Planet Waves Guitar

Planet Waves Guitar

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Guitar strings must be changed when they start to look or feel rusty, start breaking, lose their tone and sound, or look dry. It is tricky to know how long strings will last as many factors such as climate, how often (or not) you play your axe, whether you are working in a band or just playing at home, will all effect the life of your strings. Normally, when playing a full night with a group, strings will normally only last 3 - 6 gigs. After that, you risk the humiliation of breaking a string during one of your amazing solos.

When changing strings leave enough slack to ensure that there is going to be 3 - 5 turns of string around the tuning head. Do not use several turns or wraps as this leads to tuning volatility and constant string stretching. Make sure you kindly but firmly stretch the strings when they are new. While connected to your tuner keep pulling and stretching the string and re-tune as necessary. Remember that nylon strings will always take a great deal of stretching to remain in tune.

There are many interesting products which can assist in tuning stability and make changing strings easy. Two good ones are the Spertzel or Grover locking machine heads. They need no turns or wraps at all as they lock the string into the machine head.

A good idea on electric guitars with tremelo bridges such Floyd Rose types and also on Gibson style 'tune o matic' bridges is to change the strings one at a time. This stops the tremolo going completely out of adjustment and, in the case of the tune o matic, from falling off the guitar and losing the whole set up.

Always keep your new strings as fresh as possible by cleaning them down after each playing and using string life products such as Fast Fret or Finger Ease before and after each playing session. It makes a big effect on the stings and length of the string tone. You can greatly extend string life by also using strings brands such as Elixir strings, which add about 8 times to the life of strings. However, these are about 3 times pricier than regular strings.

A essential tool to have is an all in one string crank/winder/ string cutter and bridge pin remover such as those made by Planet Waves or similar.

Matthew Kepnes is a guitar lover and has been playing the guitar. Visit his website on guitars at Axebay Guitar Lessons to find a guitar forum and articles on guitars and more information on guitar strings.

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