What to do with old strings

[Steve Browning]

Rotosound, as a company, support the Guitarwrist fundraising enterprise. Ian Rendall (the founder) receives donations of used strings and, with the help of other jewellery makers, turns the strings into items of (you guessed it) jewellery.

It is not just Rotosound strings that are used and any profits are distributed to the charity of the donor's choosing. I am attaching a link so you can see what they do and the results. There are some very imaginative uses of the strings and they make some exceedingly nice pieces with stuff you'd usually bin. Follow the link, if you feel you want to support this excellent initiative yourselves, send Ian your old strings and help fund charities at a time when they really need the help. He accepts any make of strings, Rotosound are mentioned because they endorse the enterprise and mentioned it when sending my latest batch.

I am hoping the mods are ok with this? Other than being a Rotosound artist, I have no connection with Ian or Guitarwrist.

https://theguitarwrist.co.uk/#whatwedo

[Lozz196]

That’s great Steve, thanks for posting this, I’ll certainly make use of it (at the rate I buy new basses probably weekly 😂)

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Hellzero]

And puppets too.

[Bigguy2017]

I give a few to a model maker mate of mine.

He uses them for pilot's oxygen hoses amongst other things... 

[Steve Browning]

He'll be hoping you don't change to flats!!

[paul_5]

41 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

He'll be hoping you don't change to flats!!

Why, don’t they have lifts?

[Dan Dare]

My local recycling centre has a bin for metals, so they go in there. 

[Lo Ki]

Good for cleaning pipe resin, lol.😜