Couple of Les Paul questions...

[muttley600]

It's... err... depends....

Well I'm gonna get me some and try it out...

 

[Zaphod B]

Well I'm gonna get me some and try it out...

Make sure you try it out on someone else's instrument.

 

[muttley600]

Make sure you try it out on someone else's instrument.

Does it get talc out of string windings?

 

[Zaphod B]

Does it get talc out of string windings?

What are you talking about?

Talc gets itself out of string windings, and then disappears.

I thought you knew something about this stuff.

 

[muttley600]

What are you talking about?

Talc gets itself out of string windings, and then disappears.

I thought you knew something about this stuff.

Even near the ends where the string doesn't move?

 

[Zaphod B]

Even near the ends where the string doesn't move?

Yes, especially there, at that theoretical null thingy!

 

[TelePaul]

Maybe it was just your technique - playing a little to forcefully? When you've got your action set up just so, at that delicate point where the strings are just barely not quite buzzing, if you are really banging on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd strings with a hard pick you can invoke buzzing. Just a thought.

Yeah definitely possible. I've started to really work on what was at times a heavy touch, on both my left and right hand. I'm fretting more cleanly now, especially since eschewing a pick in favour of fingers.