New strings.

[recman]

Just re-stringed my guitar with these, nice difference in tone to the last set.
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Anyway, its my first string change so I was wondering roughly how long they usually take to settle down and not need re-tuning every time I play?

[Triton Thrasher]

May depend how well you fitted them to the tuners, but maybe a day.
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[SofaBear]

usually the first 10 minutes are horrendous at keeping in tune, some rough strumming general noise without actually playing i find helps loosen them up a bit.

They are good strings, got some D'Daddoritos myself a few times.
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[grr666]

I prefer Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky myself. (orange pack)
Light top and heavy bottom.

I don't have trems on 2 of my guitars so usually they settle down quick.
The one with the Floyd Rose takes a few hours.
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[RhynoCZ]

Use some GHS Fast-Fret (or something like that) after you're done playing, that'll help the strings to last longer.
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[swampy]

I've used nothing other than D'addario for the last 20 years (I use 11s though, not 10s). I find that Ernie Balls don't suit me and they snap more often and sound 'deader' quicker.

How well they stay in tune will depend on your guitar, your skill in stringing it, and where you keep it.

Normally I would expect my guitars to need 10 mins or so of playing in before they hold tune relatively well. I find that over tuning the strings as I put them on stretches them, and then I tune down to correct tuning, give it a thrash for 5 mins or so, retune and then everything tends to stay put.

When I'm gigging, things can get hot under lights, and being in a hot room so I check I'm in tune every few songs.
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[oldpink]

couple of hrs if they are decent strings
I use lots of strings and go through about 5 - 10 packs a month
mix of 6 and 12 electric & acoustic
I like Elixier and rotosounds almost exclusively 10 - 45/46
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[P.]

5-10 a month? Even when I was gigging over a long period I very rarely changed strings. Recorded an album with strings that were around a year old.

I recently sold my last guitar, that had strings from 2008.

I find tuning, pulling away from fretboard about half way down, re tune then repeat for about 2 minutes settles mine.

[zebbedy]

elixir nanoweb coated strings all the way, last much longer imo and keep tone

[KLR600]

Pfft, bunch of lightweights! 13's for me on electric guitar and even heavier on my acoustic. Usually in standard tuning but sometimes half a step down or drop D. I don't bend much though

I prefer a heavier string coming from bass where the strings are like ropes compared to guitar strings. I usually give a guitar a minute or so of hard strumming after a string change and re tune a few times and then they're ok. It's important to have fitted them right though as you can get tuning instability if you haven't put them on right (changes with different guitars).
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[unitynotsocri...]

Theres obviously a playoff with price, sound , longevity, thickness etc

I be used martin strings ,bronze wound on my acoustics. They last well and give a good tone.

On acoustics its quite common to get some nice sounding/ playing strings only to find there crap out after four to six weeks.

On my electrics I dont notice the sound changing with time due to amplification.

I reccomend that all guitarist eat toast and lard butties occasionaly while playing to stop corrosion.
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[oldpink]

[P.]

Well I suppose that is more than understandable

I had 2 guitars just in case 1 broke, one 7 and 1 6 string just mean't I down tuned the 6.

I use skinny top, heavy bottom with a low 60, alternatively on the 6, 56-12

[RhynoCZ]

It also depends on how you play the guitar. I ruin the e and b string quite quickly because I fap the neck a lot. I used to change the 3 bottom strings earlier than the top 3 strings, now I just don't give a damn.

I change the strings once a year, I get a set of DR strings every Christmas.
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[oldpink]

[oldpink]

my latest purchase (last week)
cost me £100 second hand and has upgraded tremo setup but I also got the original Floyd Rose & lockers with the guitar worth £100 alone
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[i.p.phrealy]

This one is strung with stainless steel rotosounds in custom gauges.
50, 70, 90, 115, and I'm still tuned to E

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