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10-22-2010, 10:26 PM
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How does one know when a set of strings has seen it's day and needs to be replaced?
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10-22-2010, 10:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: IL | | | When you pick up the bass, play some notes and think to yourself "i wonder if I should get new strings"
Seriously... thats when.
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10-22-2010, 10:39 PM
| | | | when you are no longer satisfied with the sound output of your current strings |
10-22-2010, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by puddin tame  when you are no longer satisfied with the sound output of your current strings | That's a great answer...I would just change it to "sound characteristics" rather than "sound output". The output may never change with age.
I never change mine, but I play flats. One set is more than 30 years old and sounds fine.
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10-22-2010, 11:16 PM
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10-23-2010, 12:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Petoskey, MI 49770 | | | Just happened tonight. Lost the new string "bite". Time for a fresh set.
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10-23-2010, 12:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern CA. | | | I use flats, so only if I break a string |
10-23-2010, 12:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Beaverton, Oregon USA | | | For me it's about 6 months. About 6 months after I bought the bass (came with elixers), the g string snapped. About 6 months or so after I replaced those strings with some daddario prosteels, the strings went dead. Had my current set of strings for about 3 or 4 months, got the broken-in sound but still pretty bright because they're pro steels.
Will vary for everyone but for me, it's about 6 months per set.
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10-23-2010, 12:55 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: chicagoland | | | I also will notice they don't stay in tune quite as much. |
10-24-2010, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim That's a great answer...I would just change it to "sound characteristics" rather than "sound output". The output may never change with age.
I never change mine, but I play flats. One set is more than 30 years old and sounds fine. | Are you going for the Joe Osborne trophy? 
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10-24-2010, 04:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Bend, Wisconsin | | | I have had the same set of flats on my fretless for about 3 years. I have another set that I think I should put on, but I am not sure about if I should because I always here that flats should not be replaced. And the fact that flats are expensive!
In case it matters, I have Rotos on now.
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10-24-2010, 04:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gainesville, FL | | | Thanks for all the input guys. I figured it's just personal preference. Probably play a couple more shows with these strings and then put on a fresh set.
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10-24-2010, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Headless Llama I have had the same set of flats on my fretless for about 3 years. I have another set that I think I should put on, but I am not sure about if I should because I always here that flats should not be replaced. And the fact that flats are expensive!
In case it matters, I have Rotos on now. | They should last forever
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