Ok - so I've got a pot full of old guitar strings. Great stuff. What do you do with the ones that are covered with nylon (wrapped), the ones at the top of the fret? Can you remove the coating?

what do you mean?

what kind of strings are you refering to?

do you mean the wrapped part above the nut, that is passed through the machine heads?

cheers

joe

I mean the stuff the blue arrows are pointing to.


The nylon outter coating and the wrapping wire make it look more like a spring than a wire.

ah, they are called round wound strings,

you cant really use those ones.

do you have full sets or just the odd ones?

of a full set of strings, only the highest two are ok to use. they dont have the wound on extra parts. (highest are the ones on the right hand side, if you view the neck from the front)


sorry i cant do a diagram like yours to show you

cheers

joe

I know what you mean - I actually have the non-wound ones too. So I have some 'usable' ones. I also have the snipped of ends of the wound ones that have about 2-3" of usable wire.

Thanks for the help

For the plastic coated ones, I have used a match to melt it off(outside preferably).

Those wound strings have pretty limited uses. I've taken the coiled part and used it for radio cords. I've also used different diameters for engine linkages and small spring-tyes of details. Also, the coated or painted strings can be used to represent flexible rubber hoses, like on a pilot's oxygen mask, or a radiator hose.

Boing!!! I never thought of that!

you can buy guitar strings singly, so if you want them for grab handles, aerials etc, just buy the thinner ones.

also if you know any guitarists, you will find that these are the ones which snap most often, so they will have plenty of old broken ones they can give you.

my own guitars and my two guitarist brothers ensure an almost limitless supply! #:-)

cheers

joe

These are great for antena mounts, hoses, radio cables, engine wiring, etc...

Don't loose them, keep them.

Best

T. Chouman