Aging your strings

[MasonMinor]

I just use sweat.

 

[Wiremessiah]

I know where you can find some soiled g strings.

How do you get the brundity off?

 

[JRA]

i'm reading a lot of this as sarcasm (funny/silly) for sure! i hope the OP is getting what he wants/needs from the thread! i know he was sharing some 'insight'!

 

[Linnin]

There is a side benefit to artificially aging your strings to.... you don't have to buy butt floss.

That's Quite A $aving$!

 

[Wiremessiah]

I have a gorgeous set of real world Reliced TI flats available -- $500.

If all the TI flats broke today except those, I'd have to buy them. I think they could charge $200 easy. Mine have lasted a decade and still going strong.

 

[Steadfast]

That's Quite A $aving$!

They don't call me cheap assed for nothing....

 

[Linnin]

I would probably use nitrocellulose lacquer to allow the strings to breathe.

Brilliant Point! Lacquer & breathing, but of course! Now why didn't I think of that!

 

[JimmyM]

Butter, margarine, mayonnaise, WD-40 (not a lubricant), 3-in-1, potato chips, pizza, olive, canola, corn and other vegetable oils, 10-W30, Brylcreem, moisturizer, Ed's Red, Ballistol, Pam, nose grease, you name it.

Just play them. No one in the club will hear the difference.

I don't do lowest common denominators.

 

[prue]

I've seen many questions and comments about getting strings to sound older for a vintage sound.I lay my bass on a towel with strings up. Slip plastic wrap under the strings and tape it in place to protect the body. Use a tape that is easy to remove. Using shellac,dab a little on one string at a time and run up and down the string quickly to cover the string using your finger covered with a rubber glove.use just enough to wet each string. It will dry within minutes Have some denatured alcohol on a lint free cloth and wipe all the strings till you can't see or feel any shellac at all. This will all dry within minutes also. There you have it. No oil and remember ... nothing containing salt like chicken grease or potato chip oils.Salt will eat away at the metals over time whereas the shellac protects from dirt and salts from getting to the core of the strings.Don't have shellac? try a floor wax... acrilic is best.

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard

 

[Pops OB]

Pops' Sweaty Ballsack Aged Bass Strings... 4 string set starting at only $399.95. Don't wait, get your set today!

 

[Wiremessiah]

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard

So was the idea for vodka soaked tampons, before they conquered the world.

 

[Gaolee]

Lanolin not only deadens strings but it tenderizes your stony blistered fingertips while you play, so I just bring my new strings to the petting zoo and rub them on a sheep. BEFORE I put them on the bass of course.

I just toss the whole bass into the pasture with the sheep. They plaaaay it for a while, and break in the strings for me. Works every time.

 

[Lowendtech]

Oh great. The Livestock has done show'd up.
Now we'll be running with the Bulls it's fer certain.

 

[Wiremessiah]

I just toss the whole bass into the pasture with the sheep. They plaaaay it for a while, and break in the strings for me. Works every time.

You hear about the guy who got caught performing oral sex on a sheep? He was told he had a serious problem, but he just pulled the wool over his eyes.

 

[thebreakman]

I still like my own tried and true method... Age my strings simply by playing my bass!

That simply makes too much sense

 

[Honch]

Does Flea uses shellac?

[note: in-joke]

 

[Honch]

Shellac - Wikipedia

Anyone cares to add to the chapter "Uses" ?

 

[ThudThudThud]

Me: Installs brand new set of Rotosound 66
Rotosounds: "ZIIIIINNNNGGGG, TWWWAAAANNNGG, GROOOWWWWLLLL"
Me: Plays for about a quarter of an hour
Rotosounds: "thudthumpthudthumpthud"

 

[Honch]

@BadBud You should sell this patented technique as Shellixir strings. Would go down a storm. Patent the name right now. I'll give you that for free.

 

[Kmonk]

I actually prefer strings that have been played for about 2 weeks. Then I change them about 6 to 8 weeks depending on how much I am playing.