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Yes, you CAN recycle old guitar strings.
Option 1: They can be donated to musicians in need in other countries
Second Strings Project>
Option 2: They can be recycled by D'addario and redeemed for stuff:
https://www.daddario.com/playback/recycle
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03-20-2020 10:12 PM
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I throw away the old strings but save the little brass things on the ends. I string them together and do artsy things with them.....
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I deposit mine at the recycling station.
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Originally Posted by takefive
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Old wound strings are great for burnishing wood when turning...the lines on the Mahogany pen on the right...
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Originally Posted by Gitterbug
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I do but never knew why - got a few useful ideas from this thread.
I've got the pictures, I have the means to hang 'em. Wall space is now the limiting factor.
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Originally Posted by lukmanohnz
Old strings can also be used for hummingbird swings. A pair piers, a 6" dowell, and an old wound string, a red bead, a little bare copper wire for attachments, a little imagination, and you get a nice spot for your dominant males (in our case an irascible little bully we call Buzz) to rest their wings. Watching one alight and the ever-so-gentle slight bobbing of the unit is quite satisfying.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Guitar strings are what they use as the needle in a DIY tattoo gun.
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What I have use some of the wound string for is I cut them down to a leingth and clean the stem on my corn cob pipe. Hand made corn cob pipe I use a peace of bamboo for the stem. I use the strings for other things but as a pipe cleaner mostly.
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
Nowadays, I put them in the recycling bin and hope they come out in the wash.
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Rotosound were promoting two women who made old strings into necklaces and bracelets, which they sold for the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund.
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A good use for used strings is burnishing nut and saddle slots, to smooth and polish them, thus reducing friction to some extent. I prefer using strings slightly larger than the ones on the guitar, but the same size can do the job.
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As a kid I was always scratching around for any money I could find, so I learned to make do with using strings way past their use by date. So to this day whenever I change strings I always roll up the old ones individually and place them in a plastic sandwich bag with an airtight seal, write the gauge and put them in a drawer. On occasion if I break an individual string I can source one for temporary replacement. As it is I only change strings every year or two anyway and clean them after every playing session.
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Interesting fun fact. Hot Wheels cars were innovative by the fact that they initially used mandolin strings for axles that were from a failed Mattel venture to build guitars that would never go out of tune. The mandolin strings cut down the rolling friction so much that they beat out Matchbox which was their chief competitor literally because of how fast Hot Wheels cars rolled in comparison. Matchbox used steel rods for axles. Eventually Mattel bought Matchbox.
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I was out weed wacking the south forty over the weekend and noticing how often I had to replace those nylon strings on my string trimmer, as they quickly shrink down to nothing. I was wondering if it would work if I cut appropriate lengths of old wound bass strings, or even a wound 3rd, and used them instead. Anyone ever try that? I might have to the next time I'm out there -- and this certainly is weed time here in Sonoma County, of the annoying variety (not the smoking variety, which comes later in the summer) -- and I'll report back.
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Originally Posted by Perdido
Imagine a hard steel music wire breaking off and hitting you in the leg (ouch, blood. trip to the ER and stiches)
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And that, I suppose, is why it's never occurred to anyone else. Point taken.
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Originally Posted by takefive
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In the early days, I use to save them, boil them, and re-use them if a string broke, nowadays, nope.
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