Boiling strings with food coloring

[Chad.mundt]

Hey, guys. I have a strange question. I have a pink Fender Mark Hoppus bass that I put flats on. I love the shell pink color, but I want to make it zing just a little more. Has anyone boiled their strings with food coloring? I'm thinking blue or red. Am I totally stupid?

I currently have Fender-brand flats, medium gauge on it.

[4 stringed fury]

I don't know, sounds like it could work but, hey, Be the first to try!

[distrot]

you can buy coloured strings

[Jazz Ad]

Yeah, pink strings would be a better idea. I'm not sure they eist in flats though.
Anyway food coloring has zero chance to stick on metal.

[Chad.mundt]

Originally Posted by distrot

you can buy coloured strings

I know you can, but I don't know of any colored flats. I just had the thought. I think Jazz Ad is right in saying that the color won't stick to metal. Maybe a bonding agent of some kind... flour or talc? It would probably change the feeland/or tone of the string, probably for the worse, but hey. Maybe I'll try that on my next change.

[Brad Johnson]

You don't think it would come off on your hands?

[Thor]

Food coloring is water based. Don't bother. I'd try tapewounds
and Testors modelling paint. The frets will rub some off. But
you could do Candy Apple Red!

[Darkstrike]

Could powdercoat them, but it wold probably ruin them.

[Solarmist]

Originally Posted by Brad Johnson

You don't think it would come off on your hands?

If it doesn't work you can pour it over cupcakes

[JustOpenYourMind]

If you want more zing, you should buy coated pink roundwounds, they sound less bright than normal rounds and brighter than flats.

Boiling string ia a thing you do when you need a fresh string sound for one night, after that they oxidize and are even deader than before.

As for the food dye idea, it would problably make your string even deader sounding, since the food coloring get everywhere between the wrappings and just choke the vibration more.

Short answer, yes it is a stupid idea.

[Bassangel44]

as far as the food coloring idea, I have no idea whether it would work or not. But you're one of the first people I've seen on here that has a Hoppus Bass. (I have one to, Daphne Blue ) But I was wondering if you have problems with a dead sounding E string? I don't know whether its a problem in Hoppus Basses, or just I didn't set mine up right.

[Chad.mundt]

I don't think you guys have the right priority. Flats stay. Tone before looks! Come on, people!