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Eucerin Skin Cream Kills Strings DEAD!!!

#221
JimmyM said:
Funny you say that...I love dead Dunlop Super Bright Nickels, and up until Tuesday afternoon, I put them on the Mustang just to see what they sound like. I pulled them all off one at a time to put the flats on it, and danged if the new flats don't sound just like the dead rounds! But I gotta have the thud and I can't wait for it.

BTW, folks, sorry but I didn't post a pic before...here you go...all ready to get some funk all over her sweet little Mustang body!

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That mustang is way to clean......
Add gunk and stank!!
;)
 
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#222
Luckydog said:
Even with deadish rounds, I hear an initial attack with them that I dont hear with any type of flats. The rest of the note might sound similar to flats, but I cannot get that immediate attack on the note with flats that I can get with rounds.
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Yeah, I'm sure it wasn't a dead ringer, but I was surprised just how close it is. Oh well, dead or live, they're still great flats!
 
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#223
ugly_bassplayer said:
That mustang is way to clean......
Add gunk and stank!!
;)
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I don't disagree with you. It's not for lack of trying, though. Jeff tends to bang his guitars into nearby objects and his main guitar totally looks like it. Plus I'll be playing it more often and I do the same. He's only had it less than a year, though. Give him time.
 
#224
JimmyM said:
I don't disagree with you. It's not for lack of trying, though. Jeff tends to bang his guitars into nearby objects and his main guitar totally looks like it. Plus I'll be playing it more often and I do the same. He's only had it less than a year, though. Give him time.
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Agreed. Mustang bass’ seem to be made to be dirty and beat to crap.
I still miss my mustang I sold cuz my 7 pro blew up.

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#225
Yet another new set of strings set right by Eucerin, this time Dunlop Super Bright Nickel rounds! I just changed out the 2 year old set on my Hammersmith PJ because I switched out bridges today. Went from a Badass style bridge to a Fender bent plate with threaded saddles, and dropped its weight over 6 oz from 7 3/4 lbs to less than 7 3/8 lbs! It took no time at all to get the strings to sound played in a little, and I'm totally loving how it feels on a strap. 7 3/4 lbs is pretty darn light, but I'm always quite happy to go lighter as long as it still sounds like a Fender. And it does.

But I already knew Eucerin would work...I'm just looking for excuses to post pics :D

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#226
How many times do you do it? I tried it on my 9050L overnight, wiped it off in the morning, applied another coat and wiped it off once I got home from work. The E and A sound amazing. The D is fine and the G is still a bit bright. Should I just do the D and G overnight again or the whole set? Thanks.

JimmyM said:
Nothing else even comes close for deadening flats. Eucerin Aquaphor does OK at it, but it's only OK. And forget the other medicated formulas. Plain white Eucerin cream is the ticket for making your new flats thumpy quickly. Store brand substitutes are fine as well, but some can be runnier than others.

Takes a couple overnight applications and wipedowns to really work, but the first application takes care of the worst of the zing while the second makes them sound like they've been played in by a sweaty person for a month or two. Even works on zingy-when-new Chromes. Results were more dramatic with Dunlop flats, which are less zingy when new, but the Chromes G string can be tricky. Still it's way tamed down and barely clinging to life. It also takes a decent amount of edge off new strings if you're pressed for time and can't do anything but one quick coat.

Best of all, you don't have to skeeve it like rancid chicken grease or some of the really nasty bodily secretions some of you suggest (you really need help, people). No need to turn your bass into a breeding ground for microscopic parasites if you don't have to.

You can argue with me till you're blue in the face about this or that foreign substance, but to put it simply, you are wrong. For deadening strings, Eucerin is king. If you use anything else, you're jackin'.

EDIT: This quick string deadening method does not work on TI Jazz Flats, any kinds of strings with similar silk or synthetic windings if there are any, or coated strings. The cream can't work its way into the windings on these types of strings.
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#227
FunkyYeti said:
How many times do you do it? I tried it on my 9050L overnight, wiped it off in the morning, applied another coat and wiped it off once I got home from work. The E and A sound amazing. The D is fine and the G is still a bit bright. Should I just do the D and G overnight again or the whole set? Thanks.
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I would do the D&G again. Those are always the hardest to get to go dead. And with a fender or Daddario set, you could be at it a while. They are always the toughest to get to go dead, especially the G. That goes for any type of string pretty much but Fender and D'Addario especially.
 
