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- From: hjel@ellis.uchicago.edu (Death-PartyCentral)
- Subject: Re: aging strings - boiling
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.152924.20189@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 15:29:24 GMT
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- In article <63134@mimsy.umd.edu> lhcompt@cs.umd.edu (Lawrence H. Compton) writes:
- >>>>Q: Strings age and need to be replaced. Ist there a way to squeeze more life
- >>>> out of them ? It seems such a waste to throw them away.
- >
- >Diluted window cleaner seems to work OK!! Somebody mentioned that EVH
- >boils his strings. I've also heard that John McLaughlin does the same
- >(but with nylon classical guitar strings). Overall cleanliness is your
- >best bet. Wash your hands before playing. Wash/wipe your strings after
- >playing. Also, keep your fingerboard and frets clean. Strings get dirty
- >on the bottom too. Boiling strings seems perverse, but if you do it,
- >let everyone know if it works!!!
- >
- > Larry Compton
- >
- >PS: Strings can be recycled!
-
- i've heard of boiling strings but not for cleaning. some people
- boil strings BEFORE putting them on to shorten the period that it takes for
- them to stretch and adjust to the tension. personally i don't do it, but
- it seems like it possibly could be worth-while.
- -jh
-
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