LesB3
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Dunno about that... I use a pair of small snips marked BELL TELEPHONE that came from my father's tool belt (he was a lineman), and they're easily 40+ years old, have never been sharpened, and are still sharp enough to cut a nail in half.Any cutter that is designed for electrical work will wear out quickly cutting guitar (or any other musical instrument) metal strings. Musical instrument strings are very hard, and electrical wire cutters are designed to cut copper wires, so are not hard enough to stand up to musical instrument wires for long. You will notice that they either go dull, or even develop dents/divots on the cutting edges pretty quickly
I've cut wires off of guitars with them for at least 25 years now and they're still going strong. Maybe phone wire snips were better made than electricians snips!