1001 Uses For Old Bass Strings

[barebones]

I find I'm always using old bass strings for various projects around the house. I thought it might be amusing to hear what others have done with these seemingly used up, twisted strands of metal that we can never bring ourselves to just throw away.

Yesterday I used some to hang the yellow jacket traps in my back yard...

Matt

[fr0me0]

i just have them in a huge pile, I wore one as a necklace once. It'll be interesting to see what people do with them.

[ebe9]

- You can use the G or C string as a cheese cutter.

I am actually keen to router out a piece of wood in the shape of a bass and use the old strings as a filler , i.e. making a picture of a bass using bass strings.

[barebones]

Originally Posted by ebe9

I am actually keen to router out a piece of wood in the shape of a bass and use the old strings as a filler , i.e. making a picture of a bass using bass strings.

That's a pretty fun idea, actually. If you ever get it done you have to post pics!

Matt

[bmc]

A 105 gauge E string make a great whip for employees that get out of line.

[daglar]

My brother's girlfriend used a string to decorate my desk lamp, she wrapped the lamp with it, looks pretty nice.
I have broken 3-4 low-riders and wanted to take the ending which is quite thin, pass a string through the circles that attach to the bridge and make a necklace just to remember how many strings I've broken.

[Vorago]

Originally Posted by bmc

A 105 gauge E string make a great whip for employees that get out of line.

That's how the Swiss manage !

[Jimbo]

i boil mine, top it with marinara sauce and eat them spaghetti style because i'm a REAL man

-jimbo

[bmc]

The cheese and yodeling thing is just to draw tourists.

[bmc]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

i boil mine, top it with marinara sauce and eat them spaghetti style because i'm a REAL man

-jimbo

Maybe you could add a can of tune-ah on top.

[bmc]

Originally Posted by Vorago

That's how the Swiss manage !

That's why we can't join the EU.

[Vorago]

Hehehehe, dark secrets lay hidden between the snowy swiss mountaintops...

[Jimbo]

Originally Posted by bmc

Maybe you could add a can of tune-ah on top.

...but only if there are huge chunks of dolphin in it!


[i think i just lost vegetarian points]

-jimbo

[IanStephenson]

I once unblocked a sink with one!

Ian

[jeff_bass28]

I believe Ian Curtis from Joy Division found a use for them...


Not one I'd recommend, though.

[Slink]

don't dancers use them to cover their Who Who. That would be the G string.

[barebones]

Originally Posted by Slink

don't dancers use them to cover their Who Who. That would be the G string.

Ah... I see you're a fan of the ballet!

Matt

[Rico_2212]

Used an old a string to fix the muffler on my guitarist's jeep once. He drove it like that for 6 months.

[tplyons]

Friend made necklaces, bracelets outta my strings. That's about it.

[MAJOR METAL]

Christmas Tree decorations.