The useful advice thread

Securb

Securb

One of Jerry's Kids
Drop your guitar hacks, tips, and tricks here.

I picked up a cleaning caddy on Amazon to store my general guitar maintenance supplies. No more running back and forth for anything when I am doing string changes in the basement or living room.

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I like this thread idea!

I did something similar to your caddy. Got tired of the proverbial overlfowing parts drawer. Bought a few 15-35 quart storage bins. Small ones are great for strings, pickups and such. Bigger ones for pickguards bridges and bigger packages I want to save. While I'm at it a lot of the padded mailers amazon and others use now instead of boxes are great for storing wired pickguards and harnesses. And altoid mint tins are my go to for storing smalle parts like screws and springs when i'm working on something especially a multi-day project.
 
These are all great. Old tooth brushes and a little cleaning fluid work or scrubbing the dust and debris out of bridges. I save glass jelly jars for soaking parts in cleaners or mixing stains.
 
Securb said:
Drop your guitar hacks, tips, and tricks here.

I picked up a cleaning caddy on Amazon to store my general guitar maintenance supplies. No more running back and forth for anything when I am doing string changes in the basement or living room.

RzT7Pk8.jpg
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I had a few of them, when I worked for that asshole drug addict and drunk, Jake the snake, detailing huge yachts and mollion dollar mobile homes.
 
If you use a toothbrush to clean your guitar
nip off the end of the handle to let others know it can no longer used for personal hygiene

Not much just a 1/4 inch or so (5mm)

To identify it
 
When I rewire one of my own guitars, I almost always use a stereo output jack. It gives a positive ground connection, rather than relying on sideways pressure to the sleeve. (Not that that's ever been a real problem.) But it also means I can pull the plug out one "click" to mute the amp, without messing with any of my guitar or amp settings.
 
beaubrummels said:
When choosing guitars, amps, pickups, strings, anything that makes sound ...decide which based on the sound, not any other criteria.
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Strong disagree.

Everyone starting guitar should play an instrument they like the look of that's set up well. Why? Because as a beginner you're going to sound like ass no matter what guitar you're playing. A guitar that makes you feel good to hold and makes you want to pick it up every time you pass it is going to be played more and thus will actually sound better (because you get better).
 
You know those return address stickers that are sent to you by the hundreds by all the organizations that are trying to hit you up for donation money?

Scotch tape them to every piece of gear you've got. Around the barrel of cables, in hard to see places on amplifiers on the bottom of every pedal, power cords etc.

They've literally saved me more times than I can count when someone else is breaking down gear and gets things mixed up and they later walk up to me and say "hey this cable's got your name on it."

It also keeps me from picking other people's stuff up because I'm looking for the label.

When playing out a lot, I add a small blaze of orange duct tape on all of the bigger items To completely obliterate any chance of " I thought that was my amp. "
Maybe I'm blessed or possibly it's this process, but I haven't had any gear stolen since 1979.
 
zionstrat said:
You know those return address stickers that are sent to you by the hundreds by all the organizations that are trying to hit you up for donation money?

Scotch tape them to every piece of gear you've got. Around the barrel of cables, in hard to see places on amplifiers on the bottom of every pedal, power cords etc.

They've literally saved me more times than I can count when someone else is breaking down gear and gets things mixed up and they later walk up to me and say "hey this cable's got your name on it."

It also keeps me from picking other people's stuff up because I'm looking for the label.

When playing out a lot, I add a small blaze of orange duct tape on all of the bigger items To completely obliterate any chance of " I thought that was my amp. "
Maybe I'm blessed or possibly it's this process, but I haven't had any gear stolen since 1979.
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When my buddy was gigging. He did the with colered electrical tape

Spray paint is harder to remove

Engraver is what I use

But I kinda donate cables and such to better musicians in a bind

I'm kinda like that , right Steve?
 
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