String gunk is bad news. Because it gets in your strings’ winding, stifles the vibration, and wrecks your tone, but also because it’s just gross.
After a good amount of time playing your strings the contact from your fingers leaves oils, dead skin, and other generally not good stuff building up in the nooks and crannies of your strings and creating the dreaded string gunk.
With Elixir strings and their patented ultra-thin NANOWEB® polymer coating, nasty tone-killing string gunk can become a thing of the past.
By keeping your strings gunk-free it you’ll save yourself the cost of more frequent replacements, as well as the hassle and stress on your bass of re-stringing.
And since the coating is ultra-thin, you get the protection of a coated string while maintaining the great feel and tone of your strings.
I use Pirastros on my Bridge electric. Mainly buecase that’s what I use on the acoustic violins and I’m used to them. I do hate their E strings with a passion though they always sound very shrill, especially on an electric, so I use a Hill thick E string instead which has a nice big sound.The C string is a Thomastik Vision as there’s less choice of violin C strings. It’s pretty good though especially if you use a viola bow on it when there’s lots of low work to do
ASAK/wrwb: So far I attended two Al-Maghrib Seminars Divine Link Fiqh of Salah and Purification Act Fiqh of Worship . I not only eenjyod every bit of two-weekend sessions but learned and improved my knowledge quite a bit. Now I look forward to take more of these classes from Al-Maghrib Institute and encourage my entire family and friends to take these classes. I was anxiously waiting for the Love Notes Marriage & Family Life which was going to be held on February 4-6 in Albuquerque, but unfortunately it got cancelled which was a very big disappointment for me and my family. But, InshAllah, if more classes come to Albuquerque, I am planning to attend each one of them. Right now, I can’t afford to travel to other cities to take these classes, but in future, by Allah (SWT)’s blessings, if I can afford, I will definitely travel and attend these classes, it is well worth it for the amount of information and knowledge these classes offer to us. May Allah (SWT) bless all of us with Islamic Knowledge to teach others and make us successful in this life and in the life Hereafter. Ameen!
Doug,you have been such a trooper. I wonedr sometimes why you are not on calls, or don’t make any comments. I suppose that I don’t wonedr anymore. |It’s good that you (your wife) have a blog like this. Guys just don’t feel comfortable sharing their troubles. But sometimes it’s good to let people know. I will keep praying (more) that you will see a reason for the struggle someday. Maybe you will be able to help someone else in their distress. You will certainly understand. I’m glad that your prognosis is good, and that the trial has an end. Count those days, man! Talk to you soon. george
My experience , over the years , of boiling strings is that this just provides me with one gig of additional string life…one would think that just 100C would not make any difference for stuff made of steel . nevertheless…so what do I do ? Being a aero engineer I thougt of what we use …and came up with a cheaper solution I mix a 70-30% mix of Petroleum degreeser and Acetone , and leave the stings to stew in that for a couple of days , at room temperature …..and then just rinsethose in hot water….FAR better “afterlife” have I achieved thus…., nothing revolutionary but ….better…..