This is my illustration friday for this week, theme “strings“. Pretty obvious.
I absolutely hate stringing the guitar. It’s my least favourite thing. It takes me hours, and it is torturous. I am constantly afraid of one snapping and cutting my lip, or ripping a hole in the fabric of the universe or something. It’s almost like my fear of bunsen burners, but more stupid. I’ve considered just giving up the guitar for good while restringing in the past, it’s been that bad. The guy in the shop when I bought these offered to string my guitar for me, but it would mean bringing it in, I just don’t have time. He did also try to sell me some really swanky looking guitar strings called Elixir, but I decided against them because they sounded too much like a packet of condoms.
petescully 
I don’t own or play a guitar so I have no idea if your fear of ‘stringing’ is as stupid as you say it is, but I really like your sketch and story.
:)
Your work is so so good!!
Congratulations!
Hug
Rosália
Ah. Now I get the guitar bashing stuff.
Your strings really looks like real strings and I know that’s not easy! Can be annoying to change guitar strings but once it’s done it’s so good! Until next time :) Nice one.
Hey, I recognise that French quote (oops – sorry, “quotation”) but can’t place it. Where do I know it from?
great illustration, fits well with mine, I never change strings until they breal, I’ve heard of people changing them every week but that’s insane
cheers all!
And roshe, you do know this one (this picture actually dedicated to you in a way because you know well about my guitar string phobia, and you know this quote).
I’ll give you a clue: there was a dead wasp inside the book, that ally killed.
once again another great post.
Ah, it’s the beginning of In Cold Blood, isn’t it? I knew it was something from Barnet but couldn’t quite recall specifically.
Great quote though. And good sketch. Even before reading the text, I did instantly think of your stringophobia.
By the way, US$7.14 for a set of D’Addario is really good. You could pay £9-12 for those on Denmark Street.
yep, that’s the one. Dick and Perry walking for 18 years or something. And yeah, them guitar strings are way cheap here, bring you some back if you want.
Great color and ink! Bravo!
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cheers!