boiling strings

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I boiled mine and forgot about them. That night we had spaghetti. Damn if that crap wasn't tough.
 
I live in Denver, so I need to find some high altitude cooking directions for my strings.
 
Purge said:
I live in Denver, so I need to find some high altitude cooking directions for my strings.
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It's called a Nuke-O-Wave......
 
I boiled my strings too, but afterward, I found out that your supposed to take the strings OFF of the guitar first. :(
 
why would you boil your strings i mean there not edible or anything, or are you people from a different world
 
Purge said:
I live in Denver, so I need to find some high altitude cooking directions for my strings.
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Hey me too!...takes for ever to get anything to rust out here but damn if the guitar necks don't look like pretzels (gawd I love eating at Helga's)...boiling water is like watching paint dry.

Stop by Guitar X if you get a chance...a small shop with some sexy boutique gear (not an investor...just a customer)...nice folks.


Sorry, I went and wandered out of the box again.
 
dragonworks said:
I boiled my strings for two days and they dissapeared, talk about light weight, sheesh!
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Yeah, you know, I'm pretty sure your not supposed to boil nylon strings.


Hey, get some real cat gut strings and boil those! You could make Jello!


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punkin said:
Hey me too!...takes for ever to get anything to rust out here but damn if the guitar necks don't look like pretzels (gawd I love eating at Helga's)...boiling water is like watching paint dry.

Stop by Guitar X if you get a chance...a small shop with some sexy boutique gear (not an investor...just a customer)...nice folks.


Sorry, I went and wandered out of the box again.
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Guitar X, eh? Haven't heard of it. Where's it at? Let me know, I'll come by.
 
http://www.guitarx.com/contact.html

Like I said,...I don't work there or have n e affiliation but just walked away several times as a satisfied customer. Some tasty amps and a nice collection of custom guitars, effects n stuff...have their own luthier too. Not quite down town but a nice little shop to stop by while passing through.

Just tell em that steve the guy that bought the univalve recommended them :D
 
I never boil my strings. I prefer to Bar-Be-Que them and serve em up with coleslaw and a baked potato.
 
I prefer to boil the cat first. That way the strings are already purrrrrrfect.
 
I prefer to BBQ my strings....It gives them a nice smokey midrange tone :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
At the very least, remove that G string first, if you plan on boiling it.
 
As soon as I get home I am going to rip my Missus' G string off...............



It's been cutting into my ball sack all day! :eek:
 
Why would you want to boil your strings in the first place? What good does that do, is it loike freezing skateboard wheels.(it makes them last longer)
 
I prefer using rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush to clean My guitar strings.
I dip the brush into the alcohol, then get the wound string wet. now I brush the strings in the same direction as the windings (across the srtings).

You will see the crud being removed and the brite look of the strings return, along with the briter tone :)
 
Manic241 said:
I prefer using rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush to clean My guitar strings.
I dip the brush into the alcohol, then get the wound string wet. now I brush the strings in the same direction as the windings (across the srtings).

You will see the crud being removed and the brite look of the strings return, along with the briter tone :)
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Not a bad idea, but I'd suggest keeping the alcohol away from the fretboard if you're doing this while the strings are still on the guitar.

Though I don't bother now, over the years I've boiled a lot of strings and the recurring problem is that about 20% of them stay dead.
 
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