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Location: Delaware | With lots of us having multiple guitars, some many more than others, do you keep a log of string changes or mark a calendar so you can keep track, or do you just let your ears tell you when it's time ? |
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Location: Nashville TN. | visual or sound for me |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | I'm anal I keep a log
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | If they are just in cases and not being used, don't care. I put new strings on guitars when I play them out. If I'm just playing for me (read practice) I just leave'em alone. If I take one out of the case that's been sitting, if I really want to hear what it sounds like, I put on new strings. If it's just for practice... I leave whatever is on them. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Sound and feel. Right now I have three that are badly in need of a string change. Both of my Morgans, and the old Yamaha. I have no excuses for the Morgans except I've been playing Ovations exclusively lately. The Yamaha is a different story. It is the "shop guitar", for regulars who didn't happen to bring one today. The guy who plays it the most LIKES dead strings. Go figure. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by PEZ:
visual or sound for me Same here. Usually it's a visual detection that triggers a change. I keep the strings wrapper/box in the case neck compartment. I guess I could also put the change date in there too... naw... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hung Card-board labels-on-a-cord at the nut ( those that shops use for pricing ) until I ran out of labels , .. now I use bits of paper which get lost..
When strings get Older , it seems I adapt to `em, it influences the way I play ... is n`t that odd ..?
Not that I`m a virtuoso or anything ..
Does any-one .. Un -coil / Straighten strings .. and hangs `em to get them as " straight as possible " several weeks prior to use ..
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Bento |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Pretty much as Miles said.
If the guitar is not being played unless they are really rusty I'll leave them.
On the guitars I play regularly by sound
I put a small round paper sticker on the back of the headstock with the date changed and string type.
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Location: big island | strictly by ear or bust |
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Location: Vernon CT | Sound and Feel. The strings I use tend to lose their tone as the strings start to feel "Stiff"
if that makes sense. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I write the date on the empty string pack and toss it in the case. Then I know what I put on there last. I just started doing that cuz someone here recommended it.
I also write it on my calendar. If the guitar sounds crappy to me I look on the calendar. If I haven't changed them this year, it must be time for a change...
If I just changed them last month, it must be ME! |
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| By ear although for just practice I don't worry about it much unless they get really bad. |
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Location: NJ | you have to change them????????? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Only when they're so crusty is slows your glissando |
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Location: Flahdaw | I usually change them when they break |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | by sound. |
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Location: Location Location Location | If only all strings were created equal. Intonation drives me nuts. Sometimes one or another string just won't intonate properly, or die quicker, so off with their heads! I do write down the dates of my changes, but I frequently ignore my own notes. Who do I think I am anyway?? |
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Location: Plymouth Michigan | I change them when the strings loose color under the first 3 frets. I keep every guitar string box i buy and stack them on top of each other in order of how much i like them lol. I'm trying to try all differnt types. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Sound and Sight |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by alpep:
you have to change them????????? Naw, just sell it. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Originally posted by alpep:
you have to change them????????? Naw, just sell it. |
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Location: VENISE-EN-QUEBEC CANADA | once I like wath's on a guitar I put the pack in the case and put a date on it as a reminder.seem's to work for me
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Location: Utah | When the strings start sounding bad or get difficult to keep in tune, they get changed. |
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Location: Midland, MI | I hate changing strings, so I generally wait until they sound totally horrid (e.g., even worse than my lack of talent would normally make them sound), or they look crusty/rusty. I can't imagine keeping a log of string changes; seems too much like work.
Edit: I just realized, the Adamas has had the same strings for nearly two years. O.o |
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