Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
Hmmm, that's weird. I know D'addario's, which is what I use, have coloured rings on the end, and when you play something like a les paul with a tuneomatic bridge or whatever, you can kinda see them. I've never heard of what he does though
sorry if that joke offended some of you, but don't worry, my girlfriend laughs when I make jokes like that(most of the time....)
I use D'addarios as well, and yes, those colored notches are what I'm talking about. But the configuration of what was going on was explained to me like this-
-Cut/unwind the strings off your guitar
-Save the bottom inch or two containing the colored ring
-Restring like normal
-Feed a bit of the extra string bottoms through the tuning pegs where your new strings are
-Wind it up enough so it loops around/catches
The guitar looks sort of cool...they jut out in all different directions, and if you've got a Les Paul style headstock (3x3 pegs instead of 6 in a row, like a Stratocaster), and just an inch at the most of your string-bottoms sticking out, it looks neat and gives the headstock an abstract look.
Has he used it since? 
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Thanks! 
