When I get a new pickup I always feel compelled to install it right away. Trying to change pickups with the strings on is too risky to me (risk of scratching the finish, especially if it's nitro), so I say screw it and take the strings off.
Definitely keep the strings. Either what Aaron said or (having locking tuners and) using tongs with full force wishing every time you had not cut the strings right at the tuner hole.
Yeah, yeah.
I probably have 5-6 y sets. Just the fact that the new set has barely 2 hours of playing time in them. Seems like a waste. Part of affording things is not doing unnecessary wasting of resources.
For a while I would throw in a pack of strings any time I needed to make $25 for free shipping on Amazon.
Then one day I started cleaning up the music room and tossing them all in the same box instead of wherever I stashed them as they came in. I might be opening my own music store soon.
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