I've never boiled strings, but on occasion have tried to cheap out and put relatively recent used strings back on. Wrestling with the curled ends and also drawing blood in the process (almost always on fingertips that were soon needed to fret with) quickly killed any economic incentive. It's just not worth it. Upon further reflection, the only times I've had luck reusing strings was when they were going onto a much shorter scale guitar, like a travel guitar. Then I could trim off the curled ends, and just install them normally.
Last edited by Earl49; 04-30-2019 at 08:48 AM.
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