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#228
diegom said:
No offense at all!!! I could tell I missed a joke, but I didn't get it!

Yes, most of this artists' statements must be taken with a huge grain of salt...

And yet, I believe in magic, like Geddy's 'unusual' Jazz pickups...
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I would hear more about Geddy's "unusual jazz pickups" if you have a link...
 
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#229
JimmyM said:
Yet another new set of strings set right by Eucerin, this time Dunlop Super Bright Nickel rounds! I just changed out the 2 year old set on my Hammersmith PJ because I switched out bridges today. Went from a Badass style bridge to a Fender bent plate with threaded saddles, and dropped its weight over 6 oz from 7 3/4 lbs to less than 7 3/8 lbs! It took no time at all to get the strings to sound played in a little, and I'm totally loving how it feels on a strap. 7 3/4 lbs is pretty darn light, but I'm always quite happy to go lighter as long as it still sounds like a Fender. And it does.

But I already knew Eucerin would work...I'm just looking for excuses to post pics :D

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Hey - remember me?

Off topic completely, but tell me what you like about the threaded saddles - I had to take mine off of an '84 Squier P and replace them with brass because I liked the tone focus better. But I hear a lot of people prefer the threaded saddles.....
 
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FunkyYeti said:
How many times do you do it? I tried it on my 9050L overnight, wiped it off in the morning, applied another coat and wiped it off once I got home from work. The E and A sound amazing. The D is fine and the G is still a bit bright. Should I just do the D and G overnight again or the whole set? Thanks.
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I just did the Sean Hurley approved vaseline treatment on a 2 day old set of Fender 9050L's and it did the job perfectly. Didn't kill em dead like the Eucerin will but it made them totally even sounding and like the were a month or two into the process. Just a light coat. Wiped off the excess about ten minutes later and then played for over an hour without washing my hands. Picked it up today to play and was blown away by how everything evened out and the clank is gone. The tone is there which is great. since I'm not a fan of dead strings and didn't want them dead but I typically don't like new strings either. Dunlops whether flats or nickel super brights are probably the only strings out of the pack that I liked and seem to really settle within just a couple of days. I do have a set of new Roto flats that I don't particularly care for and wouldn't mind having them as my one set of dead & thumpy flats to have tucked away and ready for the day I need em. They may get the Eucerin treatment!

Question for @JimmyM: Does the Eucerin kill the sustain too or just the tone and top end?
 
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uwrossl said:
I just did the Sean Hurley approved vaseline treatment on a 2 day old set of Fender 9050L's and it did the job perfectly. Didn't kill em dead like the Eucerin will but it made them totally even sounding and like the were a month or two into the process. Just a light coat. Wiped off the excess about ten minutes later and then played for over an hour without washing my hands. Picked it up today to play and was blown away by how everything evened out and the clank is gone. The tone is there which is great. since I'm not a fan of dead strings and didn't want them dead but I typically don't like new strings either. Dunlops whether flats or nickel super brights are probably the only strings out of the pack that I liked and seem to really settle within just a couple of days. I do have a set of new Roto flats that I don't particularly care for and wouldn't mind having them as my one set of dead & thumpy flats to have tucked away and ready for the day I need em. They may get the Eucerin treatment!

Question for @JimmyM: Does the Eucerin kill the sustain too or just the tone and top end?
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Light coat kills top end and just a tad of sustain. Further coats kill sustain.
 
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#238
fretlessman71 said:
Hmmm... 3 days' application and not a lot of change. Am I using the wrong kind of Eucerin?
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You have the Eucerin Original Healing Cream, right? In the tube? That's the stuff you want to use, and you want to slather it on real good.

However, what kind of strings are you doing it on? Coated strings and TI Jazz Flats are a couple I've tried it with that it doesn't seem to work.
 
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JimmyM said:
You have the Eucerin Original Healing Cream, right? In the tube? That's the stuff you want to use, and you want to slather it on real good.

However, what kind of strings are you doing it on? Coated strings and TI Jazz Flats are a couple I've tried it with that it doesn't seem to work.
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It's a little travel size tube of original formula. Strings are D'Addarios, XL nickel rounds. I will be even more liberal in my application.
 
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