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#1
03-04-2024, 05:35 AM
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Do you save used strings?
The .011 - .052 strings on one of my guitars seem wrong to me after 15 hours of play, so I'm gonna try a set of .012 - .054s. And coil up and save the 11s for future use. I can afford to throw the old ones out, but...
Anybody else save used strings? Is this weird? 
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#3
03-04-2024, 05:58 AM
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In a way.
Whole sets of used strings? No, but I occasionally re-use/re-purpose strings (to name a few ways) to suspend bird-feeders (cages of suet in trees), porch wind chimes, etc.
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#4
03-04-2024, 06:13 AM
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I change strings because the old ones are done. I have no further use for duff strings, they go straight in the garbage.
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03-04-2024, 07:24 AM
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#8
03-04-2024, 07:30 AM
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No, I change them when they are done. Then recycle them at Carter’s when I swing by. Note to self: check if their new digs have that string receptacle. I assume there is a way to reclaim those metals or there would be no recycling box.
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#9
03-04-2024, 07:38 AM
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#10
03-04-2024, 07:40 AM
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I've got quite a lot of old strings now in my garage - with 25 stringed instruments I go through a lot. Most of my mandolin-family instruments use loop end strings and most of the guitars use ball ends. I was saving the old brass balls in case I needed to replace a single guitar string but only had a loop end in the appropriate gage in my spares. I ran across someone who made jewelry out of old strings. I said "I've got hundreds of old strings; come by anytime and you can have them" but they never did.
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#11
03-04-2024, 07:43 AM
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The set I remove is saved and left in the case, marked with the date, and put in the container of the strings I just put on. That way I remember how old the strings I am playing are, what they are, and I have a replacement should one break (which they almost never do). When I change strings again, the original set finally gets trashed.
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#12
03-04-2024, 07:45 AM
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I send my used strings to a jeweler friend to make things with.
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#13
03-04-2024, 07:45 AM
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I keep the high e and B strings just in case I break one. I always thought someone must have a creative re-purpose for the rest.
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03-04-2024, 07:47 AM
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I have a friend who makes jewelry using guitar strings. I put all my old stings in a bag for her.
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#15
03-04-2024, 10:04 AM
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There are times I may find a weak string as I'm stretching it in.
In this case I open another pack, use the string I need, and store the rest. In this way I end up with a drawer full of NEW singles. No need to save old ones.
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