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How Often Do You Change Strings?
Gabriel Leopardi
Mar 5 2021, 06:25 PM
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While recording today's video responses I noticed that my Strat really needs new strings and some set up. I don't enjoy the process too much because I prefer playing, but I'll go for it...

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Mertay
Mar 5 2021, 06:50 PM
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I noticed that on my guitar too last night when doing bends.

I use elixir since covid and only understand they're aged when doing bends, they can be real fret killers so I'm careful when using this brand.

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It varies a lot. Sometimes it's 6 months, but maybe I don't play a lot in that time. Then sometimes it might only be more like 6 weeks.

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I hate changing strings but if one breaks I change the set, I also change when intonation goes out.

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klasaine
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When they won't stay in tune or if I break a D string.
I have a couple guitars where the strings are 5 or more years old. My baritone had the same strings for 10 years and I only changed them because I put new pkups in it.

Not advice, just anecdote.

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I change the strings at 2-3 months. Usually that is the moment when I start to hear a difference in sound and this drives me crazy (but....I play a lot hours/day).

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At the moment ill think that i change strings also once in 3 months or something.
When there was no covid u sometimes changes my string every 2 or 3 weeks but then i played 2 or 3 gigs in a week in the summer and liked to play with new strings.

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Gabriel Leopardi
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Same here, it depends on when I notice tuning issues. I usually think that the guitar needs to be calibrated, but most of the times, it just need new strings...

ready! what do you think?



I think that it doesn't need much more, I'll check tuning on 12th fret to see if I need to adjust calibration.


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Storm Linnebjerg
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NYXL! I like those, and those are the ones I usually use, but now I'm trying Ernie Ball cobalts.

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Gabriel Leopardi
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QUOTE (Caelumamittendum @ Mar 5 2021, 04:02 PM) *
NYXL! I like those, and those are the ones I usually use, but now I'm trying Ernie Ball cobalts.



Yeah, these are great. I've been a proud D'addario endorser since 2017 but I would chose them anyway.

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Storm Linnebjerg
Mar 5 2021, 11:35 PM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Mar 5 2021, 09:20 PM) *
Yeah, these are great. I've been a proud D'addario endorser since 2017 but I would chose them anyway.


I usually use the NYXL 0838. Very thin strings, but I like them. I won a gift certificate to a music store (here is the thread) and they don't have D'addario, so I tried some Ernie Ball strings only to test something else out. smile.gif

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I am so bad , When they break .. That last rec take I bet are 2yr old strings, I probably changed the 1 string from breaking though

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Whenever they start to feel like a wet towel if that makes any sense. laugh.gif

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probably less often than I should. I actually like strings that are a bit worn in. They seem to take bends better somehow. I use yngwie eight gauge so I end up changing when I pop a High E which happens smile.gif

QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Mar 5 2021, 01:25 PM) *
While recording today's video responses I noticed that my Strat really needs new strings and some set up. I don't enjoy the process too much because I prefer playing, but I'll go for it...

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Storm Linnebjerg
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I'm surprised how many of you talk about breaking strings. I honestly can't remember breaking a string in 10 years. I am a very shallow and soft picker though, and I don't often dig in a lot.

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Mertay
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I went to a smaller gauge and wanted to adjust intonation.

TH-U and Neural tuners suck at this, the one in reaper (reatune) though couldn't be better smile.gif If one doesn't want to install reaper, you can find and copy/paste it to your plug-in folder.

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Storm Linnebjerg
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QUOTE (Mertay @ Mar 6 2021, 02:47 PM) *
I went to a smaller gauge and wanted to adjust intonation.

TH-U and Neural tuners suck at this, the one in reaper (reatune) though couldn't be better smile.gif If one doesn't want to install reaper, you can find and copy/paste it to your plug-in folder.


What gauge did you go to?

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QUOTE (Caelumamittendum @ Mar 6 2021, 12:49 PM) *
What gauge did you go to?


0.10's to 9's (again), can't decide which is better with my guitar as both have slight but different advantages smile.gif

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Storm Linnebjerg
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QUOTE (Mertay @ Mar 6 2021, 03:10 PM) *
0.10's to 9's (again), can't decide which is better with my guitar as both have slight but different advantages smile.gif


I recently changed from 0.08 to 0.09 and I've apparently gotten so used to 8's that I now feel the strain playing 9's.

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I play with 10 but i broke a lot of strings.
That is why i now play with elixir with the coating.
IT Dont breaks that fast. I think i don't pick that soft either 🙂
I also play a lot of funky stuff so maybe thats why

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