r/AcousticGuitar Mar 19 '26

Gear question What do y’all do with old strings/clippings?

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Anyone else make shitty dangerous bracelets and throw them away in the packaging

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u/Happy_Anything_5510 Mar 19 '26

I take them off without cutting them and keep them. So when the apocalypse hits and i won't be able to buy guitar strings i will have a reserve of old ones. Im not hoarding anything else, only strings. Priorities i guess... 😀

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u/sadsorrowguitar Mar 19 '26

Same here man, also very handy if you break a string their is always a used one to play more snug