Leadfingers -

Someone told me they should be changed regularly, so of course I immediately stocked up on strings so I'd be able to change them if I ever needed to. The only problem is that when I decided it was time to change, the "new" ones that had been laying in the case for a while looked a lot worse than the ones I'd been playing on.

It's amazing what unidentifiable "stuff" will grow on clean metal - in a couple of years.

I think it's a myth propagated by string manufacturers just to boost sales.

I'm also a bit miffed with these recycler guys. When I offered one of them a pretty good set of mando strings at a festival a few years ago he declined to take them. He said "we only do guitar strings" in a tone that implied "only real instruments."

SNOBS!

John