sXe = straightedge
no drugs
no alcohol

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]^ If the strings feel and sound dead, restring them. If they sound OK,then don't bother. If anything, I say just boil the strings it has now. Do you know how to boil strings? It's easy, I'll tell you anyway:

1-Take the strings off your bass.
2-Fill a pot about 3/4 with water.
3-Put your strings into the pot (make sure they're completely submerged).
4-Boil in HIGH for about 7-10 minutes.
5-Let the water simmer and cool down.
6-Once the water is lukewarm, empty out the pan and leave your strings on a towel to dry.
7-Once they've dried (about 15-20 minutes), re-string your bass.

Boiling them cleans the dirt, grime, grease, and sweat they've collected over time.

:thumb:

-Gav[/QUOTE]

Lately I've been doing something I came up with...and so far it's given me great results. I take off the strings, and put in vinegar for about an hour or so, then I clean them with a towel and put them in the freezer.....they sound extremely crisp and bright afterwards....yet they don't feel dull like when you boil them.

[QUOTE=Fernandes Power]I need to be here for 90 days...lame eh?

And to Russ- Its not much i suppose... My friends and family are p.issing me off today as well as the fact that I just saw one of the worst films ever and I have a terrible headache because of it...

Plus I have been neg repped twice (only 16 points, but still) and the f.uckers havent even left a name.[/QUOTE]
Well, that's retarded, the 90 days thing. I know I've been here more than 90 days, at least. I'll keep repping you when I can until your 90 day reach. :thumb:

[QUOTE=nisakss]Lately I've been doing something I came up with...and so far it's given me great results. I take off the strings, and put in vinegar for about an hour or so, then I clean them with a towel and put them in the freezer.....they sound extremely crisp and bright afterwards....yet they don't feel dull like when you boil them.[/QUOTE]
wonder if you just use vinegar to clean them if that would work. you know put some on a rag and wipe them while they are on the bass.


Don't they stink then??


-James

Thanks, much appreciated.

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff]i don't even mind the sound of old strings.[/QUOTE]
Same here, as long as it sounds alright in an amp, that's really all that counts, IMHO.

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff]sXe = straightedge
no drugs
no alcohol[/QUOTE]

Oh I see....and is it something like a religion or more like a skin head stuff.

Anyhow, it seems like a cool way of life, although I personnally (and this is no apology to drugs or alcohol) feel than alcohol when used judiciosely and at the appropiate age, can be a good social enhacer......like you get together with your friends and dance, sing, etc., things that maybe you wouldn't do otherwise, and just relax.

Anyway, being clean is great. I really support what someone said about it being the only way of being yourself....it's like you can really show yourself as you are and not through a haze of smog or liquor.

Reminds me of us putting conkers in vinegar to make them harder! :)

Just for old times sake...



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[QUOTE=brain_damage]Well, that's retarded, the 90 days thing. I know I've been here more than 90 days, at least. I'll keep repping you when I can until your 90 day reach. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
I have been on here 90 day and don't have them. I think mods have to give them to you.

[QUOTE=jamesr]wonder if you just use vinegar to clean them if that would work. you know put some on a rag and wipe them while they are on the bass.


Don't they stink then??


-James[/QUOTE]

Not if you put them in the freezer for a night. And maybe you're right and it'd be the same just using vinegar....but then again....low temperatures can affect the steel torsion or tension, or whatever, and generate new sounds. But it is just an urban myth within my head... :amaze:

wow..alcohol judgment...

i dont drink, neither do i smoke.. i think thats the reason why i dont get asked to that many party's :p

straightedge is just a way some people choose to live.

not me, i like drugs and alcohol.
i'm very, extremely, unimaginable anti-social, but when i use these substances, i loosen up and am able to have a better time around people... well, i mean around people i don't know. when i'm with friends, i'm fine without that stuff, but we still do it because it's fun!

but that's just me and my opinions.

hello all, and what does straightedge mean?

lowsound

hey guys
whatsup???

not much, just going out for the night and never comming back so this is my last day ever on MX.

lowsound

sXe is just another word for no drugs or alcohol, started by Minor Threat...

It's not like Minor Threat meant it go work out like that. A bunch of kids felt left out so they decided to make a name for not doing drugs or alcohol. There is really no reason they need to name themself.

[QUOTE=BassVirtuoso]sXe is just another word for no drugs or alcohol, started by Minor Threat...

It's not like Minor Threat meant it go work out like that. A bunch of kids felt left out so they decided to make a name for not doing drugs or alcohol. There is really no reason they need to name themself.[/QUOTE]

o i see, i guess you could call me that then.

lowsound

It used to be that easy, but evidently there are a bunch of guidelines you have to follow now. So you can't be straight edge unless you follow them, which is ridiculous to me. Just be yourself.

ya i just dont drink or do drugs, i always volinteer for DD.

lowsound

I blieve one of the guidelines is that you can't have pre-marital sex, other then that I'm not sure.

hmm i do that one as well.

lowsound

Those were the original guidelines, then a bunch of pansies decided to make it that you can't eat meat or drink caffeine either.

/walks into thread
/ouch

I wonder if anyone will ever get sick of such a HORRIBLE JOKE.

Hi kids.

[QUOTE=RaVen_Bassist]/walks into thread
/ouch

I wonder if anyone will ever get sick of such a HORRIBLE JOKE.

Hi kids.[/QUOTE]
WOW...

[QUOTE=BassVirtuoso]Those were the original guidelines, then a bunch of pansies decided to make it that you can't eat meat or drink caffeine either.[/QUOTE]

well i drink caffeine so much (i would say that i am addicted to it, i get the shakes when i dont have it) as for meat i am comsidering becomming a vegitarin, but i dont think that will happen.

het RB.

lowsound

I think about becoming a vegitarian sometimes, but for health reasons, I could care less about the animal.

[QUOTE=BassVirtuoso]I think about becoming a vegitarian sometimes, but for health reasons, I could care less about the animal.[/QUOTE]

for me it would just be a way to control better what i eat, i eat so much junk that it isn't healthy for me. i mean i eat mcdonalds at least 10 times a week. somedays for every meal.

lowsound

I'm Irish. No vegetarianism for me. Now bring on the corned beef and cabbage!

[QUOTE=RaVen_Bassist]I'm Irish. No vegetarianism for me. Now bring on the corned beef and cabbage![/QUOTE]




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Thats how I see it. :thumb:

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thats a good pic. :thumb:

lowsound

**** man, i just woke up from a um....18 hour sleep? i didnt go to skool!!! :-/

you are lucky crap.

lowsound

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass]for me it would just be a way to control better what i eat, i eat so much junk that it isn't healthy for me. i mean i eat mcdonalds at least 10 times a week. somedays for every meal.

lowsound[/QUOTE]
:eek: 10 times a week?!? that is so unhealthy!

I got off work an hour early. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=bassist-bmxer]:eek: 10 times a week?!? that is so unhealthy![/QUOTE]
And money consuming.

[QUOTE=RaVen_Bassist]I got off work an hour early. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]


lol, dont you live right next to your job? :p

and , id never leave man :rolleyes:

I actually dont eat out very much , maybe 2 times a week? maybe 3. but you know, living alone, alot of my food mostly consists of frozen things i need to nuke :p

[QUOTE=bassist-bmxer]:eek: 10 times a week?!? that is so unhealthy![/QUOTE]

ya i work there and i have gotten enough promotions that i get my food for free.

lowsound