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Old 04-29-2019, 04:26 PM
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New here but not to guitar playing. Started playing back in 1963, anyways I did boil some strings back in the seventies due to lack of money. Had a wife and 3 kids that needed to eat. These were electric guitar strings and it would bring some life back for at least 1 gig so I could get new strings. Now some 50+ years later I buy a dozen sets at a time so no boiling. I do still have the same wife and 3 kids by the way.

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Old 04-29-2019, 04:37 PM
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New here but not to guitar playing. Started playing back in 1963, anyways I did boil some strings back in the seventies due to lack of money. Had a wife and 3 kids that needed to eat. These were electric guitar strings and it would bring some life back for at least 1 gig so I could get new strings.
That makes perfect sense to me.

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Now some 50+ years later I buy a dozen sets at a time so no boiling. I do still have the same wife and 3 kids by the way.
But you've never felt the need to boil any of them, I presume...

Let's hope so, anyway!


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Old 04-29-2019, 04:46 PM
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Tried it once just to see and they died out quicker than they did initially so I figured it wasn't worth the time fiddling around with em.
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Old 04-29-2019, 04:49 PM
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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.

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http://www.get-tuned.com/boiling-guitar-strings.php

Something to think about...

last thought, does it work on elixirs??
I prefer mine breaded and fried actually
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I prefer mine breaded and fried actually
Do you use Panko?
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Old 04-30-2019, 05:22 AM
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I’ve never boiled them, but I used to wipe down dead strings with rubbing alcohol. Just like boiling, it would brighten them up for a few days.

Has anyone ever tied a broken string back together? I used to not trim my strings after installing so I’d have a length of string handy to tie on to a broken string.
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Old 04-30-2019, 08:09 AM
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In order to save $8, the day may come when I will need to got through all the bother of taking the strings off, boiling them, and restring. But that day is not today and may never be.
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Old 04-30-2019, 08:17 AM
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I've played guitar for over 50 years (barely ) and until recently have never heard of anyone boiling strings. Now every 2-3 months there seems to pop up another thread on the topic. What's up? There are about a dozen threads about this in the archives if anyone is interested in reading about something that makes zero sense to me.
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Old 04-30-2019, 12:32 PM
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I've been poor but I've never been boil my guitar strings poor.
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Do you use Panko?
I'd think Tempura or beer batter.
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Old 04-30-2019, 12:50 PM
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I wonder how much gunk you'd get out of them in an Instant Pot pressure cooker. And if you'd ever get the Instant Pot clean enough to use again.
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Old 04-30-2019, 12:53 PM
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If I still needed a rationale to switch to coated strings, this thread would provide it.
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Old 04-30-2019, 12:57 PM
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I tried it in the 70s but didn’t think it was any different.
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Old 04-30-2019, 01:37 PM
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I prefer my strings in a nice Marsala sauce. Bring to a simmer and they are done.
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