Originally Posted by: Rykoshet
Since we're on the subject of strings, how often should they be replaced? Everyone's telling me once a month, but I honestly don't notice a performance drop that early, nor do they blacked. Is once every three months okay?

That is dependent on both your frequency of play and your tolerance for dead strings. If you are not playing much and/or don't mind the strings getting kind of dead, you can basically go as long as you can stand it. The performance drop will not be so much felt, but heard especially in the wound strings.

For myself, practicing or just goofing around for about an hour per day on the same guitar, I find I really start to notice a difference after a few weeks. I can notice it sooner, but I guess that's when my tolerance level kicks in. I guess for me, I have a tolerance level of about 24 hours of play per set.

On a side note, I find that using a string conditioner, such as Fast Fret, each session seems to extend the life of the strings.