stewblack Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Not heard of this before, sorry if it's old hat but might help someone on a tight budget Best to ignore the revolting comments from his 'fans' though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Didn’t watch all of it, but the first method of ‘popping’ the loosened strings definitely works. Tried it on a mate’s old bass and it did improve the tone of a set of dead strings - not a massive amount but certainly enough to notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The59Sound Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 And ruins the frets in the process! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, The59Sound said: And ruins the frets in the process! Ah, I hadn't considered this possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 A set of old strings put back on a bass will sound like new again. This, however, lasts a very short amount of time, just as in the method above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 09:41, The59Sound said: And ruins the frets in the process! I think techniques regularly employed by some bassists probably do more damage .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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