Making new strings look old

Ron Torrella torrella@umich.edu
Wed Jun 30 11:32 MDT 1999


On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Jonathan W Edwards wrote:

> Does anyone have suggestions how to "pre-age" a new copper-wound bass
> string? I have a customer with an antique grand that needs a new string,
> which I already  ordered and received. I want to make it look dark and
> dirty so it won't stick out like a sore thumb when compared with its
> neighbors. Any suggestions?

Yeah, order the rest of the bass strings so they're *all* nice and shiny!
"Antique" grands look great with shiny new strings!

Ron Torrella, RPT



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