World String Change Day 2025

[tauzero]

I've just had an email from Strings Direct telling me that tomorrow is World Strings Change Day. At about £30 a bass plus a tenner per guitar, that's about a thousand quid I've got to find, not to mention two days of work. I think I will ignore it and hope it goes away.

[Count Bassy]

I'm very strict about changing strings: Every 15 years, whether they need it or not.

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, Count Bassy said:

I'm very strict about changing strings: Every 15 years, whether they need it or not.

 

You could always use flatwounds instead.

[nikon F]

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

I've just had an email from Strings Direct telling me that tomorrow is World Strings Change Day. At about £30 a bass plus a tenner per guitar, that's about a thousand quid I've got to find, not to mention two days of work. I think I will ignore it and hope it goes away.

how about if you changed the strings around on the basses you've got ?, would that count?

[miles'tone]

Business must be slow because flatwounds are really popular again 😆

Edited 11 hours ago by miles'tone

[Terry M.]

The more I try different strings the more I'm convinced they all have in more in common than they don't regardless of brand. I used to be really swayed by the marketing machine but not so much these days. I say that to say whenever a "favourite" of mine becomes too expensive I jump ship to something cheaper and I can't say I've been overly disappointed if at all. I think it was Paul McCartney that was asked what his favourite string choice was and he replied "Long shiny ones" I like that response 😊