Recycling Strings

Thunderscreech · #1 02-19-2009, 10:36 PM

So, after a while experimenting with trying to find "my sound" I've wound up with a bunch of massive bass strings lying around. It vaugely resembles the dismembering of some giant metal beast, but I digress.

Can I, after trimming off the ball ends, take my bass strings to be recycled at a scrap metal place?

With Lime · #2 02-19-2009, 10:39 PM

Why not? It's all steel. Or at the very least all metal. So yeah.

MooseLumps · #3 02-19-2009, 10:54 PM

Don't!!!

find a bass playing pen pal in a third world country and send them to him. he will love them forever and you get to feel good about it!!!

Fred19137 · #4 02-19-2009, 10:57 PM

Yeah you can but why waste them you have hardly used them, u can sell them for more than the metal is worth.

**line6man** · #5 02-19-2009, 11:03 PM

Yeah, definitely sell them.

You would probably spend more gas money getting to the scrapyard than you would make selling them for scrap...

MooseLumps · #6 02-19-2009, 11:06 PM

...seriously?

Thunderscreech · #7 02-19-2009, 11:19 PM

unfortunately I've trimmed the ball ends off.

Selling sounds like a good idea, but they'd only fit basses similar to those I took them off of.

rodl2005 · #8 02-19-2009, 11:54 PM

Ive been recyclng mine using the bottle of alcohol method. Sit my strings in for 24 hrs & give it a shake or two & strings are like new again.

**line6man** · #9 02-20-2009, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thunderscreech

unfortunately I've trimmed the ball ends off.

Why?

Bassamatic · #10 02-20-2009, 10:55 AM

If they can no longer be played - just put them in with your recycling for the trash pickup.