Tone Gear has once revolutionized guitar maintenance via The String Cleaner, which was introduced last Summer NAMM 2008 to the delight of guitarists and guitar makers. The string cleaner has revolutionized string maintenance and has made home remedies such as boiling strings, rubbing rags, and fingernail scrapes almost obsolete. This year's Summer NAMM feature a new design (this time bearing in mind that bassists exist), the Tone Gear The Bass String Cleaner.

Similar to the first String Cleaner, The Bass String Cleaner offers the same 360-degree cleaning process to preserve integrity and tone of bass guitar strings. According to Tone Gear, the technology in The Bass String Cleaner preserves the life, tone, and playability of bass guitar strings by up to four times as compared to conventional cleaning methods. The specially designed microfiber pads remove and hold debris without the need for a cleaning solution, and is designed for long-term low-maintenance use.

Using The Bass Guitar String Cleaner comes in four easy steps: 1) Opening the tool, 2) sliding the tool underneath the strings, 3) closing and securing the latches, and 4) rubbing the tool back and forth along the whole length of the strings and fingerboard. Cleaning the device only entails hand-washing the device with warm water and a drop of liquid soap.

Tone Gear The Bass Guitar String Cleaner is sold online via various retailers for 14.99 USD.