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New uses for old string?

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Rusty Dobro 20 Jul 07 - 07:15 AM
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Pappy Fiddle 09 Mar 25 - 12:02 AM
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GUEST,Ray 06 Aug 25 - 01:00 PM
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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Marc Bernier
Date: 19 Jul 07 - 04:04 PM

When I break a string I use one of the wound strings to clean my pipe. Then I fill the pipe and smoke it as I change the rest of the set.


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 20 Jul 07 - 07:15 AM

I stretch them between the handy wooden thing with six holes in it on the body of the guitar, and the little gear-wheel jobbies out beyond the top of the frets.

No, hang on, that should be in the 'Old uses for new strings' thread.


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Mary Humphreys
Date: 20 Jul 07 - 08:05 AM

Cheese cutter - attach a wooden handle each end. Has to be a top string - fat ones aren't much good.


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 20 Jul 07 - 02:01 PM

cheese cutting.....the guitarist might not have been in the habit of washing his hands after going to the toilet.


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Pappy Fiddle
Date: 09 Mar 25 - 12:02 AM

Take the old used wound string, and unwind the winding. Discard the core. You only need an inch or so of the winding.

Loop the winding, which is a fine wire, around the new guitar string, with a loop about 2 or 3 times the diameter of the new string. Twist the ends a few times so it stays on. It's loose. When the guitar string vibrates, the loop rattles on there making a nifty effect.

This makes a guitar sound like a sitar. I discovered this back when the Beatles were making money off their India experiences and everybody was going bananas over the sitar sound. I bought a Ravi Shankar album and listened to it many times. Might still have it...

Add a short piece of fine thread, tied around the loop's twist, and lead that over to the bridge where you tie it around the peg or the knot, whichever you have there. This holds the loop from wandering off along the string, and the stiffness of the thread holds it from moving right up next to the bridge where it would do nothing.

I haven't done this for many years, I was a teenager and I'm 70+ now. But I don't think physics has changed...


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: wendyg
Date: 06 Aug 25 - 10:43 AM

Pamela: I was at Old Songs and didn't see those, but I recollect seeing something similar some years ago on Etsy or somewhere.

wg


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 06 Aug 25 - 01:00 PM

You do realise, Wendy, that Pamela’s post was eighteen years ago!

Also, if anyone has the urge to make their guitar sound like a sitar (or many other musical instruments), I’d recommend trying a Roland guitar synth!


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: GUEST,PHJim
Date: 07 Aug 25 - 02:09 PM

Guitar String Jewelry


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Sol
Date: 07 Aug 25 - 05:50 PM

Like Midchuck (who posted earlier), I also take a set of old strings with me to sessions. Handy to use as a stop-gap on the rare occasions I snap a string. As Midchuck stated, they're perfect for those Peter Stringlessfellows who expect you to break a new set because they're too damn cheap and/or lazy to bring any spares of their own - old or new.


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 08 Aug 25 - 04:51 AM

… and Midchuck’s post was only 21 years ago!

I see that Dave Hanson has also commented on this thread - anyone know what happened to him? He was a regular here and on the Mandolin Cafe until a couple of years ago. He hailed from Halifax UK.


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Subject: RE: New uses for old string?
From: Sol
Date: 08 Aug 25 - 05:25 AM

21 years ago! Ha ha, didn't notice that, Ray.
He made a valid point back then that some folk out there still haven't picked up on. ;-)


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