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Subject: Boiling old strings From: kendall Date: 07 Nov 11 - 10:16 AM Many years ago I heard about rejuvenating old dead strings by boiling them. I thought it was a hoax. Well, it's not. The low E on Jacqui's Apollo 6 string was dead. When I plucked it it just went "thump", no life at all, so I took it off, scrubbed it with a soapy scouring pad (Not steel wool), rinsed it, dried it, put it back on and it sounds new. Any comments? |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Silas Date: 07 Nov 11 - 10:33 AM Well, at least you are doing it right by taking them off the guitar first....if only I could have my time over again... |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Will Fly Date: 07 Nov 11 - 10:36 AM Mmm... must try this on parts of me that need rejuvenating. Might need the steel wool though... |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Nov 11 - 10:50 AM Rust never sleeps. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Mark Ross Date: 07 Nov 11 - 10:52 AM Just loosen the string and wipe it down with rubbing alcohol (if you don't need it for internal consumption). That will clean off all the gunk, and extend the life of the strings. Mark Ross |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,loki Date: 07 Nov 11 - 11:46 AM i boil me bass guitar strings - definitely gets rid of lotsa crap and extends playing life |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Dave the Gnome Date: 07 Nov 11 - 12:48 PM I suppose it's better than stringing old boils... (With apologies to the old joke. No, nurse, I said prick his boil!) :D tG |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,beardedbruce Date: 07 Nov 11 - 01:14 PM I've heard of stone soup, but string soup? |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: olddude Date: 07 Nov 11 - 01:29 PM No No no no ... gosh putting old strings back on a 4K guitar ... No captain ... its like putting a plastic crystal on an old watch |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: olddude Date: 07 Nov 11 - 01:38 PM Its not just the dirt and oil from the fingers, if you rub you hand on the bottom you can feel where the strings flatten out against the fret. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,Captain Swing Date: 07 Nov 11 - 01:56 PM What a faff, just buy some more! |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: meself Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:06 PM What's a faff? |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,Captain Swing Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:18 PM A 'faff' is an unnecessary commotion or fuss, like a kerfuffle. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: kendall Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:22 PM Don't you clowns ever try something just for the hell of it? Jacqui and I had a gig on Sunday and that string just had to go. No music stores were open, so I tried that old remedy and it worked. When I get damn good and ready I'll replace the whole set, then I'll post it and you can all sleep better!:-) Dan, I know it's like putting a $40.00 saddle on a $10.00 horse, but what could I do? I couldn't buy one on Sunday. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:26 PM Strings become flat on one side? Just turn them over and Bob's your kerfuffle. (Gone into hiding) |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: kendall Date: 07 Nov 11 - 03:27 PM "A man should try everything once; except incest and Morris dancing." (Utah Phillips) |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,Captain Swing Date: 07 Nov 11 - 05:20 PM "A man should try everything once; except incest and Morris dancing." (Thomas Beecham) (Arnold Bax) (Winston Churchill) (Oscar Wilde) - everything is attributed to Oscar Wilde Any more? |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Rusty Dobro Date: 07 Nov 11 - 05:28 PM "A man should try everything once, except incest and Morris dancing." (Attrib. G.K. Chesterton, but more likely Thomas Beecham) I can't imagine Oscar Wilde ever encountered Morris dancing...... |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST Date: 07 Nov 11 - 05:40 PM "Dan, I know it's like putting a $40.00 saddle on a $10.00 horse, but what could I do? I couldn't buy one on Sunday." Sunday ain't no day to be buying horses, Kendall. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Nov 11 - 05:41 PM Shazpot, that was me. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: BTNG Date: 07 Nov 11 - 05:44 PM well it's not the 1st of April......... |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Nov 11 - 06:20 PM . . . nor the 2nd. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,josepp Date: 07 Nov 11 - 06:40 PM Any time you clean the gunk off strings (dirt, dust, skin oil, rosin), they natually will be more reverberant but when they're truly dead, they're truly dead. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: BTNG Date: 07 Nov 11 - 06:42 PM I imagine one can only clean strings for just so long...and then...dead |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Nov 11 - 07:03 PM "What a faff, just buy some more!" Y'ever known a named or known member to post that kind of shite? ############################# Kendall, I've boiled a few sets in my time. It is the only thing to do if you need a string. Even today, and even when I have a spare set of strings, I keep old but still serviceable strings in my guitar case. Ya just never know. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,Motown bass player Date: 07 Nov 11 - 07:09 PM I always liked the Motown dead sting sound - if you hadn't boiled them I might have bought them Let me know when they get thuddy again |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,Motown bass player Date: 07 Nov 11 - 07:10 PM string not Sting - ooops sting didn't do Motown |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: kendall Date: 07 Nov 11 - 07:16 PM Fast Fret does a good job but you have to use it immediately after use. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Jim Dixon Date: 07 Nov 11 - 09:54 PM Use it after use? What does that mean? |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 07 Nov 11 - 10:29 PM I tried boiling guitar strings many years ago, but I finally gave up on the idea. It didn't matter how long I boiled them, they were still too tough to eat. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Little Hawk Date: 07 Nov 11 - 11:14 PM You can do that with banana peels too, but it doesn't seem to help much. They still taste awful. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Goose Gander Date: 07 Nov 11 - 11:21 PM I used to boil guitar strings, to save money. Got the idea from Eddie Van Halen, of all people. Helps tremendously to put in a bay leaf. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Bugsy Date: 08 Nov 11 - 04:14 AM I started a thread about this very subject in '06. "rejuvenating old guitar stringss" It may be of some help. Luckily, I'm in a better financial position now. CHeers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST Date: 08 Nov 11 - 10:18 AM In some cases, one might consider boiling old guitar players (as a public service) |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: The Sandman Date: 08 Nov 11 - 01:11 PM in my opinion it is better to slacken the string right down, then get a chamois leather or duster and by use of friction rejuvenate the string, by rubbing, it works in my experience as well as boilng them |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Bert Date: 08 Nov 11 - 01:19 PM ...boiling old guitar players... Dammit GUEST with no name. I was going to start a copycat thread called "Boiling old singers" but you have spoiled the surprise. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: kendall Date: 08 Nov 11 - 01:42 PM Sorry about that, Jim. After using the guitar. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,JHW Date: 08 Nov 11 - 02:33 PM Strings become flat on one side? Reminds me I used to buy strings which were flat on all sides, not flatwound but roundwound then ground flat. I'd forgotten those. I guess they went the way of Eldorado Ice Cream. I didn't find boiling strings worth the effort. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: GUEST,Captain Swing Date: 08 Nov 11 - 02:41 PM I'll say it again 999. What a faff, just buy some. It's as bad as people making plectrums out of old credit cards. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: kendall Date: 08 Nov 11 - 07:35 PM Spoil sport. |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: Bobert Date: 08 Nov 11 - 08:05 PM Well, anyone who ain't willing to shower with yer worn out geetar strings just send 'um to me... I love old strings... I never change 'um unless one breaks... Never... They is my buds... But I play slide and old strings slide better than new 'uns... B~ |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:33 AM 12 year old thread on the subject...............believe it or not. Nothing is ever new at Mudcat! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Boiling old strings From: dick greenhaus Date: 09 Nov 11 - 12:34 AM That's called tradition, I guess. |
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