I did manage to pop my high e string this weekend after only a month and half of having the strings on. But I figured it was going to happen as a lot SRV tunes are heavily focused on the bending of the high e. Just a change from the G breaking was cool in my book.

I haven't broken a string in probably 10 years, I have learned the value of a good pro set up, good quality nut cut right is a biggy, having the saddles the right heightetc.....

but when I used to greak them mostly the D on the acoustic - Electric never really was bad for breaking them

Heh... I just picked up my acoustic and broke the high E during tuning. Hadn't changed the strings in over a year. I guess it's time.

Got plenty more Martins. I'm just way, way too lazy.
(And I love the sound of worn, dirty strings. So awesomely lo-fi)

Actually, new strings on an acoustic are pretty heavenly. I like the feel of new strings on an electric, but they don't sound nearly as awesome till they're broken in.

I don't like the sound of new strings on an acoustic. The body of their sound is overshadowed by their sheen, and I like a mellow sound. Even fingerpicking on new strings, to me, is too bright.

I love the feel of old worn out strings, the sound of new strings is way too bright as Freebase said, unless on a Classical guitar, I love the sound of fresh nylon stings on a guitar!

My high e breaks every once in a while, string knicked me in the chin once, hurt like a bitch.

New strings on an acoustic sounds gorgeous to me but I can see that people might feel it's too bright. New strings on an electric need a bit of time before they're sounding their best.

Rarely break strings on my acoustics but so so so many times in the last two years have I broken the A or D string on my electric whilst playing with my band. Once I had to do a whole gig without an A string because it snapped as I was warming up and I can never afford to keep spares on me.

old strings are fine as long as they're not too old

I'm new to strings, and I'm learning cello, but the school cello I use...the G string sound absolutely terrible. It takes like a year for the bow to finally grip the string. It doesn't have much play on the bridge either. Can't vibrate as well.

I agree. I only change my strings if the intonation becomes a problem due to stretching and such.