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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus
Tune by harmonics to hear, and feel, the beating effect better.
Lubricate all string contact points with pencil lead, to prevent snags.
Store your guitar in a room with a constant temperature. If the temperature varies widely, it will go out of tune, which is a symptom of wood expansion & shrink -- a guitar killer if given time to work.
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Yeah, I would stop selling that one, as it's a load of crap. Putting pencil lead on the pegs prevents
sliding, not snags. It doesn't make the string slip easier. It
prevents it from slipping. Most of the time. It's a trick of the trade that 90% of string players know. Ask any string person who's been playing for a bit. The pencil lead helps hold the tune by keeping the string from slipping. Not aiding it to slip.
Using the pencil lead is a good idea,
to keep the string from slipping. Such a good time to use this trick: When the string is slipping and loosing it's tuning.
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