Unfortunately I used that and lifted my bridge over time. so do it gently especially when you have low action or just use lint free microfiber cloth to clean grime under the strings.
Before @1:40 after @3:19 🤔 idk maybe placebo. I can tell you the thought of grimey strings before and then clean after mentally makes a difference but after checking the time stamp as a listener ..not so much. But look at it this way. It will sound better after because you will be more comfortable playing and not thinking about how shitty your stale ass strings feel under your fingers sliding across tarnish and dirt and you will probaly play better and that will sound better. You will have less of that self concious thought of " these strings are dead at I sound like shit" . Idk, you be the judge. Dead strings actually give a negative vibration thru my body imo and playing is more of a burden rather than a theraputic practice. I swear I can feel it in the bones of my forearms when they are dead. I think this will def pull the grime off the bottom that builds up. If im playing a lot I like fresh strings at least once a month but I'm also self employed and playing has to take a back seat so I can eat. I am definitely buying this product so I can clean em' up when I get the impulse to play some Emil Enebro or Tommy Emmanual which is what let me to look up cleaning strings. For anyone else on that hunt just try bar keepers friend. Pull seran wrap beneath them down the fret board because it is a little messy but it works really well. I work on boats and keep my Guild on my little trojan motor yacht I work from and keep my tools on and the moisture in the air on the lake kills strings fast but that stuff shines them up they sound pretty great after. Combining it with this tool might be the real game changer. Also if your blue collar like me washing your hands and storing in it's case will make them last longer. I hang mine on the wall by my v-berth bed and also tend to pass it around the docks on friday nites like a slutty step sister so I go thru strings fast.
Of course it won't bring your dead strings back to life. It's just a cloth on a tool. You need a string cleaning solution to pair with it... and even then.. you have to use it after every playing session from the start (when the strings are fresh). These things have to be used in prevention from the beginning after installing the fresh set of strings, not after the strings already started to darken. Follow these steps and it will change your life : 1- Remove old strings, polish frets (to remove any corrosion build-up that would transfer to the new strings and will kill them even quicker than finger sweat alone) 2- Wash your hands (to remove dirt and oil from your finger tips) 3- Install new strings 4- Apply ''initial coat'' of string cleaner (will act as a seal coat to protect from finger sweat/skin oil and also relative humidity), and then wipe off the excess. 5- Play the guitar 6- When you're done playing, wipe your strings with a clean dry cloth (to remove any sweat/skin oil) 7- Apply a new coat of string cleaner for ''storage'', and then wipe of the excess with a clean dry cloth Repeat steps 5-6-7 until a new set of strings is required. Hope that helps!
UA-cam enables a small frame image with a mouse-over the time bar. That shows where you played before and after. I quickly moved between the before and after you cleaned and there was a distinct difference in the sound of the springs. I'm researching cleaners tonight and spotted your video among others.
there's an old trick that really does make them sound new, and that's placing them in boiling water for about 2 or 3 minutes. Dry em off, put em back on, and sound like new! They just just last sounding like new for quite as long as original. The mustang looks rad!
This definitely doesn't make your dead strings alive again, but they work to preserve your strings after changing them. Haven't tried it yet, I'm guessing its just like running tissues across your strings.
Unfortunately I used that and lifted my bridge over time. so do it gently especially when you have low action or just use lint free microfiber cloth to clean grime under the strings.
Before @1:40 after @3:19 🤔 idk maybe placebo. I can tell you the thought of grimey strings before and then clean after mentally makes a difference but after checking the time stamp as a listener ..not so much. But look at it this way. It will sound better after because you will be more comfortable playing and not thinking about how shitty your stale ass strings feel under your fingers sliding across tarnish and dirt and you will probaly play better and that will sound better. You will have less of that self concious thought of " these strings are dead at I sound like shit" . Idk, you be the judge. Dead strings actually give a negative vibration thru my body imo and playing is more of a burden rather than a theraputic practice. I swear I can feel it in the bones of my forearms when they are dead. I think this will def pull the grime off the bottom that builds up. If im playing a lot I like fresh strings at least once a month but I'm also self employed and playing has to take a back seat so I can eat. I am definitely buying this product so I can clean em' up when I get the impulse to play some Emil Enebro or Tommy Emmanual which is what let me to look up cleaning strings. For anyone else on that hunt just try bar keepers friend. Pull seran wrap beneath them down the fret board because it is a little messy but it works really well. I work on boats and keep my Guild on my little trojan motor yacht I work from and keep my tools on and the moisture in the air on the lake kills strings fast but that stuff shines them up they sound pretty great after. Combining it with this tool might be the real game changer. Also if your blue collar like me washing your hands and storing in it's case will make them last longer. I hang mine on the wall by my v-berth bed and also tend to pass it around the docks on friday nites like a slutty step sister so I go thru strings fast.
Of course it won't bring your dead strings back to life. It's just a cloth on a tool.
You need a string cleaning solution to pair with it... and even then.. you have to use it after every playing session from the start (when the strings are fresh).
These things have to be used in prevention from the beginning after installing the fresh set of strings, not after the strings already started to darken.
Follow these steps and it will change your life :
1- Remove old strings, polish frets (to remove any corrosion build-up that would transfer to the new strings and will kill them even quicker than finger sweat alone)
2- Wash your hands (to remove dirt and oil from your finger tips)
3- Install new strings
4- Apply ''initial coat'' of string cleaner (will act as a seal coat to protect from finger sweat/skin oil and also relative humidity), and then wipe off the excess.
5- Play the guitar
6- When you're done playing, wipe your strings with a clean dry cloth (to remove any sweat/skin oil)
7- Apply a new coat of string cleaner for ''storage'', and then wipe of the excess with a clean dry cloth
Repeat steps 5-6-7 until a new set of strings is required.
Hope that helps!
good advice
UA-cam enables a small frame image with a mouse-over the time bar. That shows where you played before and after. I quickly moved between the before and after you cleaned and there was a distinct difference in the sound of the springs. I'm researching cleaners tonight and spotted your video among others.
there's an old trick that really does make them sound new, and that's placing them in boiling water for about 2 or 3 minutes. Dry em off, put em back on, and sound like new! They just just last sounding like new for quite as long as original. The mustang looks rad!
wow boiling them! that's a little bit of a more involved process lol
It will not last long
This definitely doesn't make your dead strings alive again, but they work to preserve your strings after changing them. Haven't tried it yet, I'm guessing its just like running tissues across your strings.
Yeh I probably had the wrong expectations going in! :D
Interested need update video
I bought one its to thick for my yamaha erg 121.
ah, that's annoying!
it made a difference in the high end, sounded less dull, brought out clarity and fullness
Guitar strings ain't that expensive, just change them, don't wash them! lol