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Recycled Guitar String Beads!

brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,017
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Guitar players- here's a cool way to recycle the ball end of your old guitar strings when you change them. I take a little wire snips and cut the wire around the string ball and collect them. After I get a little batch as seen in the photo, I give them to friends, family members or our downtown bead store for jewelry making. A cool way to recycle!

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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Not a bad idea! I've given old strings to friends who use them for hanging pictureframes
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,302
    Very cool idea! I've not found a good way to stuff old strings in the garbage can anyway...
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,017
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Very cool idea! I've not found a good way to stuff old strings in the garbage can anyway...

    I know what you mean. I throw them in the recycle bin after I snip the beads off but I don't know if they actually get recycled.

    Now if I could just manage to change strings without stabbing myself at least once each time. Ouch! :))

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,302
    brianlux said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Very cool idea! I've not found a good way to stuff old strings in the garbage can anyway...

    I know what you mean. I throw them in the recycle bin after I snip the beads off but I don't know if they actually get recycled.

    Now if I could just manage to change strings without stabbing myself at least once each time. Ouch! :))


    Hahaha! Those things hurt man! Worse than a bee sting!
    www.cluthelee.com
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