Hey Mark and other guitar peeps

[mark]

I change my strings every month or two at the very least.

They become "dead sounding" after a few weeks for me.

If you go too long they actually develop corrosion which is not good for anything.

[Jolly]

About every month for my nephew, but he's a semi-working musician.

[Mik]

Depends how much it's played. If not a lot, then once a year is probably fine. I'm calling my brother who plays professionally to ask him. Gut or steel strings?

[jon-nyc]

Mark - you have a lot of guitars, do you change all of them that frequently?

[Jolly]

BTW, what my nephew bought last week...

His is a 1959 model and a bit fancier than that, but it's close. I guess he'll be selling his old Sho-Bud.

[mark]

@jon-nyc I have 3 steel string acoustic guitars and one nylon string. It's about a week or two between them in rotation of string changes. The nylon string guitar is done less than the steel strings just due to not playing it as much. I do the nylon string about 4 times a year.

If I had to do them all at once I would go crazy. It's not my favorite thing to do.

And don't even ask about the 12 string I just traded away. I think I changed the strings twice on that during the two years I owned it. What a giant PITA!

[mark]

@Jolly said in Hey Mark and other guitar peeps:

BTW, what my nephew bought last week...

His is a 1959 model and a bit fancier than that, but it's close. I guess he'll be selling his old Sho-Bud.

Sweet! Always wanted to try one.

[Renauda]

@mark

About the same here. I keep plenty of extra .27 gauge wound resonator strings as they tend to die quickly owing to metal finger picks. Common issue with virtually all lap resonator players. Some say an unwound third string is more resilient - but most music shops don’t stock that gauge in unwound. Anything lighter just doesn’t work.

[Jolly]

@mark said in Hey Mark and other guitar peeps:

@Jolly said in Hey Mark and other guitar peeps:

BTW, what my nephew bought last week...

His is a 1959 model and a bit fancier than that, but it's close. I guess he'll be selling his old Sho-Bud.

Sweet! Always wanted to try one.

You're a good guitar player. You could do it and probably do it well.

BTW, if you can't stand money or your day job anymore, steel players are in very high demand. Nephew jokes that if the USDA quits paying him (he's an Ag Economist), he might could make a better living with the steel guitar.

[mark]

@Jolly Well, thank you! Yeah, might have to do something soon. Might need to find a nice cheap used one.