New Year Strings?

[T.C. Elliott]

Has anyone tried the NYXL strings? New this year. Brian Henneman of The Bottle Rockets raves about them. He went from changing strings nearly every show to changing every month or maybe a little less. That's a huge difference. Tried three sets, two were like magic and one was kind of a dud.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMiJCAtB3k

[Hook]

Interesting T.C., I would love to see them do something with acoustics.
I've been buying my strings online in bulk

It's 25 set's for $150 so that pretty much gets them down to half price (local $12 a set). My last box lasted me a while. Work keeps me playing about 6 hours a day, 4 days a week, then whatever else I book. The regular work doesn't kill my strings, it's inside & I don't sweat much because of the pace and nature of the gig. My other gigs involve a bit more energy/adrenaline & are often outside so I sweat considerable more. I can turn a set black in just a few hours of play.

Here are some examples of my destructive power.

[bruno]

Wow brother, that's a lot of strings! I doubt I could change strings that frequently, it takes me friggin ages - I'd spend half my life changing strings :-)
B

[64Guitars]

Here are a couple of string brands you might want to try, Hook. I have no experience with them myself - I just found them in a web search.

Cleartone treated guitar strings:
http://www.cleartonestrings.com/

Rohrbacher Titanium Acoustic Guitar Strings - "The Corrosion Proof Solution for Acidic Hands"
http://rohrtech.com/

And here's a scientific paper on the chemistry of guitar strings which explains why titanium core strings resist corrosion.
http://tonyparkermusic.com/chemistry_of_guitar_strings.pdf

[Gnasty]

Nothing new to see here 

[na_th_an]

It depends. I have many guitars and during the last year haven't played much (I'm in a band and all three of us have had / are having / will have soon new babies!), but, when I used to play on a regular basis...

On my favourite "regular" (that is, EADGBe) guitar, maybe monthly or bi-montly.
On my "bassy buddies (one electric, one acoustic AEDGCa) twice a year.
On my bass: never. But this has to change, the low E is in very bad shape.
On my acoustics: when they start being hard to tune. I'm not a fan of "new strings on an acoustic" sounds. Too metallic.

On my first guitar, a really cheap, shitty, worn out, beaten, played guitar... Well, I change them if they break or they can't be tuned anymore. i love having a "rusty sounding" guitar. It sounds great for some songs I always keep the discarded strings of my other guitars so I have spares for my "rusty" guitar

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

I never replace a whole set at once unless I'm so bored that poking your eyes out with a blunt stick is the only alternative. The tone is in your fingers and if you play live, in the way you set up. When I started playing to buy a new set of strings was a weeks money, I used to take mine off and boil them to get rid off the dirt in the windings, it works so if you're a bit short in the wallet try that, it may save you a bit of hard earned cash.  Willie

[64Guitars]

I just stumbled across this product and thought it was a neat idea.

http://thestringcleaner.com/

$12.95 U.S. Also available for bass at $19.95.

[Farrell Jackson]

I like that string cleaner 64....I'm going to get one. I see Musician's Friend carries them. I clean my strings after each practice or recording session but it's one string at a time. This devise does them all at once with one or two swipes. Thanks for posting this up!

Farrell

[alfstone]

After looking at the video I've ordered it on Amazon, just 8.50€...it should arrive in a couple of days...I'll let you know. Thanks for the advice, 64gtrs...

Alfredo