strings. i hate strings. don't get me wrong, i love how new strings sound and am always happy when i get a new set on a bass. i'm just not a fan of changing strings. not in a i'm-not-good-at-it sort of way but i just can't stand the prospect of having to do it. lemme explain.
i'm one of those people that in a video game i'll hold on to all consumables regardless of their benefit because i "might need it later". i have a pile of stickers that are just sitting in a box because i'm "waiting for the right place to put them". i have a pile of sets of new strings just sitting there because i'm waiting for the right time to best cash in on the new-string sound. wtf is wrong with me.
i don't play with anyone. i'm not recording anything. i play in my bedroom by myself at 5 am with headphones on, literally nobody is hearing my bass tone except me. "it's fine" i think to myself and just play the stuff i always play imagining some nebulous future where i'll need that freshy set of strings to knock someone's socks off... or something along those lines. it never happens nor will ever happen, yet i still have this weird hang up on strings. i used to erroneously think they had to be changed often or it's because it's what i though "the pros do". likely it will never change, it's just the way i'm programmed.
that, having been said, i just changed my strings and my goodnuss... what a difference. it sounds so good. i just don't want to go through that process for a very long time.
