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metalhead -> Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (May 10 2024 20:11:57)

I switched from ej27 to ej45 thinking that would make a difference but my strings are not lasting me more than 7 days. They become very rubbery and corroded in just a span of 7 days and I don't have sweaty hands. I don't remember them lasting this short just a few months ago during the winters



gerundino63 -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (May 11 2024 12:17:04)

Mayby more mumidity in your house?



Ricardo -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (May 11 2024 16:52:55)

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ORIGINAL: metalhead

I switched from ej27 to ej45 thinking that would make a difference but my strings are not lasting me more than 7 days. They become very rubbery and corroded in just a span of 7 days and I don't have sweaty hands. I don't remember them lasting this short just a few months ago during the winters


Likely a bad batch. I once opened a pack of D Addario with special sealed plastic bag…all corroded. I assume there was moisture that was sealed into the bag or something, and then the were shelved for years before I got them.



silddx -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (Apr. 29 2025 7:36:39)

I have tried quite a lot of different brands over the past couple of years and Savarez Cantiga basses seem to last longer than others, even D'Addario.



mark indigo -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (Apr. 29 2025 21:11:40)

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Savarez Cantiga basses seem to last longer than others, even D'Addario.


That's funny, 'cos the Savarez Cantiga basses are the basses in the Savarez Tomatito sets, which Ricardo said didn't last one gig (or was it one rajeo, I can't remember)! [:D]



Ricardo -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (Apr. 30 2025 11:28:11)

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ORIGINAL: mark indigo

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Savarez Cantiga basses seem to last longer than others, even D'Addario.


That's funny, 'cos the Savarez Cantiga basses are the basses in the Savarez Tomatito sets, which Ricardo said didn't last one gig (or was it one rajeo, I can't remember)! [:D]


The sets I and my colleagues got in 2013 or so, were breaking bass strings (and high E's) so we stopped using em. From at least two different guitar center outlets, however, they could have been dry rotted or something weird. Never cared to find out. I have had other Savarez red cards and blue cards snap. The La Bellas 820 always felt a bit softer or flexible and I have not broken any soon out of the pack....but they have had their issues in the past as well (remember they did the same as Coke, new Coke, back to Coke classic a while back). Strings getting more expensive has corresponded to my not needing to change them as often, so my experimenting days are over it seems.



metalhead -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (Apr. 30 2025 19:24:58)

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I don't remember them lasting this short just a few months ago during the winters


I figured the strings were completely fine. They lasted longer because during that period of time I was still in my early stages of technique building. It was only later that when my technique developed I played more aggressively and hence that explains the sudden loss in lifespan of my strings.



metalhead -> RE: Do strings just last for very short amount of time during summer? (May 12 2025 9:10:11)

They lasted me 6 days this time. 6 days, can you believe it? 6 days and they're wobbling around. I read somewhere in a blog tomatito has his strings last for 2 weeks, and here I am..



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