Strings

[deansolo]

I use Ernie's on my electric and D'Addario's on my acoustic..
I got a floyd rose tremolo, anyone else ?

Me too.

[Cpt Matt Sparrow]

On my Classicals I use hard tension D'Addario Pro Artes. I prefer them over everything.

On my Electrics I use Ernie Ball 0.10's

If you are in the uk these guys are really great value

http://www.stringbusters.com/

Ernie Balls are £3.35 ish and the Classical strimgs £5.80 instead of £10.50 (that is based on an order of 5 at a time)

I restring both Classicals every 2 weeks and sepending on which electric is flavour of the month; once every month.

Matt

[rice_pudding]

Pro Arte's are great, stay in tune really good and you can defineatly notice the difference in sound quality compared to budget strings

i only restring my classicals every 2 months, but i dont need to that often, these strings stay good for a long time.

[Stewie]

I don't know why I would restring them so much, my guitars always stay in tune.. I only restring after I see that the metal look has become rusty, dark orange.. Is that to late or something?

[Paul Wolfe]

I think that restringing should be based on the amount of playing time you put in. I don't play my guitars more than an hour a day, so I can go months between restringing without a noticeable change in the strings.

Someone like Matt who teaches and is playing his instruments all day every day would want to change them more often.

As for breaking strings, consider how hard you pick and how extremely you bend. I have a medium touch with my pick and don't to large SRV bends very often, so my strings rarely break...