String Spreader from StewMac - Cool Idea and Inexpensive

[Modern Saint]

I like this one and it isn't very expensive at all!

http://www.stewmac.com/npa/4802?tab...ent=hero_img&utm_campaign=NPA_4802_A_20130902

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

or you could find a couple of paper clips and a rubber band.

 

[FenderPusher]

or you could find a couple of paper clips and a rubber band.

Who do I look like, MacGyver?

 

[telecaster911]

That's going to scuff up the edges of your headstock.

 

[Grave Bomber]

That's going to scuff up the edges of your headstock.

No way, not if you buy the Stew Mac Model 4481279 "Headstock Edge Protector"!

 

[micwalt]

Why for does one need this gadget in the first place?

 

[Peeker]

Why for does one need this gadget in the first place?

was just gonna ask this.

 

[Modern Saint]

Why for does one need this gadget in the first place?

You can use it to fix the nut of your guitar.
Bevel the edges of a fret
Level a fret
etc.

All while the strings are on. Makes verifying your repair faster.

 

[Peeker]

ah, makes sense.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

You can use it to fix the nut of your guitar.
Bevel the edges of a fret
Level a fret
etc.

All while the strings are on. Makes verifying your repair faster.

it can't do any of those things. all it does is pull the strings out of the way. which i can do with a couple of paper clips and a rubber band.

 

[Modern Saint]

it can't do any of those things. all it does is pull the strings out of the way. which i can do with a couple of paper clips and a rubber band.

To each their own as I don't have paper clips at home or in my tool bag.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

To each their own as I don't have paper clips at home or in my tool bag.

what kinda toolbag doesn't have paperclips?

 

[Peeker]

a clipless one?

 

[Kerouac]

what kinda toolbag doesn't have paperclips?

I can't remember the last time I used a paperclip... probably in college when we couldn't find a roachclip.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I can't remember the last time I used a paperclip... probably in college when we couldn't find a roachclip.

see, they're multi-taskers!

 

[nuke_diver]

hmmm why not just take the strings off?

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

Jeez, Stew Mac has just SO many duct tape alternatives!

 

[wagdog]

I move the 3'rd through 6'th string to the opposite side of the tuners and the 1-3 to the lower side (sorta like that pic) and hold in place with a capo behind the nut if needed.

 

[berumen123]

I would worry about denting the back of the neck.

You can also use about 2 1/2" of a 3/4" wooden dowel with a single V groove on each end. The strings can be spread three on each side. Wrap the dowel in electrical tape or rubber tubing to protect the fingerboard surface.

 

[Modern Saint]

what kinda toolbag doesn't have paperclips?

My toolbag!

I also don't have rubber ands. Got a lot of tape though.

I can't remember the last time I used a paperclip... probably in college when we couldn't find a roachclip.

The paper clips always end up either in the trash or straightened.

With electronic documentation, the need for paper clips are no longer needed. Besides most things get stapled if not in electronic form.