$200 bucks from xmas money = ?

[mark1178]

Fun at Stewmac. Was just gonna get a full set of Nut slotting files..but since I wont be working on nuts, I just need the needle files for filing notches on the bridge saddles.

Needle Files - Set of 5
String Spacing Rule
Mitchell Abrasive Cord - .015" (.38mm), 200-grit, Mitchell's #60
Guitar Nutdrivers - Set of 3
Guitar Tech Screwdriver Set
ESP Multi Spanner
Pocket Truss Rod Wrenches - For 5/16" Gibson nut
Knob Puller
Metal Cap Bell Knob - Volume, for fine-knurled pot shaft (CTS)
Stud/Bushing Set for 'Stop' Tailpiece - Chrome
Metal Jack Plate for Gibson® Les Paul® - Chrome metal, with screws
ColorTone Fretboard Finishing Oil
150K-ohm 1/4-watt Resistor - Pack of 10

Probably could have been a $300 budget but NOoOooOooOoo someone wanted a new vacuum cleaner.

 

[Cagey]

Sorry, gotta pick at a couple of your choices in the hope that you can change your order...

You can file bridge saddles with nut files, but you can't do nuts with needle files. You can save $25+ buying Graphtech nut blanks for $4.75 from Warmoth and cutting them yourself. So, while expensive, a set of nut files pays for itself pretty fast. How often do you even need to file saddles? Nut files would have been a much more useful choice.

Then, a knob puller? From StewMac? That's the joke of their entire inventory!

$48.95, and those pesky knobs won't sass you any more!​

Really? You don't own a screwdriver?

Bad boy. Bad boy!

But, you are to be commended for buying the proper tools to do a proper job. Too many guys try to half-ass it, and the results show it.

 

[mark1178]

I have screwdrivers...somewhere, my dad stole (borrowed and forgot to return without telling me) so I just decided to get a new set I can hide from him when he visits.

File wise, 200 budget so I'll make due. Could use these files for other projects as well so I'm not up the creek with them yet.

Knob puller...meh it'll do. If not it can be a toy for our cats which usually what happens with some of my stuff. It will only be used once I get it and then will probably catch fire somewhere so not too worried.

I'll probably get a set of but files by the end of the year, I'll do what I can with the needle files, if not in not up the creek I have a couple extra bridges lying around.

 

[Cagey]

Never loan tools out. If it's a good friend, family member, uber-boss, whoever asking that you can't say no to, then do this: Give them the tools. Make a big deal of it. Then immediately go and buy replacements for yourself and you'll have new ones. Trust me - you're gonna have to do that anyway, so you may as well plan on it. Or, if you'd prefer, offer to take them out and buy the tools for them. Costs the same either way, and in both cases you get tons of Brownie Points, plus you sorta embarrass them. Just be sure to make it known that you don't loan out tools!

If, after seeing to it they have tools but finding that they can't keep track of them, then just say no. Absolutely. No argument. Lie if you have to. "No, I don't own a screwdriver - my dog died of a screwdriver overdose, so I threw all mine away." You'll have every justification in the world, and it's time for them to suffer. They'll find another fool, or go buy their own, which they're more likely to keep track of.

 

[Updown]

Then, a knob puller? From StewMac? That's the joke of their entire inventory!

:doh:  yep have to agree with Mr Cagey on that one.

Surely a piece of cheese cloth or old T-shirt is WAY cheaper than that, in fact it's Free.

May-be it can be use as a cork remover  :laughing7:

 

[mark1178]

Hmmmm maybe I can convert it to a crossbow bolt holder for the impending zombie apocalypse...gotta get a crossbow and tank. Yeah been watching walking dead a lot lately.

I've done the "hammer the strings on the saddles" trick and it's made a small notch on the saddle, if I push the string at the bridge it moves easily. Been testing it out too by strumming really hard with stubby picks and so far they're staying in place. Will probably just make a tiny notch just for safety.

 

[Jumble Jumble]

I get tough knobs off with a couple of spoons - the curved bottoms of the bit you put your soup in make a good scratch-and-dent-free levering base.

 

[Updown]

Surely a piece of cheese cloth or old T-shirt is WAY cheaper than that, in fact it's Free.

Like this ....  :icon_thumright:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuGc83-F_Wk

 

[stubhead]

  Then, a knob puller? From StewMac? That's the joke of their entire inventory!

:doh:  yep have to agree with Mr Cagey on that one.

Surely a piece of cheese cloth or old T-shirt is WAY cheaper than that, in fact it's Free.

May-be it can be use as a cork remover 

I get tough knobs off with a couple of spoons - the curved bottoms of the bit you put your soup in make a good scratch-and-dent-free levering base.

I have developed a pretty evolved technique with the "dual-butterknife knob-flickup" -
so speedy 'n' clean it's a near thing of beauty.... :guitaristgif: safety goggles recc'd

(it's all in the wrists, like so much of dat stuff)

 

[SustainerPlayer]

So - y'all a bunch of knob pullers?  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[stratamania]

If you only want to pull knobs and not bushings they have a tool just for that.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Special_tools_for_Electronics,_pickups/Knob_Puller.html?actn=100101&xst=3&xsr=121810

$8.50

 

[Corey P.]

So - y'all a bunch of knob pullers?  :icon_jokercolor: