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)?
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.