keep a 1' piece of different gauge roundwounds for nut files...
not as quick acting as a proper cutting file, but will do the job...
not as quick acting as a proper cutting file, but will do the job...
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Things to use old strings for
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Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
If you'd like the job to go a little more quickly and easily, affix some sandpaper to your string remnants with a little spray adhesive. Works like a charm
I loop em into each other, and have them in a giant chain. Its hangin from my ceiling (which is very high). kind of a neat decoration (albiet kinda creepy looking), especially since they are all different colors. I'm thinkin once I get a buncha chains, I can hang em all from the cieling, and make my room look like a torture chamber (it kinda gives it that sinister look).
after that, I'll probly make em into a buncha whips. Then I'll sell the whips as a novelty item.
after that, I'll probly make em into a buncha whips. Then I'll sell the whips as a novelty item.
Since we are all wasting old strings we should get al gore to get us to recycle back to the strings companys to lower our cost. Im sure someone at the garbage dump says what the f### when they see my old sets.
Global bass string wasting. My new political plat form.
Global bass string wasting. My new political plat form.
Yeah, think of the reclaimed metal if we DIDNT throw them out.
Its gonna be wierd when people are diving for stainless steel at garbage dumps some day making a killing off my wasted strings.
Its gonna be wierd when people are diving for stainless steel at garbage dumps some day making a killing off my wasted strings.
My friend has his desk held together with one of my old E strings right now. Seriously, it's awesome. He lost a screw and stole one of my old strings
I once almost came very close to finding out whether you could use one as a garrotte after being called a 'drooling moron bassist' by someone at uni (who hates bassists). Depends which string you used I suppose...
I also have heard of someone using old strings for reinforcing industrial fabric. I suppose it's possible seen as they use steel thread to sew it in the first place.
I heard they're quite useful for killing someone.....
There was an old taggart where the murder weapon was a guitar string....
There was an old taggart where the murder weapon was a guitar string....
Bass strings are probably a little too thick, but I have heard of auto/body guys using guitar strings to remove windshields in cars. Poking it through the seal and running it around the edge.
I'm definitely going to try the weed whacker idea!!!!!
I'm definitely going to try the weed whacker idea!!!!!
My girlfriend sewed(sp?) them on a bag 
looked nice, but is kinda hard to hold them there..
Hey, if your famous, you can sell em and earn a little more
looked nice, but is kinda hard to hold them there..Hey, if your famous, you can sell em and earn a little more
has anyone ever completely unwound a string before? There is an enourmous length of wire in each string. A buddy unwound the outer most layer on a B string that I wasted by cutting too short. Made for a fairly lengthy coil of stainless steel wire. Since then I have used the wire to sew decorations into a leather strap. Holds very tough and is flexible. Nickle strings would unwind into even more flexible wire.
Both types of strings are made of corrosion resistant metals great for outdoor repairs and rigging.
Steel string's wire also works well for jewelry, especially beads! Be cautios about using nickle strings for jewelry, nickle iratates most people's skin.
The very center of a string is a different type of steel alloy. Preciously annealled spring steel. To all those that boil your strings; heating than cooling your strings on a stove softens the temper of the steel and makes the core less springy. This softens your attack and makes your tone muddier, less responsive, less snappy.
The spring steel core resists bending and creases. This is the part used on jailhouse tattoo guns for a neddle.
Discarded 'G' and 'D' strings also make for great pipe cleaners
Both types of strings are made of corrosion resistant metals great for outdoor repairs and rigging.
Steel string's wire also works well for jewelry, especially beads! Be cautios about using nickle strings for jewelry, nickle iratates most people's skin.
The very center of a string is a different type of steel alloy. Preciously annealled spring steel. To all those that boil your strings; heating than cooling your strings on a stove softens the temper of the steel and makes the core less springy. This softens your attack and makes your tone muddier, less responsive, less snappy.
The spring steel core resists bending and creases. This is the part used on jailhouse tattoo guns for a neddle.
Discarded 'G' and 'D' strings also make for great pipe cleaners
Yea, we could say they came off a vintage hand made Squire from the 60's and list 'em for $5,000!
Seriously though a friend requested an old set from me so he could fix the pull lever on his recliner. It worked.
I have a big box of used strings too. D'Addario has/had a recycling program and I was fixin on sending mine there. Short of that, take them to a recycling center or the scrap metal recyclers. You might get .3 cents for a box of them, but they won't be going into a landfill.
