Originally Posted by: 3fingeredbluesI really feel like this is an old superstition. While it would seem to make sense, after 17years playing, and 8 years as a luthier/tech, I have never seen a neck warped due to improper string changes. Usually it is do to improper storage like a cold damp basement, or a bakery hot car trunk. I perform numerous string changes every day, and I allways take 'em all off at the same time so I can clean the guitar, and have yet to have a problem. However, if it makes you feel better to change each string one at a time, by all means continue on....it definately won't hurt.

As someone who's worked in this area, would you say the "myth" is borne out of "the old day's" when guitar's had poorer trust rods, etc.? Or is it just a matter of the blind leading blind?

I tend to replace a full set one at time rather than stripping them all down, but this is more habit from my first guitar which had a floating tremelo, so it was to help try and stay in tune more than concern for damaging the neck. I still do this with my fixed bridges, but, as I say, it's more a matter of habit than concern.