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A little trick I use all the time!

#17

Whoa Libby! You taught BEN something!?

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#18

I taught him a few things, just not necessarily the kind of things one would consider especially beneficial to teach…

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#19

Will it fix a banjo strings?

I always pull on my strings when I fit new ones. They don’t seem to go dull but like all banjo players I am constantly retuning - Like Murphy Henry says at the start of every lesson - “Tune your banjo” I tell you that lady sure instilled me the need to keep your banjo in tune.

Thanks for sharing @Flatpickin_Libby great tip.

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#20

@Archie This is different than stretching the strings when you put them on; I do that too. This is for after your strings start sounding a little dead. It might help a banjo although may not sound as drastically different as on a guitar. I know @Lucy_L uses this trick on her mandolin pretty often.

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#21

It would only work on the wound 4th string, @Archie.

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#22

I’d never heard of it. Thanks!

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#23

Ya i know, just trying to throw in a compliment.

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#24

Thank you!

#25

My theory is this. With a pinch and a pull, it gets rid of dust deposits in the crevices in a wound string! Not so much with unwound string, as it requires more time for dust settlement, that too in neck and bridge.

Interesting tip, anyway! :slight_smile:

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#26

That was my thought, that it cleaned out the grooves b/t the windings.

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#27

Hey all, what more can I ask, my theory has endorsement from @BanjoBen! :slight_smile:

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#28

Yeah it probably shakes them clean. Honestly I don’t know totally how it works, but it does!

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#29

Okay, I’m always very skeptical of stuff like this. But I figured it was worth a try. So I loosened my low E string, snapped it a couple times and tuned it back up. And it’s noticably brighter. Almost like a new string. How on earth does this work?!?!

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#31

Oh, PLEASE no Barney. :joy: Unless it’s Barney Fife :wink:

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#32

I haven’t seen Barney in about ten years and I don’t plan to ruin my streak now. Maybe @Michael_Mark will enjoy the song.

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#33

Oh man, I laughed so much. You should watch… again. and again, and again… lol… And of course, Michael too.

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#34

Oh believe me, I’m not watching. I hope Michael enjoys himself though.

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#35

Oh no no no!

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#36

Here we go again

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