When Should You ACTUALLY Change Your Guitar Strings? 

A month ago.

I dont😂

6 months ago lmao

The last time I changed a string is when I broke my high e and replaced it with a b

Btw nice polyphia sweater

I only could with the neck pickup, it was far less noticeable with the other two positions. I even closed my eyes in order to not see any visual hint about the strings being changed. I used headphones.

@@Cthulhu_Awaken Same

he has thousands worth recording equipment/gear. of course there should be difference

satriani 'i never change my strings'

The difference between old strings and new strings on the guitar without plugging it in is pretty big.

i do love these kind of content. he did have some videos that felt like bragging 😶 about expensive guitars

@@0000song0000 I'd brag to if I owned good guitars lol my coolest one is a Double neck guitar and I flaunt that shit to my friends like nobodies business

@@0000song0000 I have many guitars; but most are quite cheap and some DIY kits.

Nerd! Stop making us look bad! :)

Deep

@@neilvg1551 If you think that is bad, when I started I had collected the old strings and left a note on each bundle of strings all the songs I learned on the strings. Probably had about a couple dozen bundles before I was finally convinced to throw them out.

It also gives you a good opportunity to check the general health of your guitar and give it a good clean

good point

Not me man…I get anxious knowing I’ll have to change them soon…out of the 11 guitars I have, 10 have strings that are months old, and they get played a ton

Yes!

you dont have a floyd rose bro, the pain is real

Hey do you happen to have any locking tuners on any acoustic instruments? If so do they effect the tone at all?

I am also. Especially the 'too bright' part.

Almost Anybody with multiple guitars can get away with changing strings less because they are often splitting time on different guitars

You might want to consider that just maybe, Joe's engineers know what they're talking about. People who always use dead strings always insist they sound great... they're used to it and they've sort of trained their ear to fool themselves. Then someone else walks into the room and goes, "WTF is wrong with your tone? Everything sounds muddy and weird." ;) Learn to use an EQ, folks. It's really not that difficult, I promise. That brightness from new strings is easy to deal with, and then you've still got your full range of overtones to choose from, instead of a dull, flat, blah tone where you have to boost a bunch of mids and highs to get it to cut through a mix or live situation.

@@dogslobbergardens6606 or just get heavier strings if you want heavier also I don't see how I changed strings to 8 38, and it wasn't a "too bright" of a tone lol

It’s called a tone knob you knob.

Same here, hahaha

Changing strings is really easy 😀

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I recently picked up my guitar again after a half a year and... uhhhh I don't know how long it's been but it's been nagging me at the back of my head. At least 18 months I think but they're not *awful*

I LITERALLY SNAPPED MY E STRING 30 MINS AGO

I just bought a new pack of strings yesterday lmao

There seems to be many ways to string a guitar and the ones that aren’t the way I’ve always done it seem confusing to me! Maybe better to figure it out on your own, the way we did before the internet. Or at least go buy a few sets of strings and spend a day figuring out which RU-vid video method works best for you

Same dude…I change them more often on my electrics…my acoustics have strings that are almost black, lol

"constantly need to look at videos.." That alone should tell you that you should change them more often. Not sure how much you slide and stuff but your hand will thank you too.

Don't forget Dunlop Ultraglide. Lasts WAYYY longer than the Fast Fret and is half the price.

I don't like them until they're broken in a bit. Very bright otherwise.

i play fingered (no nails) a lot so the twang is usually more noticable for longer, it's more desirable when playing on skin for the low registers a pick wears them down quicker, although i guess the grease in the skin isn't too great either.

Dr stringfellow is some good stuff👍🏼

Especially on bass

I’m the complete opposite lol I change my strings almost every month

Unnecessary I know but I still do it anyway lol

@@illegalpoptart9633 How long do you realistically get from bass strings playing casually? I maybe play an hour or two tops a day where I can, and probably do a twice a year change lol.

I'm the opposite, I really hate dead strings on guitar. Even if the other guitarist is using them, it just sucks the tone out of the room. Learn to use an EQ pedal or better yet a 32-band rack unit if new strings are giving you so much trouble you hate to use them. You might be surprised how much you can do with just a couple small tweaks on a couple sliders. Maybe consider different winding styles. But why would you not want all the overtones of the instrument to choose from? Bass, yeah I get that, there's so much winding on them that new strings sound CRAZY bright sometimes. And style is a factor too; if you're playing mellow soft blues/jazz and stuff, maybe dead strings on the guitar are better because they're sort of already EQ'ed for that.

