bass string rust

[Richard Moody]

>. Each and every
> bass string, (from AO to the end of the first break only), were ENCRUSTED
> with so much rust, that they literally would snap like pretzels. The rust
> was present ONLY above the hitch pins, and before the bridge, exactly at
the
> point where the string cloth was interwoven. So it seems that, somehow,
the
> rust resulted in some way from this red cloth, which was dry as a bone,
and
> to the owner's knowledge, never wet, or exposed to water. Any guesses as
to
> what could have caused this deterioration? I'm wondering if there could
have
> been a chemical reaction caused by the cloth.
>
> Terry Peterson
> Los Angeles, CA
> Associate Member, PTG
>

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---ric