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I'd be that one that makes that one sound. You know, that vibrate-y one?

Discuss.

I'd be the C string (nylon wound silver) on a soprano ukulele.

Drop D tuning Bottom D.

Yay, Ruffy's back! Low E

I've always been a fan of a wound G. Other than that, I like the D string. It's close to the wound G, in terms of beefyness. Unwound G's just don't quite do it for me though.

How should I know? But I would want to be on a Gibson X-plorer.

G-strings are great when fingering a Minor..... :p

G-strings are great when fingering a Minor..... :p

That's one major pun there!

G-strings are great when fingering a Minor..... :p

*Throws up*

I'd be the composite G-string on a classical guitar. It's the hardest string to tune properly, and nothing sounds right until you've finessed it properly.

That's one major pun there!

I'm glad you're well tuned in to this kind of thing.

Low E. Classy.

i'd be the one that snaps halfway through the first set, that you forgot to bring a spare for and have to bum one off of somebody else.

er, no. but i might be one of the springs in the old electromechanical reverb delay.

I'd be that one that makes that one sound. You know, that vibrate-y one?

Discuss.

Sooo ... you are listening to some chamber music, or perhaps a cello solo in an orchestral piece.

You know you have left it too late in life to be a classical cellist, and you're too lazy to learn even the proper terminology for "the vibrate-y sound"

But it moves you. You do rather love it. It loves you. You just can't keep quiet about it ... no matter how discordant or inept your sounding is.

I am neither of those strings. I am a Stylophone played by Rolf Harris.

i do have one simple dumb question about the poll (vis a v the title of the thread):how can a guitar string be a cello?

How can it not?

I think that the OP question was badly phrased. Perhaps it was all about asking if you could be a string instrument, which would you be. If that's what was meant, the poll options are very limited. But if I must choose an answer to the OP, I would definitely be a cello. The cello is far more sophisticated than the guitar, if not as popular. I like the way it sounds and to see a man or a woman straddling a cello looks incredibly powerful.

G-string on a violin. It is the only string I ever developed any command of during my second abortive music career, it also makes a very pleasing, deep sound.

A. It's not as low as the E, but it doesn't break as often. I'd also like to be on a flying V or SG.

If on a bass, I would be the A string. On a Rickenbacker. Because that is the best sound in all existence. *nods*

Bottom E string, detuned to A, on black Gibson Les Paul Custom. Drop A is the manliest tuning ever created.

I'd be a bass guitar's E REALLY low-tuned.

Mmmm g strings.

I'd be the one on a garrote.

Although I'd prefer to be a piano wire.

how can a guitar string be a cello?

ooh, ooh, i know this one - because there is a B in both and an N in neither

I'm the little bit between the saddle and the end of the strings that make a plinky sound when you pluck em. *nod*

I'd be a kazoo.






That's right. A kazoo.

G-strings are great when fingering a Minor..... :p

*Throws up*

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