"hat's not really true. Because the strings will get out of tune incredibly fast as you play. "

not necessarily, at least with my guitar the way i string... you bend them a little bit until they retain tuning but you don't go at it excessively, not "breaking them in" so they stay clangy and metallic for a few days... i figure the heavier gauge you go the longer the metallicness of new strings would last if not "broken in"

but yeah.... these are two different instruments we're talking about here.