reviving treble strings

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at_leo_87

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reviving treble strings

so i know there's a bunch of ways you can get the basses to sound nice and crisp again but are there any tricks to revive the trebles?

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kovachian

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

I take them off, clean them real thoroughly with rubbing alcohol, and put them back on backwards from before. Nothing else you can really do, and guitar strings are dirt cheap anyway.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2010 18:08:56

at_leo_87

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to kovachian)

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I take them off, clean them real thoroughly with rubbing alcohol, and put them back on backwards from before. Nothing else you can really do, and guitar strings are dirt cheap anyway.

thanks, i'll give that a try tonight. i have new strings waiting to be put on but i absolutely hate the breaking in period and i have to play tomorrow night.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2010 18:11:00

Ricardo

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

Change your trebs a week before your important gig. But don't change your basses till the night before.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 8:36:25

at_leo_87

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to Ricardo)

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Change your trebs a week before your important gig. But don't change your basses till the night before.

good advice, ricardo, thank you. i'm just such a procrastinator.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 11:31:32

xirdneH_imiJ

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to Ricardo)

i'm screwed then, having to perform on friday and sunday while my strings were last changed early december

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 11:46:59

at_leo_87

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)

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i'm screwed then, having to perform on friday and sunday while my strings were last changed early december

LOL. where are you playing?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 13:13:56

xirdneH_imiJ

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

nothing fancy, two café bars in budapest...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 13:36:16

at_leo_87

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)

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nothing fancy, two café bars in budapest...

cool! are you playing solo?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 13:43:02

xirdneH_imiJ

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

no, i'm playing with a band with another guitarist and a singer, and two dancers, one of the pieces i play is solo with some cante in it...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 13:48:23

at_leo_87

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)

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no, i'm playing with a band with another guitarist and a singer, and two dancers, one of the pieces i play is solo with some cante in it...

awesome! good luck, amigo!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 14:12:55

xirdneH_imiJ

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

gracias!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 14:13:47

Patrick

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

The best way to revive trebles is to change basses. I know it sounds stupid, but it's true. New basses bring out the overtones of the trebles.

Why try to revive them in the first place. Trebles last forever...just change basses. I go three to four months on trebles.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 14:33:25

at_leo_87

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

hey patrick,
that's pretty neat. i didn't know that.

the problem with my trebles is that they're starting not to hold their tuning so well. and they're just not as "springy." i think i'm way past 4-6 months. lol.

anyways, i just changed my basses last night to high tension and the guitar is more alive and slightly more bad ass sounding.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 15:00:01

Patrick

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RE: reviving treble strings (in reply to at_leo_87)

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the problem with my trebles is that they're starting not to hold their tuning so well. and they're just not as "springy." i think i'm way past 4-6 months. lol.

Yep, That's the time to change them....not for tone, but playabilaty.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2010 17:32:37