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How Guitar Strings are made #615804 09/19/20 10:37 PM Best of YouTube
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,073 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack OP Veteran
OP AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,073 Melbourne, Australia	Interesting watch. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: How Guitar Strings are made AudioTrack #615814 09/20/20 01:13 AM Best of YouTube
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MountainSide Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,497 Lake Keowee, South Carolina	Well, I have to admit VT, you got me off on a wild tangent. Don't know much about guitars but being an engineer I'm interested in the manufacturing process. Thanks for the link. I didn't know that there were round core and hex core strings (as explained in the link below). I get the impression that round cores are no longer in demand. Jeff https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/blog/hex-core-round-core-strings/ Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2026, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3

Re: How Guitar Strings are made MountainSide #615826 09/20/20 04:04 AM Best of YouTube
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OP AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,073 Melbourne, Australia	Jeff, I don't know much about the internals of guitar strings either, but I'm always fascinated with mechanical handling, and, well, this video filled several intrigues. Trev BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: How Guitar Strings are made AudioTrack #615968 09/21/20 03:19 AM Best of YouTube
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Deryk - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,414	Wow - thanks for sharing this. I've always been fascinated with the craft that goes into making the instruments we use for our art. It might be a challenge to find what it was I watched, but 12 years ago maybe on basic cable I watched a fascinating documentary they went over the process in building various orchestral instruments. I remember one part that fascinated me was that certain violin strings are made from dried twisted animal intestines. I can't imagine the thought process that went into figuring out that one. Cheers, Deryk

Re: How Guitar Strings are made AudioTrack #616288 09/23/20 10:41 AM Best of YouTube
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Danny C. Veteran Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,722 USA	Very interesting, I had thought it was all machine done. Surprised to see humans actually touch the strings in the process. Thanks for posting. Later, Danny C. www.dannycampo.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Danny-Campo/379776252109306?skip_nax_wizard=true The More You Drink The Better I Sound

Re: How Guitar Strings are made Deryk - PG Music #616312 09/23/20 02:21 PM Best of YouTube
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Tangmo Expert Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 1,381	Originally Posted By: Deryk - PG Music Wow - thanks for sharing this. I've always been fascinated with the craft that goes into making the instruments we use for our art. It might be a challenge to find what it was I watched, but 12 years ago maybe on basic cable I watched a fascinating documentary they went over the process in building various orchestral instruments. I remember one part that fascinated me was that certain violin strings are made from dried twisted animal intestines. I can't imagine the thought process that went into figuring out that one. I've wondered the same thing. Surely it wasn't "we've built this violin, now what in the world are we going to use to make the strings?". Maybe it was "what are we going to do with all this excess animal intestines?" Last edited by Tangmo; 09/23/20 02:22 PM. BIAB 2021 Audiophile. Windows 10 64bit. Songwriter, lyricist, composer(?) loving all styles. Some pre-BIAB music from Farfetched Tangmo Band's first CD. https://alonetone.com/tangmo/playlists/close-to-the-ground

Re: How Guitar Strings are made Deryk - PG Music #616343 09/23/20 06:22 PM Best of YouTube
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OP AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,073 Melbourne, Australia	Certainly a lot of instrument strings were made from 'Catgut', which probably referred to animals intestines from many different animals. Update: Wikipedia has a chapter on this very topic. Last edited by VideoTrack; 09/23/20 06:23 PM. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: How Guitar Strings are made AudioTrack #616482 09/24/20 03:11 PM Best of YouTube
Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 2,992 BC Ember - PG Music PG Music Staff
Ember - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 2,992 BC	I always find it really fascinating to learn how things are made. It's quite the rabbit hole to fall down when you dig deep into how things have changed over the years versus modern practices. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Ember

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