Any other Vegetarians notice that their strings seem to last longer?

Everything lasts longer when you're a vegetarian. If ya know what I'm sayin.'

 

So the story goes that James Jamerson always at fried chicken before a gig to lube his fingers. Legend also has it that he never changed strings unless one broke. But he used flats so..,

What is it about vegetarians that they always gotta point it out somehow and try to make omnivores feel guilt with some lame anecdote?

Relax, I'm just jazzing you!

 

I´m not vegetarian and my strings last minimum 1 year. I play everyday 1-2hs.

 

I am veg, and vegan after 5pm(girlfriend). While it does make sense. Simply because your oils and sweat are naturally going to be different when you cut meat out. I don't think it would make THAT much of a difference. Are you sure you didn't switch to DR's ? Or maybe your technique is getting better. Interesting point though. I will look into it further. If I find anything else i'll be sure to post it here.

 

I would look at something other than the changing diet for why your strings are lasting longer. I doubt the difference in oils (if any) would contribute to that great of an extent. Check everything else that has changed (set list, playing times, string types, gauges, how hard you are plucking the strings, any setups done to your bass). I would attribute a different string life to something mechanical more than something chemical (if any chemical changes have, in fact, occurred).

 

Shouldn't this be in the Strings forum... why is this in Effects?

Any mods around to move this?

No hard feelings... just an odd place to post this.

 

I'm sorry -but... seriously???

 

On a related note - Ted Nugent's strings only last about 3 minutes, so you may be onto something here....

 

Just thinking it'd get more interest over in Strings. Plus, it could be helpful if someone is searching for something that's related to it over there.

Like I said, no hard feelings. Not hating or judging or whatever. Sorry if it came off as jerky. Not my intention...

 

why is this in "effects"?

 

People change their strings?

 

+1

I am vegetarian, and my strings last just as long now as they did before I cut meat out.

Only when they break.

 

I wash my hands and I'm not oily like you vegetarians. Yuck! (it's a joke)

 

This is going to end well ...

 

This is kind of ridiculous. I wash my hands before I play and my strings never last that long. Once you're in a professional band strings no longer last years. You lose that amazing record worthy tone after several hours no matter who you are unless you are into that dead sounding tone, which many people are for whatever reason.

 

You can use alcohol, makes the strings sound better. Or you can clean the strings with it.

 

Gotta sub this one!

I foresee a smooth-running thread free of butthurt. My favorite!

 

i dont know about vegetarian, but im positive diet affects your sweat content and thats whats getting onto the strings.

i know someone who swears once he moved out of his mothers house and stopped eating her pasta sauce 5 nights a week his strings stopped dying so quickly... the acid content seems logical that it would come through in the sweat.

so ill keep eating meat, but its the tomatoes that're killing my strings. no, i wont give them up.

 

Well of course. Vegetarians are too weak to lift the bass and too tired to play it!