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Post by PistolPete on Sept 7, 2021 10:20:20 GMT
When I first started playing the guitar I was given the advice to keep hold of some used strings to use as spares in the event of breakages, advice I've always followed. However, when I roll strings back into a loop and put them back into the cardboard sleeve they come in they invariably end up as a tangled mess, something only made worse by the fact that when I do need one I'm usually in a hurry.
So has anyone got a method for retaining used strings for emergency use that allows you to actually get at them?
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Post by fretter on Sept 9, 2021 13:13:50 GMT
A couple of ideas.
A cardboard tube of suitasble length could work. Feed one end down, and make a small slit to hold that end in position. A second slit would secure the other end.
From any DIY shop you can buy foam cylinders (with a lengthways slit in them) which are used as water pipe insulation. The larger ones are around 8cm or so in diameter. Simply wind the string around them and tuck the loose ends into the slit. Works a treat for fishing traces!
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Post by minorkey on Sept 9, 2021 22:21:43 GMT
The only thing is, used strings are much shorter if like me you trim the ends close. They'd be difficult to put back on I'd imagine.
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Post by PistolPete on Sept 10, 2021 7:26:59 GMT
The only thing is, used strings are much shorter if like me you trim the ends close. They'd be difficult to put back on I'd imagine. I usually leave about a half centimetre when I trim them and I've never had any problem getting them back on (once I've untangled them from the rest of the set obviously). I guess if you snap them right at the hole using the back-and-forth method you might have to sacrifice a loop of winding. It's also useful as an emergency measure, in that they don't take a lot of settling in when they've been on already. It's only an emergency measure though - I'd usually look to put a full new set on once I've got through the gig in hand.
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Post by plumbum on Oct 4, 2021 16:14:03 GMT
I don't know about storing them but I do know whenever I wind them up up to put them in a packet for recycling I always stick them in my fingers I've heard that boiling them in water can freshen them up but I've never tried it.
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Post by fred7 on Oct 4, 2021 19:20:36 GMT
I don't know about storing them but I do know whenever I wind them up up to put them in a packet for recycling I always stick them in my fingers I've heard that boiling them in water can freshen them up but I've never tried it. Boiling them in water might help but it ruins the guitar.
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Post by dobro on Oct 5, 2021 23:24:11 GMT
I don't know about storing them but I do know whenever I wind them up up to put them in a packet for recycling I always stick them in my fingers I've heard that boiling them in water can freshen them up but I've never tried it. Boiling them in water might help but it ruins the guitar. Would that be the process they call "terrifying"..?
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