for the very first time! They were only 12.5 months old, but baby e broke yesterday so I had to do it. Piece of cake! I was terrified to do it, but it sounds great. Just followed the online instructions-I might do it again sometime.

I change mine at least once a month. Wow 12.5 months with the same strings, it would have bugged the crap out of me in 6 months. Congrats on the string change.

RK

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Keeping strings on that long is like keeping the same diaper on a baby for six months. Now that you've changed them they feel a lot better, right?

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Broke one of my strings yesterday, just played on them for 5 months..

I'd never broken a string in my life til I tried changing them myself, ended up overwinding the high e string and it snapped o_O

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I must have snapped five or six high e strings before I finally figured out how to change them right.

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Same here. I swear by locking tuners now though.

please post a link to this video you used. sdly enough, and yes i am a beginner, but I took my guitar to guitarcenter and had the setup guy change them for me

I have not tried to change strings on my stratocaster yet. But can it be any more difficult change on a strat then other guitars? I've done it many times before on other guitars

You shouldn't have any trouble then. Just make sure the string is secure under the string tree(s).

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I wonder if a year is a record......

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Nope, my granddad couldn't remember when the last time he changed the strings on his late '50s or early '60s Airline was. Judging by the way they felt, it was probably more than a year. When I tried to change them for him, I broke the rusted tuning machine off before I was even close to tuning up to pitch. I felt horrible about breaking that, I hope he's gotten it fixed by now.

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It's a basic life skill.

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huh all these posts makes me wanna change my strings now on both my guitars right now haha.

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Time interval is not as important as when do you consciously begin hearing your guitar sound less than its best.