I am currently playing about 2 - 3 hours a day, Monday to Friday. Since returning the Rocktile I have been playing one of my Shine guitars. Don't like it as much as the "Vee".
This afternoon I had a shot on my American Strat, using my Zoom G3X, and, though it has the newest string in my stable (only 3 years old), it has probably been played the most. I noticed the G was getting a bit tarnished in places, so I replaced the strings. Used a set of Elixir Nanoweb 9's. Not the easiest of jobs when you have a cat trying to impale itself on the string ends, during the entire process.
Now all I have to do is keep up the enthusiasm and make it all worth while. Especially as my brother gave me a very expensive leather strap for my 70th, which I put on the Strat.
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Like you, Jocko, I write on the string packet which guitar and when I changed them so I can always check how long strings have been on each guitar. Life was easier when I only had one guitar as I always played just that one and its strings always were changed often.
I have a question. Do strings have a shelf life? The strings I have been fitting have been in my strings box for four or five years, sealed in their original packaging, but some of the strings I have fitted recently looked a bit "spotted".
I'm afraid that I just wait until the sound becomes too dead or I start to get intonation / tuning problems.
Thankfully that's usually well before the strings start to get spotted and rusting.
There's nothing quite like sliding your finger up a guitar string and hitting a rusty spot.
A joy that I've had a few times at one of my least favourite guitar shops.
What a difference the Steinberger Gearless Tuners make. So easy to restring, very accurate to tune, and the new strings don't slacken off (no settling in period). They were expensive to buy (I believe they are discontinued now), but I am glad I got them.
I wonder what these look like now?
Anyway each to his or her own taste.