How to Boil your Bass and Guitar Strings

Why boil your strings?

If you are running low on money and you really need some new bass strings because your current strings are dull sounding, begin to rust, or do not keep in tune, you can boil your bass strings in boiling water. Doing this will help to remove any rust, dirt, oils and dead skin, and also make them sound more brighter and new sounding. You will be surprised on how different they can sound once boiled. If your strings keep going out of tune, boiling them will making them stay in tune for longer.

How to boil your strings

To boil your strings, first take all your strings of on your bass, the only problem taking all your strings off is that because you are releasing all the tension in the neck, you may need to alter your action afterwards, not much though.

Place a pan of water to boil on a stove, rap all the strings up so they will fit into the pan. When the water reaches boiling point, place all the strings in the pan for about 5 – 10 minutes (Longer if you feel the need to).

After the 5 – 10 minutes is up, take the strings out of the water and wipe them thoroughly with a clean, dry cloth, this will also remove access dirty, etc. Make sure your strings are dry (Leave them to dry for a further 30 minutes after cloth drying to make sure the are completely dry).

Use Dr Stringfellows or a cleaning agent such as polish to clean your fretboard itself, if you never clean your strings or fretboard after playing you will find a lot of stuff built up on the fretboard.

After you have cleaned your fretboard put your strings back on your bass.
This method can also be used to clean your guitar strings. Although you can clean your strings this way, if your strings have serious wearing, then it may be time for new strings! Ha ha...

Dr Stringfellows

Dr Dtringfellows is a special formula designed for bass and guitar strings. The formula helps to lubricate and protect your bass strings against sweat and erosion. If you use Dr Stringfellows your bass strings will last longer and you will not need to purchase new strings, or boil your old ones as much.

Simply apply before and after playing to protect your strings. The item can be located on the right hand side of the page, just click on that ad to take you to the store for buying.