Agreed. It looks much neater, and there's no overlap of the string, so no friction or "weak point" created where it crosses over itself. I'm sure the luthier's knot is useful in some circumstances, but I've never needed it. I usually have 2.5, 3 wraps around the peg, and between stretching the strings, and bending...I've never had a string come out. I've never had one slip at all, actually, once it's tuned to pitch.

I have never used any of these methods haha. Have always just put string through hole and pushed it down against headstock while tightening.

That's the method I've been using for 37 years. I try to go for locking tuners on my latest guitars though.

Yep, 40 years, that's all I've ever used. Grips the cut end better also. 100% the way to go.

Yup. And that kink looks ugly. Mine is perfectly coiled, only 2.5-3 loops. So statisfying to look at.

on my floyd rose guitar, with locking nut, i put the strings on backwards. Adds some color to the tuners. You probably shouldn't do it without the locking nut, I cant imagine the wind is as good as "the correct way" and tuning stability will probably suffer.

On the money! : )

Pretty sure that's a scam about winning, I got the same thing in my comments here too!

@@charlesb7831 God dammit I called that number and I texted it son of a fucking bitch !!

@@charlesb7831 you can’t trust no one no more.

@@robl6821 I just watched a video from Guitar Max , he said these guys were doing the same in his comments section as well.

@@charlesb7831 are we talking about the guy that does the show or someone else ??

PSA -- the account that replied to me in this thread, claiming to be part of one of Tyler's giveaways, in fact belongs to a scammer. Do not contact.

I use excell to do this. Don’t need your app, but good idea!

@@Ottophil Right Excel can be a great tool to track this. But this app can save a guitarist's time by auto scheduling maintenance sessions after 3 months or so and remind you with a notification. When you have 10+ guitars, tracking maintenance becomes a pain, and that's what I am trying to solve.

@@kumarxabhijeet your idea is good. But because it can be done in the calendar app, on your phone, its not groundbreaking. Go spend time with musicians, and see how you can improve your idea, your on the right track 🙏🏾

@@davidpetersen8909 Makes sense, thanks for the feedback.

Dead strings have a more mellow sound to them that actually works quite well on some guitars

And you are not the only one, i mean dying string not the real dead one

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Scam

I was looking fir someone to comment that lol I'd say the most would be 3 wounds and at least 2 wounds

@@tomdelonge2305 yeah his wrapping just kept going and going and going... Haha I love a neat two to three wraps on my tuning pegs 🙏🏼

On a fender two pegs out of extra length gives you the perfect amount of wind.

Rather than measuring a length out, I’ve found that if you start with the hole pointing 45 degrees toward the center of the nut and thread the string through, the amount of slack required to wrap the playing end over the peg around the outside results in the right number of wraps. Then you just tighten until the free end comes around and have the rest of the wraps go under. It automagically compensates for the fewer wraps that you want on the thicker strings and gives you 3-1/2 to 4 on the thinner strings. Plus the over and under locks the strings in place.

jammed with guys who after 1 session my strings were crusty. i used elixir on my acoustic. last much longer. takes me a year to start peeling but wow how dead they get compared to new. other guitarist all hated them. "tone sucks". on a travel acoustic that gets dew on it by the fire these are best.🤘🏻🍻

Cannot stand elixirs…slimey residue on them and they get “fuzzy” after a bit…like the actual string gets tiny fuzz liking fibers…I’ve always used D’Addario on everything, they’ve never failed me yet, sound great etc

@@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 I tried a couple sets of Elixirs when they first came out and I had the same problems with them. I play hard pretty often and use a lot of wide bends and vibrato, so I think maybe I wore out that coating faster than some people do? Anyway, they did last longer and they stayed in tune just fine, but considering what they cost and that weird fuzzy/slimy feel, they just weren't worth it to me. Honestly... a whole lot of people are just plain lazy. I mean c'mon now, even with a locking trem and giving the guitar a nice cleaning, changing strings and stretching them properly is maybe a one-hour job, at MOST. But oodles of people just can't be bothered to take care of their instrument once or twice a month. smh

They sound and feel awful tho. NYXL for me.

I love the nanowebs. They are all I use.

I've found that coated strings feel weird as hell. The Elixirs in particular get real fuzzy.

Let us know how that works out. Don't forget if the riff sounds the same take those new strings off and put the old not used up strings back on.... L O L.

Do you not hear when your strings loose sustain and feel tacky and look discolored?

@@chrisking6695 yeah mate, I was making a joke 😂

Especially if you have a 12 string !