I like to use steel guitar strings. I can twist an eyelet into one end. I like the Low and High E strings. Sometimes the low E with the wire wound around it grabs better. Sometimes the high E works better. They are already cut to the right length for me.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)