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Originally Posted by solidwalnut

People have different amounts of skin oil and alkalinity/acidity in the make-up the oil and water produced by the fingers/hands. Some people will go through strings more quickly than others.

Me, I'm like allthumbs. I'd rather just change them out. There's nothing quite like a fresh set of strings. And it doesn't matter what you do as far as cleaning them or boiling them. They will not be the same as a fresh set.

True dat.