When I was playing weekends at the Sterling (NY) Renaissance Faire I'd change the strings every Friday night. We worked 10 AM - 7 PM during the faire days, not always playing of course, but put in many many hours thereof. One time I failed to change them. That Saturday I broke TWO strings in one song! Had to stop the song and borrow my bandmate's Taylor to finish the set. He was pissed! That was when I used Dean Markley med lights. By the end of the second day they'd be pretty dead. Lately I swiched to Elixirs. Great sound, and the resin they're coated with makes them last and last and last. Well worth the extra bucks in initial cost.

Lynn KinderFolk