String Changes

[yesfan1953]

Hi all,

I am interested in how often others change their strings and what criteria they use to make that decision. Back in the day when i was a kid gigging 3 -4 days a week, I would change strings pretty often, usually about once a month because I liked the ring of new strings.

Now, I am more interested in the wamth of older strings, so now I only change them a couple times a year.

How about the rest of you?

 

[roburado]

I change pretty infrequently. I'm not a gigging dude, and I have a life-consuming day job. So, that doesn't leave me a heck of a lot of time to play what with all my other interests (including sleep). I rarely break a string, and I'll only change when that happens. I still love my EBMM guitars, though.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I change when they cant hold tune anymore. Usually 3 times a year. And I do gig.

 

[TNT]

yesfan

. . . . . the warmth of old strings". I hate to tell you this, but that ain't warmth, it's "deadness". lol,lol,lol It hasn't changed since you were a kid.

New fresh strings, EBMM #2253 (the absolute BEST out there for pure vibrant warmth!) are where it's at, and exactly what your guitar is thirsting for when your playing!!

 

[fretshred666]

I change my strings when they sound dead, which i need to change them soon because they sound terriible. Usualy that takes about 3 months to take place, so on average . . i change my strings every 3 months.

 

[todddlur]

i change my strings once a year on my bass but the two guitarists in my band change strings every gig.

 

[gtrman66]

With my primary guitar (the luke) I change them once a week which gets me through 2 gigs,1 rehearsal and a few hours of home practice.If I have more than 2 shows that week I'll change them after the first 2 gigs.On my backup (the silo) I change them when they get grungy or dead-sounding.

 

[Colin]

When I was gigging full time, I changed strings every 3 gigs.

 

[DrGonzo5150]

In a perfect world i'd have new strings every gig!!!
But it's pretty much the same boat as Colin or gtrman66... approx 2-3 gigs, which could be 1-2 weeks depending on work load.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Just change 'em when I want to.
Not as often as I would like.

 

[Gio_Force_One]

On my strays I don't change as often as other guitars I like on strata when the strings are a little older but on other guitars I change them like every other week. Unless it's
Summer time and real hot it's seems I change them more often.

 

[Roubster]

I love fresh new strings, of course when they are properly stretched and a bit broken in. I dont gig now as I work and study full time, but its probably every month at this point. If I played more often which I wish I could, I would change the strings more often as well. I'm liking the Titanium Coated Slinkys at the moment, but the pure nickel slinkys also sound great.

 

[Sweat]

Since I dont gig and rotate what I am using ,either when its been cased to long or needs a good set up/fret board conditioning

 

[JayDawg]

I change mine out as soon as the strings start to loose there brightness. With the D' Addario's' it used to be around every 3 months but then their quality went down hill to about every 2 weeks. I switched back to Ernie Ball and have not had to change strings on my basses since April.