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  • BarbaraM

    Member
    December 2, 2025 at 3:17 pm

    Wow, according to the comments I should have changed my strings months ago! My Zager Parlor still has the strings that came on it over a year ago. My Baby Taylor has Martin Lights that were put on about a year ago, but I don’t use that one as much. They feel a little gritty, is that rust?? It gets pretty humid here in the summer. What do you wipe them down with? What kind of strings are best for a casual player? Coated or not, and what does the coating do?

    I’m a little nervous about changing strings, though I’ve seen a couple of videos on doing it, and I’ll check out the ones you posted, MattTX24. My main anxieties are losing the little pegs from the bridge, and not wrapping the machine post correctly so the string slips off or something equally disastrous.