Members Glenn F Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hi all, What are the signs that the strings need changing? It's not quite as obvious as with steel strings. Thanks! Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hi Glenn, Strings just tend to lose their brightness and begin sounding dull, so it's a matter of personal choice when they need changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 As soon as they stay in tune ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leadfootdriver Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 All are correct! They lose their vibrance quickly, and they're expensive. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 As soon as they stay in tune ... That pretty much sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigald18 Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 All of the above! BigAl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 As soon as the ashtray is full. Oh no wait. that's when I trade cars. Are you a smoker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted March 2, 2010 Members Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hard to tell with the trebles, the basses whill show visible signs of wear from the frets contacting the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maccaminnie Posted March 3, 2010 Members Share Posted March 3, 2010 I had new strings put on my Yamaha CG171 2 months ago and its just starting to stay in tune so I must be up for some new ones very soon then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted March 3, 2010 Members Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hi all,What are the signs that the strings need changing? It's not quite as obvious as with steel strings.Thanks! Glenn Don't do it! For God's sake man! Just don't do it. It will take weeks before the guitar stays in tune again. Worst guitar mistake I made in 2009 was changing strings on my classical. It finally stays in tune now. But I'm not going down that road again - in my lifetime. This set of strings isn't going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kurosakiichigo Posted March 3, 2010 Members Share Posted March 3, 2010 How often do i have to tune my guitar??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted March 3, 2010 Members Share Posted March 3, 2010 If it was in tune when you bought it, you should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted March 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2010 Lol.... Thanks for the answers. The reason I wanted to know is that the strings were at least 2.5 years old, sounded quite dead, and wouldn't intonate properly. I don't know if nylon strings stretch and become unreliable like steel strings can, but it wasn't holding the tuning up the neck. I am pretty sure that its intonation was pretty good when I bought it, although I have to tune it somewhat more compromisingly than I would my steel-string gits. So, the change has been made. So far, the strings are slipping less and less. I am getting ready to record an original song that uses a nylon string, so I hope I won't have to wait years for them to settle in. Again, thanks! Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceCowboy409 Posted March 3, 2010 Members Share Posted March 3, 2010 I wait until one breaks, a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted March 4, 2010 Members Share Posted March 4, 2010 I've been doing lots of stringing and unstringing as part of tweaking 2 different classicals and I've found that it takes 4 days for me as long as I tune it up to pitch each day (and preferably play some). The 2nd day they're really flat, the 3rd day a bit flat, then the 4th day they're stable. Don't know when to change them though. Will wait and see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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