Maintaining The Guitar Strings

Some players tend to change their strings once every few weeks while others, once every few months or so. From what I heard, the recommended time to change your string is once every two weeks. However, I don't recommend doing that, especially on electric guitar. Why? Because by doing so, it's going to be very expensive in the long run. And the tone of the old strings are almost identical to the new ones if you take care of your strings well. Another thing to note is that you are not able to focus more on your playing. Unless you wanna be a guitar tech, concentrate yourself more on your playing. And this is crucial, especially to beginners.

The rule here is that as long as the strings stay in tune even though it is rusty, you can still keep it. But who wants to play a guitar that has rusty strings? It is uncomfortable to play and is very brittle.

Fortunately, there is this one product that is very easy to use and is useful in maintaining the guitar strings so that you could be playing with it for a very long time before changing the set to a new one. You could also be saving tons of time from changing strings with it too. I use this product frequently and I strongly recommend you beginners to use it as well. The product is called GHS's Fast Fret. It is actually a lubricating oil for the strings. This will prevent your strings from rust, making it brittle and also very difficult to play.

Here's how the product looks like:

Fig. 1a & 1b: GHS Fast Fret

Below is a photo of what's inside the container:


Inside the container, it contains two things; The stick and a piece of cloth.









Fig. 2: Inside GHS's Fast Fret

Here's how to use it:


Just glide the stick over the all the strings from the headstock to the bridge. If there's an excessive oil, clean it up using the white cloth.






Fig. 3: Using GHS's Fast Fret

So when do you use this product? Use it everytime after you have finished playing for the day. Check it out as soon as you can.