Whats the longest you've gone between string changes?

[Dr. Porkchop]

I have some nano webs that have not been changed for over a year. Yes they sound like crap and yes I am lazy about string changes. Just wondering what is the longest time you have gone between string changes. Anyhow as a side note, why do strings start to sound like crap after a while? Must be some kind of physics or something.

[Freeman Keller]

 

Must be some kind of physics or something.

 

 

Dirt, oil, corrosion, combined with a little metal fatique.

[Hudman]

Dirt, oil, corrosion, combined with a little metal fatique.

 

 

Strings tuned to pitch over a long period of time will sound less bright even if they are perfectly clean or in new condition. Metal fatigue kills them over time.

[LiveMusic]

31 years.

 

I found my second guitar, an Emperador acoustic 12-string in my mom's closet where it had been hibernating in its case. I'm going to get it setup again; it's good quality but when young, I removed six tuning pegs to make it a 6-string.

[SpaceCowboy409]

The longest I've gone is about 3 months with steel strings and 6-8 months with Nylon. The steel strings start to really go away after 3 weeks, but being a lazy bastard, I usually change them after 6.

[nylon rock]

Two years with my Yamaha Nylon String CGX-171CC.

[guitarist21]

Waaay too long. I too am lazy about string changes.

 

Ellen

[EastCoastPlayah]

Literally years - some of the guitars are lucky to be played 1-2 times a year and don't seem to deserve new strings for that little playing. (Maybe that's the first sign to get rid of the guitars with dust on the cases?)

 

I think mine hold their tone quite well (no dirt, little oil, etc) or maybe its so gradual that I just think they still sound good.....

[T.B.]

About every 6 months or when a string breaks.

 

Trina

[tub5jxr]

Believe it or not...........

 

34 years!!!

 

My parents purchased a Yamaha guitar for me to learn on when I was seven. I have played that same guitar for that long with the same strings (decided about 10 - 12 years ago that I wasn't ever go to change the strings unless one broke). And yes I have had other guitars over the years but this one, to me at least, sounds just as good as ever.

 

Yes, I do strum it pretty heavily, fingerpick, etc. Just a great beater guitar.

[Mackin]

My brother broke his high E on his Squier Strat this week. He still had the original string set; the one that comes with the guitar when you buy the Fender beginner bundle. He'd been using that set for 4 years ! He was playing sloppy on a A pentatonic scale when the string litterally clicked off exactly on the fret where it was pressed against.

[Terry Allan Hall]

On my oldest P-bass, a bit over 16 years...really! GHS Nylon Flatwounds.

 

Longest on a guitar, 14 months on one of my Guilds, strung w/ Poly Lights...just wanted to see how long they'd last before breaking or being unable to play in tune.

[odo]

i have my dad's 40 year old acoustic with origional strings

[kwakatak]

I can't beat the 34 year claim but I did go for about 5 years at one time. IMO the guitar paid a heavy toll for it and needed some work afterwards.

[RizinRico]

ya mean to say you're supposed to change the strings

[polynices]

 

I have some nano webs that have not been changed for over a year. Yes they sound like crap and yes I am lazy about string changes. Just wondering what is the longest time you have gone between string changes. Anyhow as a side note, why do strings start to sound like crap after a while? Must be some kind of physics or something.

 

 

bout the same. i'm embarrased sometimes that my strings are so old. no excuse. just lazy.

[SE1081]

A few months. I dont wanna talk about my floyd rose....I'm lazy too