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03-17-2008, 08:34 AM
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i have a couple of used sets which i want to keep safe incase i might need them in future or something...so how to store them best? should i store them in the plastic air sealing pouches but wouldnt that also seal in moisture along with the strings?
any ideas?
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03-17-2008, 08:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern VA | | | keep them immersed in denatured alcohol. you'll be pleasantly surprised when you reinstall them!
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03-17-2008, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi, India | | | yeah i clean them by keeping 'em immersed in denatured alchohal for about 24-48hours but i have to carry one back up string set along u know...
otherwise i once forgot about a set of strings kept in the jar filled with spirit for a couple of months dunno didnt really like those strings any more after so i keep it safe 24-48hours works good and is more than adequate imo
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03-17-2008, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Québec city ,Canada | | | I think you guys are being over-cautious, It's okay to take measures, if you plan on playing those strings in 10 years, if it's not the case, just coil them and place them in somthing, a box, an old package of strings, etc. Most string come in paper envelopes that are far from being air tight. they can spend months on a shelf and yet when you put them on your bass, they sound good.
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03-17-2008, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JustOpenYourMind I think you guys are being over-cautious, It's okay to take measures, if you plan on playing those strings in 10 years, if it's not the case, just coil them and place them in somthing, a box, an old package of strings, etc. Most string come in paper envelopes that are far from being air tight. they can spend months on a shelf and yet when you put them on your bass, they sound good.
Strings are not fragile. | i agree strings are not fragile or anything but i just wanted to know if any one wants to say something about it
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03-17-2008, 10:46 AM
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Affiliated with Genelec, Avalon Design. | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newcastle, UK/Currently London | | | Personally I think wrapping them in airtight plastic will protect them from everything, like extra humid days, a leaky roof, pestilence, famine, rabid dogs, and the like. I don't really think they'd degenerate much more sitting in the air but putting them somewhere watertight will keep from any obvious accidents wrecking them.
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03-19-2008, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Inflin Personally I think wrapping them in airtight plastic will protect them from everything, like extra humid days, a leaky roof, pestilence, famine, rabid dogs, and the like. I don't really think they'd degenerate much more sitting in the air but putting them somewhere watertight will keep from any obvious accidents wrecking them. | yeah i think i should keep this this way. thanks for all the replies!
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