daveinspain Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I broke 3 strings today practicing, and one yesterday... One of the three from today broke when I was putting it on so maybe that doesn't count but I never brake strings and all of the sudden the're poppin' like crazy.... I have been playing a lot more lately since I joined my band so that may have something to do with it. Do you guys break a lot of strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 My strings almost always wear out before I break one. I've noticed that most "String Breakers" have a very aggressive pick attack. If you break a lot of string you probably go through picks pretty fast as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Are your strings breaking in the same place each time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I pick lightly usually, obviously fingerpicking goes easy on them. Usually they just wear out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Now that you mention it I think I am a bit heavy handed... I have to work on lightning up a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I've very, very seldom broken strings. I did break some when I was doing country gigs with very light strings - 8-38 - on a solidbody. They weren't breaking at the bridge, btw. It was that Guild solidbody "sg" and it has functionally a tunamatic sorta bridge but with little rollers 'stedda a sharper "v" at the top. I may be wrong, but yeah, I think lighter strings especially, then with a relatively heavy attack. One might question whether the strings are "old" enough to have a degree of wear/bending/metal fatigue that makes the steel brittle. Some of that latter may have the brand/type of steel as a variable. I didn't break 'em, but I about dropped my teeth when I was deciding which guitar to use for a gig a cupla months ago and discovered the 8-38s on that solidbody were so "dented" from the frets - and I have a relatively gentle left hand and I do pretty much only fingerpick nowadays. Yup, the strings literally were "bent" at each fret from my left hand. Yup, they were sounding a bit ... odd. When you play with a flatpick by yourself, btw, you have more direct audio feedback as well as tactile feedback. When you're playing with others... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Dave, Im a right Slash whore when it comes to bends but to be honest the only time I break strings now is during a string change... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy60 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 i play hard and used to break strings all the time. then, i got me some graphite saddles and haven't broken any since.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Never broken a string, except for once when I first got my guitar, and had a shitty tuner that broke and said it was flat. Being young and stupid, and not knowing what to do, I kept cranking until it said it was in tune. In tune, was when the string snapped and cut me across the cheek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGplayer1994 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I restring once every week and a half. I'm heavy handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Early on, when I was first getting used to steel strings (I started out on a classical guitar--one of my many idiosyncrasies,) I used to break the high E string fairly regularly because I had a little trouble with tuning. I haven't broken a string since March 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I don't break a string very often at all, but a couple of months ago I did break a string on my telecaster. The good thing was it was the very last note of the very last song! The bad thing was that when you break a string on a telecaster the string ferrule often drops out. I was driving home from the gig and suddenly thought "I wonder if I lost a ferrule". I stopped and checked and sure enough it was gone. Now I travel with a spare set of string ferrules for my telecaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 i play hard and used to break strings all the time. then' date=' i got me some graphite saddles and haven't broken any since....[/quote'] I popped in the graphite saddles & STILL broke strings (a little less, but damn) -- then I started using FAST FRET. No more breaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Can't even remember the last time I broke a string. Knock on wood#-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I can say that I've never broken a string (currently knocking on wood).... I also use Fast Fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 I guess I have to buy some Fast Fret.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Change your strings often too...that is the true secret...and wind them properly.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I usually dont break alot of strings, but then again, I usually sit on an amp while I practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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