Uses for Old Guitar Strings
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RE: Uses for Old Guitar Strings
A really simple use too is the old fashioned pick necklace. You put a hole into an old pick, use an E string and slide it through the pick. I had mine for a while.
Post By just someone... (Guest Post)
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Make some kinda mini instrument that you can attach to your acoustic guitar and have sympathetic strings!
Post By Tom Sturges (Guest Post)
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The project which sends used strings to musicians in South America is called the Second Strings project.
www.secondstringsproject.org
Post By ShadyWilbury (Guest Post)
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some scientists estimate that many metals we use for day to day things will be exhausted in 50 years. Recycle aluminum cans, guitar strings, everything you can!
Post By Arthur (Guest Post)
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I would think you could use them for beaded projects, like jewelry, mobiles, etc. If I think of anything else...I'll post again.
Post By Nancy (Guest Post)
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Here is some artwork made with old guitar strings:
http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=29398
Click around on some of the links on the side. There are some nice pieces there.
Also there is a musician that collects old string (whole sets only) for needy musicians. He tours so you'd have to look at his tour schedule and find him in your area.
http://www.wvfest.com/traditions/2string.html
We could start a letter writing campaign asking them to provide for or recommend how to recycle our strings. Here is the contact form for Gibson
http://www.gibson.com/pure/exchange/contact.html
and Martin's contact page.
http://www.martinguitar.com/contact/index.html
- Susan
Post by ThriftyFun
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There should definitely be a place to mail your old and broken strings to set up by guitar string manufacturers. As a musician I'm very bothered by much of the ethics of guitar manufacturers in general, but this one is a biggie.
Post By zechaeriah (Guest Post)
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PLEASE! Recycle them to help cut down on new destructive metals mining in the mountains. The string manufacturers/distributors should be taking the lead on this one. "Enlightened" musicians toss out tons of this metal annually. Can we do better? Or are we too busy getting loaded?
Post By SaveTheEarth (Guest Post)
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I cut them into 10 inch pieces ( tops and bottoms ), then stick them into a wine bottle CORK.
Hotglue the flat end of the cork to an old CD..
Hotglue a couple of guitar picks together so they look like butterflys and then hotglue those to any of the strings..
Makes a beautiful center piece, especially when the sun hits it..
Post By Les McDonald (Guest Post)
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A couple uses I have found from using my DH's old strings:
Cheese cutters
Best cutter for homemade soap loaves, either if someone makes themselves, or if you buy them from someone else
Cutting rolls of cookies, cinnamon rolls very nicely as well, use as you would string to cut them without smooshing them.
To make the above safe without hurting fingers, hubby has secured them on wooden blocks or dowels, so to pull tight enough to do what is needed, but without having to twist around fingers (which could cut). He's been trying to perfect this to make a reusable item similar to bought cheese cutters, but has yet to do one that works well...lol
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