THE STRING CLEANER, a groundbreaking string-cleaning product by ToneGear. It was awarded “Best in Show” for “Company on the Rise” at the summer NAMM show in Nashville. The String Cleaner, the first effective tool of its kind to hit the marketplace, utilizes a revolutionary 360-degree cleaning process to revitalize used, old, and damaged strings. The String Cleaner also extends the life and preserves the tone of guitar strings by up to four times compared to conventional untreated strings. “After exhausting all home remedies, including boiling strings, jamming rags between the strings and fretboard and scraping my fingernail against the strings,” said ToneGear founder Dave Chiappetta, “I couldn’t believe there wasn’t an existing tool in the marketplace that effectively cleaned the strings by getting underneath them.” After five years of diligent research including focus groups, countless testing sessions, and more than 15 prototypes, Chiappetta was ready to bring The String Cleaner to market.
Created with specially designed microfiber pads that remove and hold debris sans cleaning solution, The String Cleaner was created for long-term, low-maintenance use. Users simply open the tool, slide The String Cleaner underneath the guitar strings, close and secure the latches, and slide The String Cleaner back and forth along the full length of the strings. The String Cleaner should be used after each guitar play to ensure optimum performance. To maintain The String Cleaner, simply place the tool on the top rack of a dishwasher and run in a regular cycle or hand wash with warm water and soap.The String Cleaner has one U.S. patent and two patents pending, with signed distribution deals with Canadian-based D’Addario in addition to country-signed deals including Sweden, Denmark, Japan, and Ireland. The String Cleaner retails for $12.99.