Paddy Morris Posted August 22, 2024 Posted August 22, 2024 Quick question. Should I change my G yet? It's about 5 years old and I've been trying to keep up with trimming off the odd strand of gut that peels off it using nail scissors, but I'm not great at it. I oil them infrequently when I remember to do it. It still sounds OK. Possibly not quite quite as good as new, but it's subjective and hard to tell, as I've changed amps, cabs and pickups many times since I put it on. It still sounds lovely and warm and loud acoustically. I have a spare I could put on now, but they tend to drift in pitch radically for the first week, and I've got 3 gigs and 2 practices over the bank holiday weekend. I really don't want to be re-tuning after every song (or worse, during every song!) What would the Bass-Chatters do? Quote
petebassist Posted August 27, 2024 Posted August 27, 2024 I’d def leave them on, no reason to change and I bet they sound great. Good luck with the gigs. Quote
spencer.b Posted August 28, 2024 Posted August 28, 2024 I've had a plain gut lenzner G on bass for years , if it sounds good I'd leave it 1 Quote
Beedster Posted August 29, 2024 Posted August 29, 2024 You can trim them very carefully if they bother you but you don’t need to 👍 1 Quote
PaulKing Posted September 16, 2024 Posted September 16, 2024 If you must, burn them off with gentle pass of lighter flame... can leave sooty deposits, but if they're small and fine they'll just vaporise leaving a smooth finish. Quote
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