If you have a Bass Guitar

Here are a couple of questions to answer:

1) Have you had the same strings on for over 6 months?
2) Are your strings rusty?
3) Do your strings sound dull?
4) Had a string break recently?

If you answered yes to any of the above, its probably time to replace your bass guitar strings.

The strings on a bass guitar are much more substantial and tend to hold their tone and last longer than on an electric or acoustic guitar. Though the gaps between the windings of the string gets full up with sweat,dead skin, oil and dirt from your fingers and makes the strings dirty, smelly and tonally flat.

If you play hard or play often, then change bass strings about every 3 to 4 months. If you don't play that hard and don't play that regularly then change your strings about every 6 months.