How many hours before your poly or co-poly 'goes dead'?

[NE1for10is?]

It may more subjective and less scientific, but it would be interesting to get people's experience with when you have to cut out your favorite poly and co-poly, because it has gone dead. 'Dead' is defined as getting boardy, unplayable, losing control, or starting to hurt your arm. This is not the same thing as tension loss. A string can lose a lot of tension and still be quite playable.

For example, I notice that BHBR loses control in 10-12 hours of play quite consistantly. I have also wondered about MSV Co-Focus, because I never notice any difference after many hours of play, but maybe others have different experiences with it and notice a difference that I hadn't.

Please list the string and hours of useable play.

 

[anubis]

10 to 12 hours is a great rule of thumb. I automatically cut my poly out around that time. I don't wait for it to go dead first. Nothing worst than dead poly, really.

If you just cut it out after 10 to 12 hours and get it re-strung, you never have to worry about whether or not its dead.

 

[rdis10093]

depends on the string, but poly in general is not a constant.

 

[pvaudio]

I pop my syn crosses at about 6-7 hours, and my polys tend to die around 8. Perfect compromise. That averages out to about 2 weeks, but I have 3 frames so it's quite useful.

 

[The Meat]

Currently using Pro's pro Red Devil(still testing, I'm on the 7th string job), I don't feel like the poly goes dead after the 12th hour, it's still very much playable unlike other polys(Alu Power, RPM blast, Black Code, etc.) that feel dead before 10 hours. Haven't been able to pass the 15 hour mark, it snaps before that, freaking 17g....

 

[Jay_The_Nomad]

For me, Rpm blast loses its playability very gradually.

It loses its special zing after 5 hours plus of hitting. But it is still very much playable between the 5-15 hour mark, but I find it a little too bouncy and powerful towards the end. I really gotta hit the spin to keep it in and watch the form.

But after the 15 hour mark and beyond, the strings really just die...there is a lifelessness/deadness. Balls just go long or short; very hard to find the middle road if you know what I mean. It is certainly not harsh on the body to continue playing it at that point, but it's not fun.