DMS-4 Bass, third build

[king casey]

Herbie Flowers (Sky, Space Oddity, Walk on the Wild Side, lots of etc) was one high profile user of the black tapewound Rotosound strings who kept them on for years at a time.

I think it's modern day consumerism that dictates how often guitar strings are changed.
The same crowd that put a massive dollop of toothpaste on their brush every day.

cheers, Mark.

[JimC]

I think it's modern day consumerism that dictates how often guitar strings are changed.

Oh no, I definitely hear it when my bottom string goes off - anf it always is the bottom string. It really affects my playing too, even if a significant percentage of the public won't know the difference.