How do u guys clean your guitar strings? Using tissue with some alcohol?

Fibre Free cloth + Fast Fret is the best.

At the moment, I use the Planet Waves string cleaner..... it was an emergency buy.

i just use fast frets cleaner...
available in all guitar shop i guess...
and remember after you play the guitar just wipe it in every angel of the string...
to keep it shining just like new strings...

fast fret cleaner huh, will seek for it then.

normal wipe with tissue is not very efficient

with the Fiber Free cloth la...
sorry about that...
keep your strings clean bro...

daily clean after play = WD40 or any metal conditioners , cheap, get from hardware tool store.

I apply on tissue then slid it under the strings and grip/clean for the 3 thinner strings.

I never bother with the wounded strings since they never rust and could last very long time. It's the non-wounded strings that rusts.


And when they discolor badly and starts showing a bit of rust, I use Brasso metal polish, same process, and this took out all the rust and discoloration in seconds, then I continued with the WD40/metal conditioner method.


I've never changed my electric guitar strings since I bought my strat in 2006.


Now is 2008, I never knew my string could last almost 2 years, and the non-wound strings are still shiny as new after the brasso treatment.


The wounded thicker strings, no rust or discoloration, never bothered to clean them.

My brasso is only 6 ringgit.

WD40 or similar metal conditioner is under 8 ringgit.

But they'll last a LOOOoooongg time and I could continue using them on my current strings for as long as the rust don't appear (can get rid with brasso anyway).

wow your strings never snap? after all that rust eating away at your strings it still can last you for 2 years +

good job mate

Nope, never snap, got rust also a bit only but i treat it in time. I still have a new pack of a'addario string i bought a year ago which never used yet.

Some more the stock strings are unbranded cheap steel strings, I also no idea how they could last so long, must be the brasso, every cleaning session with brasso the string became shiny again.

well no matter how shiny it looks, theres definitely tone loss

yeah, coz, rust is like... is make from string. its not like out of no where the rush stick to the string and u wipe it off. its like... every time it rust and u brasso it, u make the line get thinner a bit. but for the e string to last for whole 2 year, hats off

Not a problem, tone is not important when you start out. Not gigging or playing for anyone, just for training fingers, strumming/picking etc, so not a big deal for tone issue.


Just don't let them get too much, as long you regularly wipe and clean the strings and apply brasso before actual rust, should be fine.

I wouldn't recommend this when you actually gig/record but if it's just for practising, who cares?


I am not too particular about tone, at least not yet.

hey guys wanna ask, fast fret does it ever like become ineffective after alot of usage?

dude, it's not supposed to last more than a few weeks if you brasso it.
brasso eats away at the strings/whatever you use it on.

hard to believe the strings last for 2 years....
for practise u don't do bending?? or u just play it 2,3 times a week??
my strings sounds good for just a month.. then it`ll sound like shit or breaks. hehehe..

i'm too lazy to change my strings, its been like over a month already. so they sound pretty lifeless and dead but i've been busy these days so havent played much this week

brasso is a mild abrasive, it wont eat much. I've checked the string gauge of the strings before the nuts and at places i've brassoed on. Not big deal, same gauge but the one before the nut is quite oxidised.


Almost 2 years. I play 5 times a week for 90 minutes a day then wd40 the string. I use brasso only when it changes to dark color, i wont wait until it rusts. It only happened once, mild rust.

I don't bend much, but i do vibrato though. No hardcore bending to 1/2 or full step.

I dont have a good pickup anyway (cheap squier california strat) or i cant be bothered with tone quality.

I would just wipe it down before and after every use.. on days when I play for a long time I powder my hands too cos my fingers get quite sweaty...

let say 20 a month.. times 12 = 240
240 x 2 = 480...

you saved rm480 string changes
could get an effect pedal.

even elixirs lose their brightness around 2-3 months
just that i'm too damned stingy to change every 3 months lol [i change whenever they snap, bout every 3-6 months]

i think im gonna give dr coated strings a taste soon hurhurhur

Do not overuse fast fret, they say it's not too good for your fingerboard and frets. Might cause your frets to be corroded. Somebody told me that before. Best is to just wipe your strings after playing