Have you tried this??? (string brightening technique)

[livingbasshead]

I stumbled across this video and thought I'd share it in case it hasn't been posted here before. If I could afford to, I'd have a new set of Rotosound Swings every gig - the bright tone is important in my sound.
This is a quick method to brighten up the sound of your strings - I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to do this regularly (discuss below) but if you're strings are a little dead sounding, try this and see what difference it makes - it really works quite well.
I have noticed that when I do this the brightness doesn't last that long - maybe there's some metallurgical explanation to this?
Anyway - check it out.... 'Shlap the sh*t out of the Shtrings'...
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OYeN9mAL4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OYeN9mAL4[/url]

[Sharkfinger]

Will give this a try. Will also see if it's the act of loosening and re-tightening the string that has the effect by only 'shlapping' a couple of them.

[wateroftyne]

We've done this one before - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/218446-trick-how-to-get-new-strings-in-10-minutes"]here you go[/url].

[livingbasshead]

ahhh. all makes sense

[BigRedX]

This at least the third time it's been posted.

Soon be up there with HJ Freaks and Steve Moore...