Strings

[otacon3]

So I changed my strings for the first time ever today, I've had the old ones on my bass for 2 1/2 years and damn if the new ones don't sound better. Anyway to give this thread a point, discuss the longest any of you have had strings on your bass.

Also, my old strings had red thread on the ends and I got Rotosound strings which dont, can any of you tell me what strings have that red thread on the ends. Thanks

[mookie91]

I think 3 months is the longest I went without changing my strings.

And Rotosound should have the red at the end of the strings, but which ones do you have.

[Sammy_L_D]

3 and a half years.

Simply because I was too damned lazy to change them.

Now I change them about every month or two.

[bass&cookies]

a few months, i like mine fresh.

all the rotos i have ever bought had red ends

[BenJammin]

I still haven't changed the strings on my SR506 that I got last March (2005). So, it's been 18 months so far. I'm in no rush to change them. :p

[WhoDidTheElf]

The strings on my P have been on there for like 3+ years lol, I've just been too lazy to change them. Usually only change them if one breaks or something.

[rh15951]

2 years on my 5 string.

[Thunder Fingers]

my first bass, i think i had it for 3 - 4 months, and then i had to learn how to change, i managed to break a string...

[LotSOLoWEnD]

one year for my schecter, changing because you could see some marks on the coating. . . and because i played with a pick one time and messed up the coating a little bit :'(

<3 Elixirs

[ebe9]

Coming up on about 7-8 months.

Granted they are a set of D'Addario Chromes on a fretless.

Otherwise about 2 months at most, I generally try to change when I am going to record.

[Left Shoe]

5-6 months is pretty normal for me, my strings dont die veery quick at all (fodera)

[Akira]

I don't keep track, I don't mind dead strings unless they are really old.

[blizzard]

i keep my strings on four probably about 4 months roughly. I don't have money to change them all the time.

[museic]

i used to change my strings monthly when i used a stingray as my main bass.. i didnt like the tone of it with old strings..

now i use a jazz bass and i change my strings every 3 months.

[EADG]

I used to change my strings ever 3-4 months until I started washing my hands every time I played. If you don't already, do it. Now my strings last twice as long. I've had mine on since May (I think).

[Pluperfect_Arson]

My strings on my first bass, which is a GSR200, still have its first set of strings on it, and I bought it about three and a half years ago, maybe. With the exception of the E string, though, because I snapped it.

Anyway, I don't play that bass anymore, so it doesn't really matter to me at the moment. I change my strings when I start to dislike the tone of them.

[Polyamarous]

I have EB slinkyshít for well over a year now.

[d-basser]

rotosound steel roundwounds have red thread bindng, the nickel are blue

[White_Summer]

my upright has had strings on it since my teacher sold it to me, and thats a good ten years haha

[HELLonWHEELS]

I think it was 5 months with D'Addario Chromes, the A string broke on me and i haven't gone back to falts since.

[White_Summer]

thats tricky breaking flats they last forever pretty much