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View Poll Results: how long do they last for you? | |||
1-2 months | 33 | 22.60% | |
3-4 months | 57 | 39.04% | |
5-7 months | 30 | 20.55% | |
8-10 months | 7 | 4.79% | |
11-13 months | 9 | 6.16% | |
14+ months | 10 | 6.85% | |
Voters: 146. You may not vote on this poll |
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I keep a scrap of paper in my guitar case to note the dates of string changes. It would be interesting, possibly funny, to see how badly I guessed at string change intervals without a written record....
Since 10/06 (when I started my current scrap), I've changed my PB Elixir strings twice after 4 months, once after 6 months, and three times after 5 months. In December of '07 a Taylor tech restrung my guitar with free Elixir 80/20s at a Taylor clinic; I kept them on just 3 months before returning to PBs. This past August I participated in an Elixir string trial, playing the test strings for 2 months before returning to Elixir PBs. So: under normal conditions, and with my preferred Elixir PBs? 4-6 months. Your radio buttons, they fitteth me not. ~ Sarah |
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How could I go 18-24 months without restringing?
Probably the biggest reason was that I hated restringing ... so I put it off. I also like played in strings and don't like the new string sound ... but the strings are a bit too played in by 18-24 months. Now I actually enjoy restringing, so the annual restringing marathon is an event to which I look forward. |
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Pizza!!!!!!!! I wish there was a "pizza" option on the poll. I don't use Elixirs (but have no problem with people who do). There's not a option on the poll for me to vote so I have to click "view poll results" every time to see the results.
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i guess maybe im too picky
When i say that i change my strings once a month i should say that when i do there is plenty of life left in them.. i just like to have fresh strings. on my gits that dont get played that often i put elixer polys on them and they seem to last forever although i dont like their feel or tone as much as the nanos. recently i read a thread about the "second strings project" where you can donate strings to musicians in third world countries where strings are few and far between, you have to pay postage so i am saving them to send in bulk but i hope to make some players over seas very happy and i also dont feel like i am wasting money .. win win situation.
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1-2 months?? You're kidding right?
How bout 1-2 weeks. I use Elixirs and I can get maybe 20-25 hours on a set of strings and they're outta here! Months.......not hardly. Dadario strings I may get 12-15 hours playing time before they go bad. I seriously cannot imagine keeping the same strings on a guitar for months. I guess maybe I play 10-15 hours each week.
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#21
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I change mine yearly...around this time. My guitar is played about 52-60 hours a year.
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No calluses
The only thing I don't like about goretex strings is that I never build up any calluses on my fingers. Then when I switch over to non-goretex strings it's a pain, literally.
I have noticed that goretex strings make less of a screeching sound on the strings when I jump around with movable major 7th chords and bar chords. They are smoother and quieter in that regard but, if the action isn't set too high, then that's not typically an issue for me.
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I change every 3-4 months but I've got a few acoustics so I might only play an hour a week on some of them. I play electric in the band so that's where most of my practicing goes. I love the Elixirs though.
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At about 6 hours a week, I change them once a year.
Steve |
#25
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I don't even like them all that much until they've been on a month.
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Same here
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Is there any way to tell if they're near their end of life by looking at the coating near the sound hole where they get struck most often? |
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I voted '5-7 months' but it's likely longer than that. I have 8 guitars so each one only get an hour or two a week of playing time as I cycle through them based on some random pattern I can't identify.
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#28
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As to this 15 year old thread, I tend to change Elixir strings when I notice the coating has started to come off of the G string over the sound hole where my pick strikes the string. At that point I put on a new set.
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#29
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With Elixir’s I can get 2 to 3 months out of a set, but I do change them sooner if I have an up coming gig or plan on recording.
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#30
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I change the strings when they need to be changed, regardless of the brand. Sometimes that is 6 months. Sometimes that is 4 months. Rarely any more frequently than that... these days.
If you are gigging professionally (or semi-professionally) then I would advise changing strings every week, minimum. I know some guys that change strings for every performance.
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