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Power String Winder

I was hanging out with my repairman over the weekend, and he gave me a discount
for
stringing up the guitars myself. He let me use his Power Winder, which is a
cordless
screwdriver attached to this gizmo:

<http://tinyurl.com/cjqhs>

And I was so impressed with how much time I saved over a regular string winder
that I
immediately ran out and got one for myself. It cuts the time for restringing in
half.

He has the Panasonic cordless drill:

<http://tinyurl.com/bw9hy>
Stephen





Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:16 pm

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hahaha im not quit the ten strong platyer yet.....I would really love one and i will have one really soon. But here is my question ....WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO...
cstorey138
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Sep 9, 2005
4:59 am

Hi Chris: Here, at long last, is a $500 factory-made 10-string: <http://tinyurl.com/bojvh> When Narciso Yepes was touring the world with his 10-string, several...
Stephen Bright
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Sep 9, 2005
11:51 am

... Actually, that is a steal of a price. Recently I did some google searches on Asturias 10 strings -- found several for sale in Japan. All of them were in...
Michael McBroom
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Sep 9, 2005
2:00 pm

You ask a good question. I'd like to offer a different point of view in answering. Note, that I'm not trying to minimize the practical problems with coming up...
Steven P. Bastien
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Sep 9, 2005
3:32 pm

I was hanging out with my repairman over the weekend, and he gave me a discount for stringing up the guitars myself. He let me use his Power Winder, which is a...
Stephen
Bright57
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Sep 12, 2005
10:16 pm

Hi, Stephen: Do you think that such fast turning might cause more wear and tear on the gear mechanisms? With older, worn machine heads, I've sheared the metal...
Mischa Zawaskis
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Sep 13, 2005
11:25 pm

... Well, I wouldn't use it on my Panormo, but I'd use it on everything built in the last 75 years. It's not really THAT fast -- it seems to have speeds, and...
Stephen Bright
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Sep 14, 2005
12:07 am
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