ReverendRevolver
Friend of Leo's
It’s bad. It’s not even that they’re not bright enough *for me*. They’re seriously like rubber bands that got left out in the sun for a year. Just completely and totally dead. I know guy who’s had the same set of flat wounds on his P bass since 1976. His strings have more zing than my rounds after a jam night. I seriously can gig a couple times a week for probably a month. And be totally happy with my bass strings for that long before I start thinking I need new ones. But with other people playing them? I have no idea what these dudes are doing, but holy hell.
My uncle used to boil his bass strings and restring. Thought he was crazy until other bass players admitted to doing it when they couldn't afford new strings.
I can't reccomend it on pizza grease strings though, it'd probably liven them up and absorb the smell permanently......