Gifts For Songwriters

[Stackabones]

 

They're not as easy to find examples of as I thought. I've mostly seen people attaching them parallel to the ground as a place to put picks, capos, and cigarettes.

 

 

I don't think you can smoke at any bar around here. Whatchoo talkin' 'bout?

[Chicken Monkey]

 

I don't think you can smoke at any bar around here. Whatchoo talkin' 'bout?

 

 

We just voted to go smokefree by next spring, so there'll be room for gum on the stand, I guess.

[Dingoist]

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout? Pics, links, etc. While I don't use music stands at shows (or even mic stands lately), I could always change!

 

Here's both (pic'n'link).

 

 

http://www.k-m.de/SHEET-MUSIC-AND-DOCUMENT-HOLDER.3+M5575186d94d.0.html

 

I stumbled across it while looking for just a mic stand, and it was the only one in the shop.

[Stackabones]

Thanks! Pretty cool gadget.

[A Happy Crowd]

I'm already set with pens, paper, guitar strings, etc. For me, the best thing to get is a gift certificate to a record store. Whenever I've gotten one in the past, it was always accompanied with an apology for being an unoriginal gift, but I absolutely love them.

[scud133]

how exactly are you supposed to tune the guitar with a tuning fork? it takes two hands to tune it (one to hit the string, and one to turn the peg) and a third hand to use the fork ....

 

can anyone explain??

[Stackabones]

can anyone explain??

 

With your right hand hit the tuning fork against a stand or something solid. Touch the non-fork end of it to your guitar's bridge (your guitar will sound the A inside the sound box if acoustic).

 

With the fork still vibrating on the bridge, use your left hand to pluck the A string (I usually do this around somewhere in the first three frets -- kinda like a pull-off to an open string), and then tune the A string to match the tuning fork.

 

You could also hit a 12th fret harmonic on the A string, then strike the tuning fork and touch it the bridge.

 

You'll tune the rest of the strings via the matching pitches method or harmonics or open strings etc.

[scud133]

 

With your right hand hit the tuning fork against a stand or something solid. Touch the non-fork end of it to your guitar's bridge (your guitar will sound the A inside the sound box if acoustic). With the fork still vibrating on the bridge, use your left hand to pluck the A string (I usually do this around somewhere in the first three frets -- kinda like a pull-off to an open string), and then tune the A string to match the tuning fork. You could also hit a 12th fret harmonic on the A string, then strike the tuning fork and touch it the bridge. You'll tune the rest of the strings via the matching pitches method or harmonics or open strings etc.

 

 

so the reason you touch it to the bridge is "amplification" or to just otherwise make the fork easier to hear?

[Stackabones]

so the reason you touch it to the bridge is "amplification" or to just otherwise make the fork easier to hear?

 

Yes. You could touch it to your nose, or just behind your ear, or on your elbow, so that the vibrations can be heard inside your head. It's just a bit easier to use the bridge when tuning the guitar.