Need New Guitar Strings?
How do you know if you need new guitar strings? For Acoustic and Electric guitars Couple of questions to answer: 1) Have you had the same strings on for over 2 months? 2) Are your strings rusty? 3) Are your strings rough? 4) Do your strings sound dull? 5) Had a string break recently? If you answered yes to any of the above, its probably time to replace your strings. Because of moisture on your fingers and in the atmosphere, strings corrode and rust over time and their ablility to vibrate diminishes. This not only causes the sound to dull but even worse, the feel of the strings becomes rough and will hurt or even damage your fingers. Strings can also become brittle from too much vibration, just think of how a paper clip snaps if you twist it too much, the same happens to strings. If you play a lot, say for 2 hours a day every day, then you should look at changing your guitar strings every month. If you play less, but still strum most days, the max you should leave the...