sharke
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I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
Not a word of a lie. I'm sitting here at the computer, my Telecaster is on its stand maybe 6ft away, nothing is touching it.....and the D string just sounded. PING it went. Not like something brushed across it lightly, but an actual PLUCK....
I'm mildly nervous.
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/14 23:12:12
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2014/12/15 10:04:31
At least it wasn't your G string... 
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2014/12/15 00:28:08
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 00:18:00
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☄ Helpfulby Beagle 2014/12/15 12:20:28
Sometimes a string can sit just outside of the saddle on the nut. It will slip into position and sound off as if plucked. It's happened to me a few times. I stretch my strings often and every once in a while they will slip out and on it's own slip back sounding in the process. However most of the time it's a demon, poltergeist, or otherworldly creature out for blood
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 00:51:00
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bayoubill
Sometimes a string can sit just outside of the saddle on the nut. It will slip into position and sound off as if plucked. It's happened to me a few times. I stretch my strings often and every once in a while they will slip out and on it's own slip back sounding in the process. However most of the time it's a demon, poltergeist, or otherworldly creature out for blood
How boring! I think I prefer the ghostly explanation....being somewhat of a Scrooge I did think for a minute that perhaps I was about to be whisked into the sky to observe Christmases past, present and future.
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 03:27:07
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Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 07:23:15
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Gibson with auto tuning. 😄
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 10:16:10
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Cool......you have some-Juan else to collab with.
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2014/12/15 11:27:46
It's completely normal. My guitars will often pluck random notes on their own (while I'm playing ).
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 11:39:47
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It's completely normal.
My guitars will often pluck random notes on their own (while I'm playing ).
Ewe Virtuoso ewe....... Sharke, one note is a great starting point!!
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 12:37:27
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So, your tracks are done, then?
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 12:40:26
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It might have been a pesky flying bug that happened to misjudge their flight path. You may now have a bugged up guitar. The odds are enormous for that to happen so I think you are a lucky guy!
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 12:43:10
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Oh bugger. My D dun plucked itself.
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 15:07:41
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Temperature fluctuations can cause them to slip over the nut too, but the ghost story sounds cooler!
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Re: I'm scared - my D string just plucked itself
2014/12/15 17:36:44
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I hope my Am string never plucks or fails or breaks.
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