******* ouch!

[badgermonkey]

Just sliced my thumb and finger open trying to change my guitar strings, and now one of them is stuck and i can remove it from the bridge

That'll teach me to leave a set of strings on my guitar for 2 and a half years!

There's blood all over my bed

 

[badgermonkey]

One of your fingers is stuck?!? LOL

The string


Stupid damn guitar! The problem I now have is the string is wedged funny, so I have to unbend the end that was around the peg. The thing is it's very pointy and sharp, as it's the thing that did in my hand just now!

I tried scissors to cut it which didn't work, and I have no wire cutters

EDIT: Or pliers.

 

[badgermonkey]

No pliers?

I'm a student, what would I need pliers for?

 

[badgermonkey]

Does that apply to all tools? You never know when you might need such things.

Penknife has everything I've ever needed before

 

[badgermonkey]

That logic is flawed, my Swiss army knife didn't have scissors when I need it to have scissors, I had to use the mini knife thing instead.

Mine has scissors, screwdriver, allan key etc.

All it doesnt have is hammer, wirecutters and pliers

 

[badgermonkey]

It doesn't have your name on it either.

Actually it does

 

[badgermonkey]

Don't need pliers. Get two flat, strong objects (like a ruler) and trap the string between them. Twist and it should give you enough slack to get the string out. Make sure they're strong, though.

The bit i need to unbend though is about 1.5cm from the end of the string though... it doesn't seem to want to stay in between things... it just slips out and almost impales me again

 

[badgermonkey]

Ah. Bad luck, then. Time to go into town and get some pliers, me thinks.

Yep, B&Q is an hours walk. Each way. And I have urgent coursework for tomorrow And need the guitar for tonight!

Stupid world