changing strings

Post by **dots** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:00 am

i usually rotate the guitars i'm going to use, but i stick with a duet (a main axe w/ a similar sounding backup) for months on end. when i'm rehearsing/gigging regularly, i like to change my strings every 2 - 3 weeks. i can usually get 4 good uses (which includes any combination of 4 hour rehearsals and 1 hour gigs). since i prefer the crisp sound of new strings, i try to stay closer to the 2 week range.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:02 am

i wait a bit longer than once a month.

matte30is · Post by **matte30is** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:10 am

This month marks the one year mark for my strings. I'm thinking of buying some for christmas......so it'll be like having a new guitar!

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:18 am

matte30is wrote:This month marks the one year mark for my strings. I'm thinking of buying some for christmas......so it'll be like having a new guitar!

i can relate!

Blazin420ChronicSkunk · Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:43 am

I do about once a month, but I go more by tone than schedule. Once they start sounding dead, they're out.

blackmarker · Post by **blackmarker** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:55 am

I go as long as I can stand playing them....usually well over one month.

Radio friendly · Post by **Radio friendly** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:05 am

i heard Kirk Hammett gets his strings changed before every show

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:09 am

I added an option. I change them whenever I notice that they are going flat.

Blazin420ChronicSkunk · Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:10 am

That'd be my vote as well.

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:11 am

Well...it's so hard to say, really. Some guitars I'll only touch 2-3 times a year...others get played more...and at least two get played daily. I assume you are talking about the daily players, and even that depends...especially since I'm not a "sweater", so I dunno...

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:22 am

Have you guys ever used String Ease?

The singer guy in my classic rock band uses it and it seems to work amazingly well. I'm gonna pick up a can for myself...

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:25 am

Sloan wrote:Have you guys ever used String Ease?

The singer guy in my classic rock band uses it and it seems to work amazingly well. I'm gonna pick up a can for myself...

yea...but, I can't be arsed to buy another...so...yeah...whatevaz

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:28 am

I used to change them every week, on wednesday night, but now i can't afford it. Too many tee-tars and not enough doll-arrs.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:36 am

Blazin420ChronicSkunk wrote:I do about once a month, but I go more by tone than schedule. Once they start sounding dead, they're out.

+1

a.aaron · Post by **a.aaron** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:26 am

i usually only change a string when it breaks, and i'll change the set when i have 4 or more different/random strings on there.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:27 am

hahaha, that's how i discovered my 4 strign tuning, true story.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:33 am

I usually just change them whenever they start to go flat, or on the rare occasion that I break one.

A friend of mine has had his MIM strat since about the same time I got mine... so about 8 years now, and he has NEVER changed his strings... and somehow it still plays like they're brand new! They're still shiny, and they still sound good!

Radio friendly · Post by **Radio friendly** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:38 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:
Blazin420ChronicSkunk wrote:I do about once a month, but I go more by tone than schedule. Once they start sounding dead, they're out.
+1

+2

luke · Post by **luke** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:22 am

Where're the options for "when they break" or "when one of them breaks"? If one of my strings snaps, I'll normally go out and buy a whole new set, unless I have spares lying around from the last change (which generally I don't, the gnomes get them). I like my strings to have a bit of natural residue on them, nice tone.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:00 pm

a.aaron wrote:i usually only change a string when it breaks, and i'll change the set when i have 4 or more different/random strings on there.

You are exactly like the other guitar player in my band. He always complains because he'll break one during practice, change it, then next practice break another one, I don't understand why he doesn't just go ahead and change the whole set to keep from getting frustrated.

I change my strings before shows only, or if its been a while since a show and its starting to sound flat or getting nasty feeling...or if I decide to change the guitars color.

changing strings

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changing strings