Rusty and dull bass strings

[ROBOTUNER@AOL.COM]

        Another trick that I have used with old bass strings is to make a 
loop from the hitch pin end and run it up and down the length of the 
string.This breaks up the rust and gets some of the crud out of the 
string.The nice thing about this method is that you can leave the coil on the 
tuning pin.Takeing old brittle bass sting coils off of the tuning pins is 
risky bussiness,they might break when you are putting them back on.Old wire 
is not very flexible.                               Robin Olson