You may have heard there’s a way to freshen roundwound bass strings just by boiling them.<\/p>\n
Does it work?<\/p>\n
Before answering that, it’s helpful to explain what boiling strings actually does for them.<\/p>\n
Over time, bass strings get grime pushed into them. And no matter how often you clean your strings, once grime gets in there, it’s very difficult to get out. What boiling the strings does is simply loosen and release the grime you can’t get to. <\/p>\n
The end result after boiling the strings and reinstalling them on your bass will be a string with a brighter tone, so in effect, yes, boiling strings does work…<\/p>\n
…sort of<\/em>.<\/p>\n If your strings are dented or malformed in some way (maybe they’re really old?), boiling won’t fix that. <\/p>\n Boiled strings usually don’t sound like a new, fresh set. True, they will sound better, but it’s unlikely you’ll get back that piano-like twang like they had when new.<\/p>\n Boiling doesn’t do much for coated strings. If that’s the kind of string you use and the coating has worn off, boiling will not magically bring the coating back.<\/p>\nVideo example<\/h3>\n