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Karbon L. Forms · Post by **Karbon L. Forms** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:50 pm

Take three (or more!) of those useless ultra-thin plectrums you get and super-glue em together. edit: leave the business ends unglued so you get a sort of brush type action.
Then take your top-E string on yer box/plank and tune it down to B (same as the B string funnily enough)
You may have to adjust some of your chord fingerings.
Try 3-2-0-0-3-3 (edit: whoops 7 strings!) for a G. C open works good (dunno what it is now tho) and used with care a Am shaped bar chord is wonderfully dischordant!
Go onto street and busk "The Mission (UK)" songs until you have enough to buy a real 12 string! Oh and a f**king tuner.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:31 pm

or you can glue the bodies of two guitars together forming a makeshift double neck
measure the distance from fretboard to fretboard

get 5 thin but strong sticks of wood
get 4 round shaped pieces of gum eraser

cut the sticks to match the previously measured distance

glue 2 plectrums on either side of one of the stick

glue one eraser gum to one end of each remaining sticks

glue the other sides of the sticks to the top of the fingers of your fretting hand, one stick for each finger

stand in front of the mirror and look like a complete dork

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:33 pm

dont need to do either of those things as a not only gorgeous

but generous friend gave me hers when she bought a new one

suckers

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:35 pm

vurt wrote:dont need to do either of those things as a not only gorgeous but generous friend gave me hers when she bought a new one

suckers

damn.. I'd better return the wooden sticks then

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:50 pm

why i am neither generous or gorgeous so you aint gettin mine

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:50 pm

spaceman wrote:or you can glue the bodies of two guitars together forming a makeshift double neck
measure the distance from fretboard to fretboard

get 5 thin but strong sticks of wood
get 4 round shaped pieces of gum eraser

cut the sticks to match the previously measured distance

glue 2 plectrums on either side of one of the stick

glue one eraser gum to one end of each remaining sticks

glue the other sides of the sticks to the top of the fingers of your fretting hand, one stick for each finger

stand in front of the mirror and look like a complete dork

You've done this too?

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:12 pm

how about just recording one track normally, then record again with a capo on the 12th fret

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:41 pm

sickle666 wrote:
spaceman wrote:or you can glue the bodies of two guitars together forming a makeshift double neck
measure the distance from fretboard to fretboard

get 5 thin but strong sticks of wood
get 4 round shaped pieces of gum eraser

cut the sticks to match the previously measured distance

glue 2 plectrums on either side of one of the stick

glue one eraser gum to one end of each remaining sticks

glue the other sides of the sticks to the top of the fingers of your fretting hand, one stick for each finger

stand in front of the mirror and look like a complete dork
You've done this too?

an other construction allowed me to scratch my crotch at the same time

farlukar · Post by **farlukar** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:45 pm

It'd be a great idea if it didn't involve busking.

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:09 pm

Karbon L. Forms wrote:Take three (or more!) of those useless ultra-thin plectrums

Useless? These are all I use

How anyone can use those thick/heavy f#ckers is beyond me

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:17 pm

Ian B wrote:
Karbon L. Forms wrote:Take three (or more!) of those useless ultra-thin plectrums
Useless? These are all I use How anyone can use those thick/heavy f#ckers is beyond me

that's strange.. I expected you to hate 12-strings

Karbon L. Forms · Post by **Karbon L. Forms** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:17 pm

Ian B wrote:
Karbon L. Forms wrote:Take three (or more!) of those useless ultra-thin plectrums
Useless? These are all I use How anyone can use those thick/heavy f#ckers is beyond me

No No! Those wee rock solid gibson teardrops for me only. Floppy picks are like over-compression. You lose all your dynamic wotnot.

Lukow · Post by **Lukow** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:22 pm

spaceman wrote:... glue one eraser gum to one end of each remaining sticks ...

That's the point where I need help! As far as assembled already, there is no remaining stick on my side

Should I shorten the eraser gums before glueing the sticks to the plecs?
Is there a manual available?

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:23 pm

Karbon L. Forms wrote:
Ian B wrote:
Karbon L. Forms wrote:Take three (or more!) of those useless ultra-thin plectrums
Useless? These are all I use How anyone can use those thick/heavy f#ckers is beyond me
No No! Those wee rock solid gibson teardrops for me only. Floppy picks are like over-compression. You lose all your dynamic wotnot.

Noooooo- for acoustic strumming those wafer-thin ones are the biz! More, err, zingy.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:25 pm

Lukow wrote:
spaceman wrote:... glue one eraser gum to one end of each remaining sticks ...
That's the point where I need help! As far as assembled already, there is no remaining stick on my side
Should I shorten the eraser gums before glueing the sticks to the plecs?
Is there a manual available?

damn.. I knew I should have made illustrations first
I'm going to get my ass sued over this

Can't afford a 12 string?