Strings Crate

I have them all stuffed in a drawer. It tends to get jammed.

Lessee now.  I have exactly.....2 sets of Elixers and 1 set of Martin silk & steel strings that have been sitting around for about 5 years now.  lol.

I don't know what kind of strings came with both my Alvarez and Cort, but they seem to be lasting forever on both of them.  They both still sound fresh.  Time will tell if they're Elixers by the way they wear, but so far, no real signs of wear to speak of so I have no clue.

When you use light gauge strings and Elixers, you apparently never get in the habit of acquiring or needing a whole lot as far as spare strings goes. 

I have multiple sets of strings for my regular acoustic guitars, my 12-string, my classical, and my mandolins (including extremely light gauge for my bowlbacks.) Do we need a SAS (string acquisition syndrome) also? Some (in fact most) are for trying different strings on my guitars and mandolins until I decide for sure what I prefer.

When Clark's Music Store went out of business, I was buying some strings at their "Going Out Of Business" sale and since it was the last day, Ken Clark told me I could have all of the strings on the rack for (I think it was) $10. I didn't own a 12 string, but I did get about 6 12-string sets. I used the higher octave for a high strung guitar. I still have a pedal steel set that I'll give to my friend Jim who got himself a pedal steel. I always have a couple of packs in each case.