Re: When to change strings?

Greg Cisko wrote:
"Tony Meloche" <bombarde@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42ea5a4b$1_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
billy wrote:

How do you stretch out your strings? I usually just grab
them and squeeze them all together and pull them up a few times. Thanks,

~billy

First, I tune the instrument. Then I grasp each string *individually* at the 12th fret, and firmly (but not with a "jerk") pull up about 5-6 times. Then I retune. Rarely do I need to tune any string again after that. 

I think I grab the string at about the 8th or 10th fret and do the
same thing.


I've read somewhere that you should pull on the string
up and down the length of it to get an evenly stretched
string. I don't know if this really matters (I'm skeptical),
but that is what I do anyway, just in case it does make
a difference.

Warren.
.