Pick or Slap - wearing strings

[Fancy Pants]

I was under the impression that slapping wore string's faster, but recently i joined a new band and i use only a pickand it seem's my strings are dying quicker...

Can anyone clarify this for me, maybe im picking to hard?

Cheers

 

[drgroovenstein]

Maybe, or are you just playing more now than you did before? I never noticed technique affecting the life of my strings, just the amount of hours I put on them and how much I sweat on them. I'm an acidic guy, apparently.

 

[fearofcups]

Maybe, or are you just playing more now than you did before? I never noticed technique affecting the life of my strings, just the amount of hours I put on them and how much I sweat on them. I'm an acidic guy, apparently.

Groovenstein has got a point, I slap and pop all the time and I usually break my G string before I start to lose any tone. The more you play to more wear you subject your strings too, which will affect the strings at varying speeds.