Boiling your strings

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DrewPeterson7 said:
So, you actually honestly want people to dump talcum powder all over their guitars?
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First of all you dont "dump talcum powder all over the guitars! Second, I never told anyone to try anything! I just comment on what I do! That is what people do here, they share ideas and experiences!
VP
 
Victory Pete said:
First of all you dont "dump talcum powder all over the guitars! Second, I never told anyone to try anything! I just comment on what I do! That is what people do here, they share ideas and experiences!
VP
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You know, I owe you an apology. I actually bothered to look up the first post of yours I'd ever seen, and I see I was wrong - you didn't advocate bathing a guitar in talcum powder, you advocated "shower to shower powder."

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=3142057&postcount=17

Victory Pete said:
I stopped putting anything on my fretboards and strings a long time ago. They only thing I do to my neck, with the strings attached, is frequently bathe the entire length in shower to shower powder. I rub it with a clean dry cotton cloth. It is pure bliss! My action is silky smooth fast with no oily, greasy, string dulling residue. It absorbs all acid, salt, grease, beer, or any other funk. Since I have been doing this my strings do not tarnish and last a long time. Any thing you put on your strings, even a damp cloth, gets inside the windings and clogs and corrodes them. I have studied this effect for years and I am convinced. Try wiping your strings with any king of liquid and they will be dull after. I dont think fretboards need anything but to be polished by your fingers.
Victory Pete:D
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What the difference is I'm not exactly sure, but I suspect it's a question of semantics.

Anyhow, if this is a place for sharing ideas and experiences, then I have an idea and an experience that I'd like to share - that putting talcum, excuse me, shower-to-shower powder on your fretboard to condition it and preserve the strings is a bad idea, and that my experience has been trying to explain this to you is a waste of time because you seem to like holding untenable opinions and listening to guys explain to you, over and over again, that you're wrong.

Hey, whatever gets you off, man. :confused:
 
DrewPeterson7 said:
You know, I owe you an apology. I actually bothered to look up the first post of yours I'd ever seen, and I see I was wrong - you didn't advocate bathing a guitar in talcum powder, you advocated "shower to shower powder."

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=3142057&postcount=17



What the difference is I'm not exactly sure, but I suspect it's a question of semantics.

Anyhow, if this is a place for sharing ideas and experiences, then I have an idea and an experience that I'd like to share - that putting talcum, excuse me, shower-to-shower powder on your fretboard to condition it and preserve the strings is a bad idea, and that my experience has been trying to explain this to you is a waste of time because you seem to like holding untenable opinions and listening to guys explain to you, over and over again, that you're wrong.

Hey, whatever gets you off, man. :confused:
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Nobody can tell me I am wrong if I have been using powder on my strings on 12 guitars for 10 years and my fretboards and strings are in the best shape I have ever seen in my 30 years of playing guitars. You cant tell someone he is wrong if it is his experience. Are you that simple?
ViP
 
Victory Pete said:
Nobody can tell me I am wrong if I have been using powder on my strings on 12 guitars for 10 years and my fretboards and strings are in the best shape I have ever seen in my 30 years of playing guitars. You cant tell someone he is wrong if it is his experience. are you that simple?
ViP
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Hey, I'm not the one putting something normally used on one's testicles on their fretboard. ;)
 
"Many players have also used talc powder, but this gets in the windings of the strings, deadening them." - Taken from sologuitar.com

Also, I googled "Guitar strings talcum powder" and nothing good has been
reported. The only good thing it said was that some guitarists use it on their
hands, but even that's still a little troublesome. Sorry Pete
 
philbagg said:
"Many players have also used talc powder, but this gets in the windings of the strings, deadening them." - Taken from sologuitar.com

Also, I googled "Guitar strings talcum powder" and nothing good has been
reported. The only good thing it said was that some guitarists use it on their
hands, but even that's still a little troublesome. Sorry Pete
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Thanks for the respectful reply. It still is not my experience. I have strings that are on 2 Martins that are 13 months old. I cant believe they still sound new!
This is the first link I found on Google

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-18925.html


Now I am really going to be on a high horse!
ViP
 
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Victory Pete said:
Thanks for the respectful reply. It still is not my experience. I have strings that are on 2 Martins that are 13 months old. I cant believe they still sound new!
This is the first link I found on Google

