Gernally I change strings on my "working" guitars every two/three months.
I have some closet Queens which have had the same strings on for over a year.
In my "cell" (where I spend much of my daylight hours) I have a hand made 0028 which is what I use for working out chord progressions and arrangements for new pieces.
It rarely gets played much - just hangs on the wall - it sounds wonderful this morning but - tuning was a little challenging - I may put new strings on my 0002h which has worn the same set since April, and pass the old ones down to the 00 (which only ever gets used strings). Just seen from my "string log" that my poor L-1 hasn't had a clean set on since March '13 !
30 years ? They might still be on and under some sort of tension but I wouldn't want to tune them up or play them.
There ,may well be some museum display pieces, (like in the Victoria and Albert who have exhibits dated to 1700s) that don't get string changes from one decade to the other.
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Silly Moustache,
Just an old Limey acoustic guitarist, Dobrolist, mandolier and singer.
I'm here to try to help and advise and I offer one to one lessons/meetings/mentoring via Zoom!
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