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Have you ever played a gig where some of your gear broke down and all you could get your hands on trying to fix things were your shoelaces and a piece of gum?
This topic will hopefully aid all "Mc Gyvering" drummers, (bass)guitarists and keyboardists in repairing, upgrading and (re)designing their instruments to match their current needs WITHOUT spending a fortune on new hardware.
Also welcome to this topic are all temporary solutions, ever applied to your gear or instrument either by yourself or some (pro) tech. All "road-stories" accompanying these "on-the-fly" repairs are more than welcome!
Now, to start off this topic and to give you some idea of what I consider to be a "Cheap Tech Solution" here's a first one:
Some of most musician's favourite beverage (beer) comes in so called "swingtop" bottles. See picture below, the bottle far left is a swingtop.
[img src=\'http://www.grolsch.com/content/Beer_A_007.jpg\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]
The ceramic caps of these bottles are fit with red/orange rubber washers that make EXELLENT and, above all, FREE straplocks for your guitar!
Put your guitarstrap on the strapholds. Now secure it on both ends with the rubber washers and you can start practising your "Janick Gers" throws and windmills without the risk of ending up holding just the guitarstrap and having to beg your audience not to press charges for catching your guitar... with their foreheads! [!--emo&
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This topic will hopefully aid all "Mc Gyvering" drummers, (bass)guitarists and keyboardists in repairing, upgrading and (re)designing their instruments to match their current needs WITHOUT spending a fortune on new hardware.
Also welcome to this topic are all temporary solutions, ever applied to your gear or instrument either by yourself or some (pro) tech. All "road-stories" accompanying these "on-the-fly" repairs are more than welcome!
Now, to start off this topic and to give you some idea of what I consider to be a "Cheap Tech Solution" here's a first one:
Some of most musician's favourite beverage (beer) comes in so called "swingtop" bottles. See picture below, the bottle far left is a swingtop.
[img src=\'http://www.grolsch.com/content/Beer_A_007.jpg\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]
The ceramic caps of these bottles are fit with red/orange rubber washers that make EXELLENT and, above all, FREE straplocks for your guitar!
Put your guitarstrap on the strapholds. Now secure it on both ends with the rubber washers and you can start practising your "Janick Gers" throws and windmills without the risk of ending up holding just the guitarstrap and having to beg your audience not to press charges for catching your guitar... with their foreheads! [!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/blush.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'blush.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--] 
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