. Especially among folk singers, whose anti-establishment sentiments ran high, trimming was seen as comparable to wearing a suit and tie or having one's hair groomed too fastidiously. Although I shared many of their social perspectives and have never been a fan of ties or fastidious hairstyles, I've always been an advocate for trimming those darned strings, for purely practical reasons.

 

[killdeer43]

Man, I always trim them. Not only do untrimmed strings look bad and scratch up the headstock, but I invariably impale myself on them if I don't trim them. Back in the 60's I remember people getting grief if they trimmed their strings. It was almost considered elitist or overly fussy. Kind of a reverse-snobbery thing. Especially among folk singers, whose anti-establishment sentiments ran high, trimming was seen as comparable to wearing a suit and tie or having one's hair groomed too fastidiously. Although I shared many of their social perspectives and have never been a fan of ties or fastidious hairstyles, I've always been an advocate for trimming those darned strings, for purely practical reasons.

Can we get a collective AMEN!
You nailed it Bob! :wink:

Joe

 

[killdeer43]

BASIC TOOL KIT FOR CHANGING STRINGS

When I bought my Gibson J-45 in 1970, I also purchased these two items. The J-45 has long ago gone by the wayside and been replaced by a number of other guitars, but these are still here from that original purchase....40 years ago!

Did I get my money's worth, you think? :wink:
Joe

 

[fronobulax]

No way am I going to argue in favor of untrimmed strings in this thread but I will note there was a period of time when trimming wound bass guitar strings was supposedly guaranteed to cause the winding to unravel and ruin the string. Probably one of those urban myths but I did coil my string ends for a time as a result.

 

[twocorgis]

BASIC TOOL KIT FOR CHANGING STRINGS

When I bought my Gibson J-45 in 1970, I also purchased these two items. The J-45 has long ago gone by the wayside and been replaced by a number of other guitars, but these are still here from that original purchase....40 years ago!

Did I get my money's worth, you think? :wink:
Joe

Dang, those wire cutters must be old; they were made in Japan! :lol:

 

[killdeer43]

Dang, those wire cutters must be old; they were made in Japan! :lol:

:lol: :lol:
I was waiting to see who would be the first to notice (good eye).
They are indeed 40 years old, or at least I bought them 40 years ago....I think it was sometime after....Pearl Harbor? :wink: :wink:

Cheers,
Joe

 

[twocorgis]

Dang, those wire cutters must be old; they were made in Japan! :lol:

:lol: :lol:
I was waiting to see who would be the first to notice (good eye).
They are indeed 40 years old, or at least I bought them 40 years ago....I think it was sometime after....Pearl Harbor? :wink: :wink:

Cheers,
Joe

And some time before everything was made in China?

 

[alpep]

I still ain't gonna cut em

 

[TonyT]

I still ain't gonna cut em

Hell, if everybody cut 'em, wouldn't be much point in having a thread about it.

 

[killdeer43]

I still ain't gonna cut em

You can lead a horse to water....
but you can't make him cut his strings! :lol:

Joe

 

[adorshki]

I coil 'em. I think maybe it's cause my mother would never let me go out and play 'til I cleaned up my room so I developed "Felixungeritis". Even the Paxil doesn't mitigate the symptoms. :lol:

 

[kitniyatran]

Paxil only did so much; never really cleared the OCD, but removed ambition & interest instead. I gave it up, but still have lots of samples lying around .

 

[adorshki]

Paxil only did so much; never really cleared the OCD, but removed ambition & interest instead. I gave it up, but still have lots of samples lying around .

And you know the world would be a sorry mess without ambition and neat-freaks! :lol:

 

[kitniyatran]

Mess in deed .