How to Rejuvenate Old Bass Guitar Strings in 2 minutes! Super useful bass hack by Rufus Philpot.
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2020
- So in this 5 minute video I show you a GREAT #bass #guitar tip I stumbled across a few years ago - This will literally let you rejuvenate old, dead bass guitar strings in minutes- WITHOUT having to boil them, rub them with alcohol or any of those other annoying methods...
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Just tried this on my 6 year old (!!) strings and they're really bright now!!
I did it. It worked for the first time. My strings sounded like new. But after 3 days it went dead again. I tried it again but not worked. It just worked once for me.
MIND BLOWING
I've been doing this for a while too, based off of another video I saw. But I get neurotic about it because ONE SINGLE COMMENT I saw said "won't this hurt your fretboard?" So I also run a piece of card stock between the strings and the fretboard when I do this to both lessen the direct impact and prevent the string gunk from sticking to the fretboard. Probably unnecessary, but it puts my stupid brain at ease.
I'm shocked. This is unbelievable. First I thought that it's another bullshit video. I didn't believe that it would work but then I thought OK what to lose and I tried. Result was amazing. Thank you man. You saved me to buy new strings.
Wow... You're a GENIUS...! I just don't get why this video only has 3.7 K views and 222 likes. This is pure gold. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Great tip, thanks; Marlowe showed it years ago too.
Yeah I definitely did not invent this-it's been a kinda insider 'secret' for years!
Thank you!!!!!! This fixed my problem!!! I thought my bass setup was dead but with this trick the strings came to life once again! 🙌🏻 ✨✨
great!
I just did this to my bass guitar. The stings sounded really "dead". I did your hack and they now sound nice and "bright"
You def got a sub from me! Great hack! Cheers mate!
love the video, havent even applied any of the steps but love the effort! def deserves more attention.
Well, 37 plus years playing Bass now.. And i never really thought about this lil hack your just shared.. I gotta say, I'm impressed .. pretty drastic difference in tone after you did it too.. i was surprised.. this is something you can literally do minuets before a gig yano.. Thankx for this lil tip my Bass Playn Brother!! \m/ ''='' \m/
Good one Rufus ! Been doing this about 40 years also.
Tried this earlier, works a treat. Thanks!
Great to hear!
This will save me some money. My round wound strings went dead in a few months on my 5 string but I was putting buying new ones off because they're sort of expensive. Thank you sir
weirdet most useful video I have seen recently
It works!!! Well done man.. you deserve nobel price of physics🤩. Thx for sharing.. 🙏
Welcome 👍
Awesome trick! Gonna try this on a set of flats that have gotten a little bit too dead for my liking.
Wow. Great Tip. Thanks brother. oNe LovE from NYC
My pleasure
Definitely gonna try this!
Super! Will try right now
Great video Rufus. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Greatly appreciated your video is AWESOME
I appreciate that!
works, I can confirm, you can feel the string sweating out the sticky gunk and sticking to your fingers.
Brilliant tip! Much appreciated 😁
You're welcome!
Whaaaaat??? Thank you! I just got my first bass a month ago and the stock "E" string started to sound extremely dumb. I did this, and it really sounds better.
Great tip. Tried it on flatwounds and it worked just like you showed. Many thanks
Excellent!
Crazy, appreciate the knowledge
ur welcome!
IT WORKS OMG IM SO EXITED THANK YOU VERY MUCH
You are most welcome!!!
Wow ! That’s crazy .. thanks
Right on!
Very clever trick, mate!!
Glad you think so!
I have an electric bass and although I just replaced the strings, I do have an acoustic bass that i’ve owned for 3 years and havent replaced the strings at all. I play it not as much as I play my electric, but taking my acoustic to a lot of parties where we sit outside in the dirt by a campfire, theres no doubt that this has accumulated different elements that my electric hasnt been expose to. Gonna try this and see if theres an audible difference! Thanks for the great video! Definitely liked and subbed!
Can we get an update did it work?
You just got a subscriber! You da man!
What the heck? Damn dude gonna do that with my basses.
Who would have thought? That’s pretty neat
Bass string companies must hate you lol (you saved me 50$ bro thank you very much)
Great advice, thank you! BTW, i like my strings best when they start to loose a bit of brightness, with this technique my half dead strings came back to that rich, growling but not-too-twangy sound i like!👍🏿
I love it too when the strings loose that original brightness and with a Jazz Bass you turn off the second bridge completely to get that smooth jazz type of sound, really a warmy feeling. Although when an aggressive tone is required, I would like to get that bright sound from a new pair of strings, so with distortion it absolutely kills it!
