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Just realised that i've had the same set of la bella flats on my bass for two years now. I still like the sound, so don't really see the point in changing them, but part of me just feels i should do.

So I was wondering who on basschat holds the record for longest time without changing the strings on their main bass. Anyone over the decade mark?

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Not my main bass, but EKO acoustic bass, circa 1980, Original Rotosound Trubass still on it & still sound good. Played it a lot during the early / mid 80s in a Folk band. That was 2 gigs with 3 hours playing time most weeks of the year. The good old days of plentiful well paid gigs. Sigh!

TI flats on G&L 5 years?

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My old trusty ibanez SR800LE had the same strings on between circa 1992 and 2009, but I gigged and practiced with it heavily only until 2001. i have no idea what they were, but I have the distinctive impresion they were a mismatched set anyway. Skint young man had no money for new strings!

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My rounds have been on for about 3 years now, although I've been thinking about changing them for the past 6 months or so, mainly as a result of all the comments here about changing or cleaning strings regularly.

I do rub them down carefully with a dry cloth after every rehearsal and gig though - does that get me off the hook?

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[quote name='Zach' post='1115542' date='Feb 4 2011, 04:21 PM']Just realised that i've had the same set of la bella flats on my bass for two years now. I still like the sound, so don't really see the point in changing them, but part of me just feels i should do.

So I was wondering who on basschat holds the record for longest time without changing the strings on their main bass. Anyone over the decade mark?[/quote]

Over the decade, oh lordy yeah! I had rotosounds on my P for at least 15, probably more like 20 years, and they sounded great!

I hate new strings...

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Had same set of d'Addario 'Chromes' flats on my Tokai for over five years. Think it took two years for them to play in!

A knackered '62 Precision recently that I came across recently which unsuccessfully tried to buy, had according to its owner the same Rotosounds on it since 1971. They actually had a nice tone.

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[quote name='flyfisher' post='1115675' date='Feb 4 2011, 05:59 PM']My rounds have been on for about 3 years now, although I've been thinking about changing them for the past 6 months or so, mainly as a result of all the comments here about changing or cleaning strings regularly.

I do rub them down carefully with a dry cloth after every rehearsal and gig though - does that get me off the hook?[/quote]


ha ha...NO..!!

Seriously, though, rounds need to be changed. There are degrees of being played in, IMV...and I prefer a 'live' sound, but after a few months they just feel awful....REALLY awful. That in itself is enough to HAVE to change them, IMV.

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[quote name='Zach' post='1115542' date='Feb 4 2011, 04:21 PM']Just realised that i've had the same set of la bella flats on my bass for two years now. I still like the sound, so don't really see the point in changing them, but part of me just feels i should do.

So I was wondering who on basschat holds the record for longest time without changing the strings on their main bass. Anyone over the decade mark?[/quote]
Not a Bass ...............BUT...........................I have a 79 Gibson LP Custom on Ebay now with a start of £1900 and the strings are those put on about 20 years back.How Tight am I????
Vintage & Collectable strings MUST add to the Value :)

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I built my first bass myself around 1974 and fitted some Selmer tape wounds. One of these snapped about a year later and I fitted some rotosound 'swing bass', which are still on it, so I reckon about 35 years.

To be fair that bass did spend quite a few years up the attic so not 35 years of continuous use.

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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1120267' date='Feb 8 2011, 04:42 PM'][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121791"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121791[/url][/quote]

Yeah, I was gonna post that! 45 years takes some beating!! :)

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I had my peavey bass strings on for 3 years from when I bought it to when I sold it. Not very long. Don't know if this counts, but when I bought my columbus bass, it came with some strings on it that if they weren't original, must have been at least 20-25 years old. I ended up using one of them to hold the curtain in my bedroom window up...

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[quote name='tom1946' post='1124630' date='Feb 12 2011, 08:32 AM']A lady who plays acoustic guitar (not well) in our band has an EKO 12 string guitar she bought new in 1967 and it still has the original strings on it, :yuk:

She likes the sound of it. I think it's sh*t but there you are.[/quote]


To be fair she must be decent not to have broken one in that time.

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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1120267' date='Feb 8 2011, 04:42 PM'][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121791"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121791[/url][/quote]

Wow !! :)

As far as strings go just as an when needed, not a fan of flat's so .... think about 18months is about my record for strings

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