As a Bassist, Im Still Getting Used to This

[BeZo]

I changed the strings on my guitar again. They were dead. It's still weird to me that I have to change the strings so often. This is like my third set this year! Nobody changes bass strings that often.

...Well, nobody but Justin Chancellor...

 

[Music&Chaos]

I changed the strings on my guitar again. They were dead. It's still weird to me that I have to change the strings so often. This is like my third set this year! Nobody changes bass strings that often.

...Well, nobody but Justin Chancellor...

So true! I have changed my guitar strings more in a year than my bass in 10!!!

 

[Floyd Eye]

I changed the strings on my guitar again. They were dead. It's still weird to me that I have to change the strings so often. This is like my third set this year! Nobody changes bass strings that often.

...Well, nobody but Justin Chancellor...

Never used Roto 66s eh ? Sound fucking amazing on a Ric. For about 8-10 hours ( actual playing time). Then they sound like ass.

EXL-170s on a Spector on the other hand, well, my bass is 11 years old now and I think I'm on my second set.

Then again I have Slinkys on guitars that have been on there for I don't even know how long and they still sound great to me.

Every bass or guitar gets wiped down with Fast Fret after I play, every time. Wipe off the excess.

 

[rsm]

when I had my Steinberger L bass using double ball strings, I changed them frequently;

it was so quick and easy...I'd boil and oil the old set, put on another set, and I had 3 or 4 sets in rotation, which gave the mineral oil time to soak in.

Other basses I'd change them around 6-12 months when the started to sound dull and lifeless. How often depended on how much use the bass saw...for awhile I was changing bass strings every 3 months.

 

[midnightlaundry]

I bought my bass in 2016. I've never changed the strings.. LOL
I don't play it a lot either.. I have a set of 45-130 on the shelf.. Should I change them??

 

[VonBonfire]

Never used Roto 66s eh ? Sound fucking amazing on a Ric. For about 8-10 hours ( actual playing time). Then they sound like ass.

EXL-170s on a Spector on the other hand, well, my bass is 11 years old now and I think I'm on my second set.

Then again I have Slinkys on guitars that have been on there for I don't even know how long and they still sound great to me.

Every bass or guitar gets wiped down with Fast Fret after I play, every time. Wipe off the excess.

The fast fret been doing me good.

 

[DrewJD82]

I’m pickier about bass strings than I am guitar strings, I’ll change bass strings for every new song being tracked. I want that shit bright and punchy straight from the bass itself.

 

[CJ7]

I don't change my strings constantly. I know a lot of people recommend changing them frequently when tracking, but I don't do that. Maybe if I didn't play high gain all the time it'd matter more, but in my experience this is one of those things that's really blown out of proportion.

I have NYXLs on my guitars right now.

 

[Devin]

Apparently contrary to most people on the internet, I'm fucking obsessed with the sound of new bass strings.

 

[midnightlaundry]

I haven't played an electric in a long time. I finally changed the strings. Old strings get flat spots where they rub on the frets. New ones dance on that rounded edge like skating on ice.