Great hack Rufus! I knew the boiling technic but it's longer and strings can be tedious to be remounted...
Exactly-this is super fast, and way easier
I find whipping down the strings with a damped (with very hot water) micro fiber cloth, followed by a dry micro fiber after every time I play gives my strings about double the normal life span... I used expensive Thomastik Enfeld strings and try not to change them more than once every month if I can..
this is a game changer for when gigs come back, thanks man. i’m so jealous of your sea foam green bass, beautiful. greetings from the uk. ps, do you remember the drummer you worked with in the UK mark allis? i think you did a panto gig with him, he is my boss!
Hey Thanks Rowan!!
this is genius omg
That’s a great tip! My tip for the people using new(er) faltwounds, especially Labella, that sound to bright and keep de-tuning a lot: Take a piece of cloth around a string, hold it tight and rub the hole string until it really becomes hot. Keep this doing 3 times for each string and the sound is much better and kind of „broken in“
Ooh that sounds like a great tip too!
Great tip! Thanks! What envelope filter are you using in this video?
Source Audio envelope as I recall..!
cool hack!!
What is the envelope filter you are using ??
Cheers
Spectrum by @sourceaudio
That works well. I’m a string boiler for decades. Now I’m going to get an ultrasonic cleaning machine. About eighty bucks.
I haven’t seen anyone who is using one but that isn’t surprising. I wish LaBella or Rotosound would kick some down to me but I’m not going to hold my breath.
Right on!
Yeah. This string cleaning machine has arrived today and it‘ll be interesting to see if it works. I agree with your point about a lot of use prevents the newness capture but since it’s an “ultrasonic” device it may add some new sounds.
I’m very happy to report that the process is a success. It took a half hour. I put the heat on about 160 degrees, water and Dawn soap, and the results are very good. I’m surprised. Now if they stay this way for four to five days then l will highly recommend doing it.
Hi, great video! Just one question… is there no risk of ruining or moving the frets by doing it repeatedly in that way? thank you!
Not experienced any fret wear on mine _I don't do this a lot, but never noticed a problem myself...
Great video bro. Are these hex core labella? How high are your neck and bridge pickup?
La Bella Rx Nickel rounds..
Shout out to Marlowedk! He started it all!
Update: holy moly it worked! Wife doesn’t care that I have disappeared to the basement. I am getting cold and hungry.
I love you.
Couldn’t you also just twist the inner steel wire one turn in the direction of the coil winding. But it would require removal of the string. They do this on piano a lot for the Coper string. It’s easier on a piano cause one end of the string is looped where it attaches to the hitch pins.
uhmm, how long does the crisp last?
just bought a used bass the strings sounded duller than hell 🤣this video helped out very much so
Glad it helped!
@rufusphilpot - question: your 5 string Xotic was it / is it alder body or swamp? Has a bit more growl than alder and may be alder. Hate to ask geek question . But want to know as I am about to grab xotic . Bass you used back 7-8 years ago I believe is what I am speaking of.
Hi Gunther- Xotic 5 string in green-alder as I recall yes. With Lollar pick ups
@@rufusbass Great sound. Almost sounded Swamp Ash medium weight.! Great cannel and I recently came across it. Fingerboard Harmony among many others is generally not topic of the day on IG or youtube #shorts.Great Content.
THANK YOU RUFUS! Question- how many times do you think this trick is good for? I just did it and it sounds like new, but if it were to “die” on me again cause of my sweaty hands, do you think I’d be able to give this a shot again?
Yes, def. works a couple of times ( but with reduced results each time I find..)
@@rufusbassThank you!!
Wow .. ..
That's to with 0 dislike ❤️
Fucking amazing!!!!!!
clap, clap, clap!!!!!!!
2:30 **Seinfeld intensifies**
it’s an old trick…usually they don’t say that it lasts for some days only…
my solution: I use Thomastik flats only, they last forever
yeah nothin lasts forever, but fortunately I have a LOT of La Bella strings in my bass cave ;)
Runs past my wife
SORCERY!!!
thank you so much for tip, I did it on my bass and it worked just like in the video, it apparently also works on guitar since I showed this to my friend and he said it worked, I guess I wont have to buy new strings for now so again, thank you so much !
Glad it helped!