This is sort of a cheaper strat that I've got, and I'm not rough with my equipment in any sense of the word. But, not a bad idea, I definitely could. Kinda hard to work around though, lol. The nut on it is cheap plastic, and I need to swap it. It broke the other string I put on it, too, before I even fully wound it up. (Positive I wrapped it right!) Graphite doesn't sound like a bad idea.. (I had bought a backup pack of strings a while ago..)