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.