How Often Do You Change Your Strings?

MetalPlayer · Post by **MetalPlayer** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:49 am

String life varies a lot depending on playing habits and environment. How often do you usually change your strings?

StudioPro · Post by **StudioPro** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 2:07 pm

About every 3–4 weeks when I’m playing regularly.

sam54 · Post by **sam54** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 2:11 pm

I change them when they start to feel rough or lose brightness.

Post by **Olly** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 2:22 pm

Back when I was in my early 20s and played guitar every day without fail, often for several hours, I was having to change my strings weekly. This was mainly because my fingers seemed to sweat a lot and I think it corroded the strings.

I always used to go for cheap strings as well and, lookng back, I don't think that really helped matters.

Fast forward to today and I mainly play acoustic guitar at the moment. Not very often and certainly not as often as I would like. I use the Elixir strings that have the nano coating. Honestly these strings last me months if not years!

I think the tone does start to degrade over time - this is despite the strings still looking brand new - and with some fresh ones on I really fall in love with the tone I get all over again!

So in answer to the question, the sweet spot for me currently would be around the 3 month mark if I was playing reasonabl regularly.