RENEW your bass strings! (No boiling, no alcohol)

[itchy]

This is such a great, easy trick to restore some brightness and life to your strings.

No boiling, no alcohol, no need to remove the strings from the bass.



(Sorry in advance if this has been posted already.)

 

[JimmyM]

Accent on the word "some." Works to a degree, but not like alcohol.

 

[Precision101]

I can't say this enough but doing this is terrible for Strings. It's gets them new sounding for about 2 days and then they sound muddier than before. I use denatured alcohol and that is the best way to renew brightness in strings IMO. But doing this damages the string wound. I did it with pro steels and a week after doing it they sounded like upright bass strings.

 

[itchy]

You really don't need to snap them very hard to achieve the desired effect. Certainly not hard enough to damage the string.
Of course alcohol will do a more thorough job. But when you need a quick fix...this has worked for me. Haven't had any problems with it.
Guess YMMV.

 

[lowfreq33]

This does work in a pinch. Certainly not something you can do repeatedly, it will weaken the string over time. But I can attest that it does work.

 

[Precision101]

It might work at some extent but idk I guess it didn't work for me very well afterwards

 

[mmbongo]

Lots of ways to renew your bass strings at www.bassstringsonline.com

 

[Solarmist]

This has been posted before - I've come to the conclusion the best way to regain new string zing is to replace them. Prosteels are cheap.