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-18925.html


Now I am really going to be on a high horse!
ViP
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People pretty much said they either used it just on their hands, or that it
deadens the sound, which is the opposite of what I want it to do. Also noticed
people saying it can wear the neck
 
philbagg said:
People pretty much said they either used it just on their hands, or that it
deadens the sound, which is the opposite of what I want it to do. Also noticed
people saying it can wear the neck
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It hasnt done any of those things to me. But I respect your opinion and wish you the best of luck.
VP
 
I will just have to wait for Keith Richards, Ray Davies, or Jeff Beck to post a comment.:D
ViP
 
Victory Pete said:
I will just have to wait for Keith Richards, Ray Davies, or Jeff Beck to post a comment.:D
ViP
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Seriously dude, this is why people get pissed off. Just let it go man. It works
for you, and that's fine. But there's no need to be so "persistent" (to put it
lightly) about your opinions.
 
philbagg said:
Seriously dude, this is why people get pissed off. Just let it go man. It works
for you, and that's fine. But there's no need to be so "persistent" (to put it
lightly) about your opinions.
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I would always let it go but they have to start with the pissing contests again. They start it!
VP
 
Victory Pete said:
in my 30 years of playing guitars.
ViP
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victory pete... from your annoying posts i imagined you to be some 19 year old weenis putting talcum powder on his guitar in a URI dorm room. But... 30 years of playing guitars? whoa. that makes you pretty old.

but still annoying. and childish.

ps. in a PINCH. I mean a PINCH. when you're on your way to a gig and the strings on your backup guitar are gnarly... a little wd-40 sprayed into a cloth and rubbed over each string will remove some of the rust. it's not a great solution, but it will make the string feel a little better on your fingers for the night.
 
starbuck26 said:
victory pete... from your annoying posts i imagined you to be some 19 year old weenis putting talcum powder on his guitar in a URI dorm room. But... 30 years of playing guitars? whoa. that makes you pretty old.

but still annoying. and childish.

ps. in a PINCH. I mean a PINCH. when you're on your way to a gig and the strings on your backup guitar are gnarly... a little wd-40 sprayed into a cloth and rubbed over each string will remove some of the rust. it's not a great solution, but it will make the string feel a little better on your fingers for the night.
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I am 43. I have observed alot in those 30 years.
No thanks, I want no oil on my fretboard! My strings never end up rusted and gnarly!
 
Victory Pete said:
I would always let it go but they have to start with the pissing contests again. They start it!
VP
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Once again you demonstrate and incredible ability to talk complete bollox and appear to believe every word you type.

Here is the way it went. First your post #15

Victory Pete said:
I new somebody who used to boil his strings. He was very frugal. It seem to work though. I used to loosen all my strings one at a time and then slowly bring them back to pitch. It seemed to bring the brightness back, but only for a few days. I while back I decided that nothing put on the strings did any good unless your strings are so far gone anyway. I used to wipe my strings with a cloth damp with warm water, big mistake, water gets in the windings and oxidizes. The only thing I do now is wipe my strings with a cotton cloth and talcum powder. The powder absorbs all the grime, oils and funk. I have strings that are on my 2 Martins that are 13 months old that still sound new. I am amazed, usually I change strings with the seasons.
ViP
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I politely asked you to stop posting this unsupported spurious advice in post #24

muttley600 said:
VP, I'm asking nicely. Please, please don't start all that powder on the strings talk again. It is seriously bad advice.

Thanks.
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So who started what?

Finally got round to sending some neg rep back to you to say thanks for the insults you negged me with. I have to admit I did enjoy it.

One last thing, you have has said good bye to me a few times now, when are you finally going to feck off?
 
muttley600 said:
Once again you demonstrate and incredible ability to talk complete bollox and appear to believe every word you type.

Here is the way it went. First your post #15



I politely asked you to stop posting this unsupported spurious advice in post #24



So who started what?

Finally got round to sending some neg rep back to you to say thanks for the insults you negged me with. I have to admit I did enjoy it.

One last thing, you have has said good bye to me a few times now, when are you finally going to feck off?
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I cant believe you have nothing better to do then to beat this into the ground with your egg-head responses!
 
philbagg said:
Also, I googled "Guitar strings talcum powder" and nothing good has been reported. The only good thing it said was that some guitarists use it on their hands, but even that's still a little troublesome.
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Troublesome how?
 
If you guys would stop quoting VP, I wouldn't have to keep reading his drivel. ;)
 
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