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britguy -> Old strings??? (Jan. 16 2011 20:07:55)

Found a set of old, but unused, Savarez red card strings from about 1975 or so in an old guitar case.

Have no idea how long strings last for, but they were not sealed in any kind of package, just the bare strings wound around the card.


Any idea if these would still be usable, or should I just throw them out?



at_leo_87 -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 16 2011 20:22:10)

why dont you just try them out?



Doitsujin -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 16 2011 21:05:17)

If they are really so old..I could imagine that they might break when putting em on the guitar.. Just try.

In past I used Savarez. Nice strings.



Ramon Amira -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 16 2011 22:15:45)

They're dead. Give them a decent burial.



at_leo_87 -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 3:43:56)

or donate them!



Ramon Amira -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 4:02:03)

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or donate them!


No point in donating them - ashes to ashes, dust to dust . . . . .



KMMI77 -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 4:35:13)

You could always put them on your guitar and if they sound good make a video for youtube called....Saverez strings still sounding good after 35 years in the case.[:D]

Then send the video to saverez and ask for a free set.[;)]



Marco de Rueil -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 7:52:36)

If they aren't oxydized, why shouldn't they work ?



Ruphus -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 12:20:00)

Strings not played on should not detoriate.
If you use that set it will probably turn out just fine, unless it was exposed to heat in between.
( Had a guitar in a trunk left in extreme summer heat for two hours or so. The strings then, despite slack, had gone completely off intonation. Apparently heat will result in uneven diameter, with the nylon reshaping to original structure prior to processing.)

Ruphus



Ricardo -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 13:44:30)

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Had a guitar in a trunk left in extreme summer heat for two hours or so. The strings then, despite slack, had gone completely off intonation. Apparently heat will result in uneven diameter, with the nylon reshaping to original structure prior to processing.)


Um, if it was hot enough to slightly melt and warp your strings, then the glue holding your guitar together should have liquified as well!![:D][:D]



britguy -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 14:05:25)

"You could always put them on your guitar and if they sound good make a video for youtube called....Saverez strings still sounding good after 35 years in the case. "

Then send the video to saverez and ask for a free set.

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H M M M ; that YouTube video sounds like a great idea.

Unfortunately, with my playing they would probably sound like 35 year old strings that HAD been used all that time. . .

Anyway, I doubt if a French company would ever give freebees to a Limey.

But it might be worth a try. . .



Ruphus -> RE: Old strings??? (Jan. 17 2011 14:05:26)

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

Um, if it was hot enough to slightly melt and warp your strings, then the glue holding your guitar together should have liquified as well!![:D][:D]


The guitar was brought over from aborad for me, with the last of the route sent by a taxi ( whichs dumb driver put it into the trunk ).
The action had come down to near zero and the sound was so weak and out of tune that I thought it to be the natural condition of this instrument.

Already had set up a nasty mail to the seller, threatening to make him refund, when in a last attempt me came to the idea of restringing.
Totally disappointed I had let the gitar in its case for about 4 days or so without another look at it.

Luckily it had completely recovered, and with new strings on it turned out to even be the best of my collection.
Can´t tell how relieved it felt to have had not sent out the nasty mail yet! [8D]
[;)]

Ruphus



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