Why won't .Changed for a string value work?

I want to make a local script run a function when the value of a string value called "EquippedWeapon" is changed. Here I have a local script which changes the string value upon a TextButton being pressed

local EquippedWeapon = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("EquippedWeapon").Value

Buttons = {
	script.Parent.Katana -- Katana is the TextButton
}



Buttons[1].MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	EquippedWeapon = "Katana"
	wait(1)
	print("EquippedWeapon")
end)

Now, here's a local script in StarterPlayerScripts which runs a function when EquippedWeapon's value changes.

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local EquippedWeapon = Player:WaitForChild("EquippedWeapon").Value

EquippedWeapon.Changed:Connect(function()
	print("Equipped Weapon value has been changed.")
end)

What should happen is that when EquippedWeapon's value is changed to "Katana", it should print a message. But the error message is this:
"Players.trapiz.PlayerScripts.GearChecker:4: attempt to index field 'Changed' (a nil value)"

Thanks :)

Events only work on Instances, not strings/numbers/booleans. The Value of a StringValue returns a string, which does not have an event.

You should do Player:WaitForChild("EquippedWeapon") instead of Player:WaitForChild("EquippedWeapon").Value.

Use EquippedWeapon.GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function() instead of .Changed.