K-ON! S.1, Ep.10 - Training Camp Again!
Added 2025-09-26 15:00:16 +0000 UTCIt was a long day when I recored this. I apologize for my lack of voice and usual enthusiasm. Kids can really take it out of me some days.
Anyway, I love watching the girls have fun. It makes me wish I could take a day and go to a beach. At this point, I'll take any beach or body of water.
Azusa is fitting in nicely though! I am happy for her!
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I went to Boy Scout camp a few times. Loved it@
William Hallisey
2025-09-27 15:35:09 +0000 UTCString changing frequency for electric guitar varies depending in part upon the composition of your sweat, mine is quite corrosive relatively speaking so when I was gigging semi-regularly I'd typically be changing the strings on my main guitar every 4-5 shows or every 3-4 weeks, whichever was shortest. Once your strings start to die it can affect the stability of both tuning & intonation, as well as being less comfortable to play. If they've gotten to the point where rust spots have started to appear, then they've definitely been on the guitar too long. For the past 10-15yrs I've also only really used Elixir coated strings on my electric & acoustic guitars (either the Nanoweb or Optiweb variants, which feel more natural than their original Polywebs that have a much thicker coating). These largely negate both the natural oxidisation process and significantly slow finger sweat corrosion issues, they will still eventually wear out, but before they reach that stage you're more likely to erode/chip off the coating in the area where your plectrum is striking the strings, which leaves a fuzzy texture behind. These days, if I'm playing a particular electric guitar a lot then I'll look to re-string it once every 2-3 months, if it's an acoustic or one of my less used electric guitars then I can get away with 1-2 times a year, though strings will stay on longer if it's one sat in it's case out of the rotation. The only exception being my fretless electric, which is strung up with a hybrid mix of flatwound chrome D'Addario for the wound strings and Elixir for the plain strings; that one only has string changes when my fingers & the sound tell me it's needed. Bass strings are a whole different story, unless you want to play loads of slap & pop techniques and need fresh string brightness to be really prominent, then a good set of strings can last literally years. In the case of traditional flatwound strings it can be even longer, if not indefinitely (for Motown-esque styles it's actually better to have old strings that have lost their upper zing). For all strings though the main key to increasing their effective longevity is to wipe them down after any significant length practice/playing session with either a cloth or a piece of kitchen roll, including the underside between the strings and the fretboard.
Andrew Hellebrand
2025-09-27 07:10:47 +0000 UTC
