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Hi, I'm a beginner learning guitar. I noticed that after a month or so my guitar doesn't sound the same but it's not too bad. And I am hesitant to tune my guitar frequently because I'm afraid that some strings might snap.

Is it fine to not tune guitar until it sounds garbage (unrecognizable)?

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[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It depends on whether you play with and/or for others. If you don't, knock yourself out. It's your axe, right?

If you do play with/for others, mf'ing please tune that thing. It will make the experience easier and better for all concerned, and the guitar/strings are designed to do it.

On the other end of the pendulum swing, there's a session bass player, Anthony Jackson, who used to, and perhaps still does, change his strings every time he played. (I assume he tuned them, as well.) I find that to be expensive overkill, but I'm not him.

Regardless on what you decide, play that thing.