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This thread makes me feel guilty. My Rampage and Promod haven't been played in weeks because of broken strings and I've lazily just ignored them. :facepalm:

Rampage wrote:This thread makes me feel guilty. My Rampage and Promod haven't been played in weeks because of broken strings and I've lazily just ignored them. :facepalm:

I'm terrible about changing strings when they need it or restringing if I break a string too. I just move to a different guitar and put off doing the basics. *sigh*

I only have one guitar, but thanks to graphite saddles and a really well-cut nut, I don't think I've broken a string in 8 or 10 years. Because of this, I will get lazy and play a set of strings until they are unconscionably dead. Example: this most recent set of strings I just changed were six months and probably ten shows old.

I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

madrigal77 wrote:I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

I do it because I'm lazy.

ovid9 wrote:

madrigal77 wrote:I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

I do it because I'm lazy.

I'm just cheap.

Yarbicus wrote:

ovid9 wrote:

madrigal77 wrote:I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

I do it because I'm lazy.

I'm just cheap.

Oh yeah, I'm cheap too.

So, I'm lazy AND cheap.

madrigal77 wrote:I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

Yeah, I aim for about 2 weeks or so, at least on my no 1, although sometimes it drags out a bit longer. Just restrung my main a couple of days ago though, somewhat forced by the fact that the plain strings had somehow developed several kinks. The non-main guitars might drag out a bit longer, and the acoustics and whatnot go way longer. Largely just because I don't play 'em anywhere near as much.

Yarbicus wrote:

ovid9 wrote:

madrigal77 wrote:I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

I do it because I'm lazy.

I'm just cheap.

This. I play on strings until they smell like rusty cheese and can't stay in tune.

ovid9 wrote:

Oh yeah, I'm cheap too.

So, I'm lazy AND cheap.

They are like $5 and it takes 10 minutes.

madrigal77 wrote: They are like $5 and it takes 10 minutes.

Yup, saving $5 and not spending 10 minutes on string changes right now. Awww yeah.....

madrigal77 wrote:I don't know how people can play on strings that old. I leave them on for 3 weeks tops.

Yup. As soon as they start to fade, I change them.

Man, when I take my strings off they don't look nearly as fresh and shiny as that

benjamin801 wrote:I only have one guitar, but thanks to graphite saddles and a really well-cut nut, I don't think I've broken a string in 8 or 10 years. Because of this, I will get lazy and play a set of strings until they are unconscionably dead. Example: this most recent set of strings I just changed were six months and probably ten shows old.

I have to be going on a year with the Elixir Anti-Rust plain steels on 2 of my guitars. Not big on their coated wound strings but their plain steels really do stay shiny and smooth forever :o

benjamin801 wrote:this most recent set of strings I just changed were six months and probably ten shows old.

Holy sheet!

wat wrote:Man, when I take my strings off they don't look nearly as fresh and shiny as that

I'm super anal about washing my hands before I play, and my hands don't sweat very much.

Every time I change strings I'm like 'This time it'll be different... I'll do it properly and replace them when they need to be replaced. In fact, tomorrow I'll re-string another guitar'.

Brain to arse communication failure.

Hey guys...you know what makes string changes really easy and is awesome for lazy fuckers like me....planetwaves autotrim tuners lol. Also, I only have 1 guitar. Its never broken a string, but when it needs a change, I have no choice but to change them. So I made changing them as easy as possible lol.

NinjaRaf wrote:Hey guys...you know what makes string changes really easy and is awesome for lazy fuckers like me....planetwaves autotrim tuners lol. Also, I only have 1 guitar. Its never broken a string, but when it needs a change, I have no choice but to change them. So I made changing them as easy as possible lol.

ONE GUITAR POSSE RIZE UUUUUUUUUUP

benjamin801 wrote:

NinjaRaf wrote:Hey guys...you know what makes string changes really easy and is awesome for lazy fuckers like me....planetwaves autotrim tuners lol. Also, I only have 1 guitar. Its never broken a string, but when it needs a change, I have no choice but to change them. So I made changing them as easy as possible lol.

ONE GUITAR POSSE RIZE UUUUUUUUUUP

Word!! I havent found a guitar that I like as much as my ninja, so I see no point in owning another one...until I can buy an SV-II lol.

I just buy another guitar to avoid having to change strings.

stovebolt wrote:I just buy another guitar to avoid having to change strings.

Yeah, and I only buy them if they come pre-tuned.

Yeah I can't stand that shit either

Yarbicus wrote:

stovebolt wrote:I just buy another guitar to avoid having to change strings.

Yeah, and I only buy them if they come pre-tuned.

I once bought a Floyd equipped guitar and the seller detuned it to save the neck during shipping. I returned it because I didn't have the time to deal with that shit.