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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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Location: Brisbane Australia | "crusty/rusty"
Cruster, might be time for a change !!
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by AussieJames:
"crusty/rusty"
Cruster, might be time for a change !!
AJ Might be. I don't play the Adamas very often, though, as the floating part of the fretboard is touching the top ever so slightly and it buzzes. Drives me crazy. Kim said they could fix it, but I think it involved gluing it down to the top. Not sure how that would affect the sound of the guitar. Then there's the divots in the cowboy chord area... :\ |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Originally posted by cruster:
Might be. I don't play the Adamas very often, though, as the floating part of the fretboard is touching the top ever so slightly and it buzzes. Drives me crazy. Kim said they could fix it, but I think it involved gluing it down to the top. Not sure how that would affect the sound of the guitar. Then there's the divots in the cowboy chord area...
Try sliding a small piece of cardboard, like a business card between the fretboard and the top, that should stop the buzzing!!
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by AussieJames:
Try sliding a small piece of cardboard, like a business card between the fretboard and the top, that should stop the buzzing!!
AJ Get out! Really? I'm going to try that when I get home tonight. If it works, I promise I'll change the strings. ;) |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Unless I'm playing for others, I leave the strings on for a looooongg time and only remove them then, if they sound real crappy. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Originally posted by an4340:
Unless I'm playing for others, I leave the strings on for a looooongg time and only remove them then, if they sound real crappy. But is n`t the Git.-Man the One who hears it all , while the audience goes like .. I like yer style man .. Yer good man .. Luv` ye` man ..
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I use my ears - when they get a bit dull or won't stay in tune. But I also try and keep the pack and write the date that I fitted the strings on it. Elixirs on the Pacemaker are almost a year old and still sound OK, |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Originally posted by sycamore:
....when they get a bit dull or won't stay in tune... The strings, not the ears! |
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Do you use your ears or........