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No
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04-16-2005, 10:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Hand Washing
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Do you guys wash your hands before touching your bass? I have friends who are TOTALLY O.C.D. and won't let me touch their bass until they see me wash my hands. It's not even like a $4000 bass either.
I normally don't, I don't see how that would make a huge difference...? 
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04-16-2005, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Englewood, CO | | | Never have, never will. Unless of course, I have food or motor oil all over them.
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04-16-2005, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Yeah I agree with that. If I clearly have dirt or i'm done eating pizza or something then I will.
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04-16-2005, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: BC, Canada | | | today was my first time ever doing this...
that's really all I have to add to this thread |
04-16-2005, 10:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dupont, PA | | Some people's sweat have more excessive amounts of godknowswhat in them that are toxic to strings. I sweat quite abit but have never had a problem with my strings tarnishing, dying, or even breaking preamturely. I had a guitarist whose sweat could eat right through steel. Those are the ones that need to wash their hands prior to touching instrument strings. 
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04-16-2005, 11:05 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester, NY | | | Before every set, everytime. Maybe it's just a habit, but I feel better playing with clean hands. |
04-16-2005, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arkansas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Jerry Ziarko Before every set, everytime. Maybe it's just a habit, but I feel better playing with clean hands. | +1 |
04-16-2005, 11:44 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Jerry Ziarko Before every set, everytime. Maybe it's just a habit, but I feel better playing with clean hands. | Yep. Go wash your hands after loading in. Look at the color of the water and soap coming off as you rinse. It's dirt and oil. All that would be going into your strings and onto the neck and fretboard. I also wash between every set.
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04-16-2005, 12:55 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | I always wash my hands with hot water and soap, not only does keep my neck and strings clean, but it also gets the blood in my hands going! |
04-16-2005, 01:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ames, IA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Munjibunga Yep. Go wash your hands after loading in. Look at the color of the water and soap coming off as you rinse. It's dirt and oil. All that would be going into your strings and onto the neck and fretboard. | +1
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04-16-2005, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rochester, NY | | | Ii only wash if my hands aren't filthy, but then again, I'm one of the (seems to be) few guys who wash their hands when they get dirty and after going to the bathroom, lol... |
04-16-2005, 08:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: La Mesa (San Diego area), Cali | |  Wash your hands?
Yeah, I have to. My sweat is like acid - I had a decent watch (Bulova) and my sweat ate right through the case! Lucky I don't do that to stainless or I wouldn't have my Rolex (or Tag)!
Anyway, I wash my hand before I play and wipe down the strings as soon as possible.
Dan K.
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04-16-2005, 09:27 PM
| | Workin' up a black sweat. | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Andover, MA | | | The funk has to come from somewhere.
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04-16-2005, 10:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Chicago, IL | | I like to play with clean hands, but I'm leary of overwashing prior to playing. I've had occasions where my callouses actually softened to the point where I developed blisters while in the middle of a set. It depends on how much I've been playing lately, but it's happened before.
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04-16-2005, 10:01 PM
|  | Knowledge is Good - Emile Faber | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA | | | I carry a large container of baby wipes with me at all rehearsals and gigs. I wipe off my hands before every set. I have that really acidic element to my sweat.
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04-16-2005, 10:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | | just remember to wait at least ONE HOUR after washing before playing |
04-16-2005, 10:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by fraublugher just remember to wait at least ONE HOUR after washing before playing | Why?
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04-16-2005, 10:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boston | | | I would love to know why you would give your hands time to regenerate sweat. At that point why bother waiting.
It try to wash my hands right when I get a new set of strings. But when they start to die I stop. |
04-17-2005, 12:28 AM
| | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by fraublugher just remember to wait at least ONE HOUR after washing before playing | ROFL ... well you sucked a couple of them in, Mom.
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04-17-2005, 01:49 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | Sign me up as an obsessive hand washer. I ain't poor, but strings ain't cheap... or fun to change. 
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