Does this ever happen to any of you?

[rockman82]

So I tune down the high e string on my strat, you know for an open tuning chord, and the string breaks at the headstock. This has happened to me twice now.

 

Of course now i need a new set of strings for my strat, i also broke my d string a few minutes before LOL :-

[flyingarmadillo]

The only place I break strings on my Strat is at the bridge and that's only if I forget to oil them when I restring. Are they breaking at the nut, or the post on the tuner?

[BoyVader]

It's cos it's a Strat....works fine on Gibsons...:-

[Tman5293]

It's cos it's a Strat....works fine on Gibsons...

 

+1 on the basis that F****rs are sh!t

[TommyK]

.... Are they breaking at the nut' date=' or the post on the tuner?[/quote']

 

+1

[LPguitarman]

Never had a string break while tuning down. Must be the F**d**

[rockman82]

The first string i broke was at the bridge, but the second (high e) broke at the tuner. I've always liked my strat( even though i'm not a fender guy) because of the single coil sound. I like that raw noisy sound of the neck pickup. Maybe i should buy one of those single coil humbucker shapped pickups from eastwoodguitars.

[FirstMeasure]

Strats are fine instruments. They shouldn't break strings unless you over tighten them or you tune them up and down a lot. If you do tune them a lot, start using bigger strings. Now for some Obvious Questions.

 

Is your trem floating, or do you have it tightened down like a hard tail?

Is it a real Fender or a Cheap Imitation?

Have you checked the Saddle and Nut for Burrs?

[rockman82]

Strats are fine instruments. They shouldn't break strings unless you over tighten them or you tune them up and down a lot. If you do tune them a lot' date=' start using bigger strings. Now for some Obvious Questions.

 

Is your trem floating, or do you have it tightened down like a hard tail?

Is it a real Fender or a Cheap Imitation?

Have you checked the Saddle and Nut for Burrs?[/quote']

 

My trem's floating a little bit.

 

It's a Made in mexico strat, so it's no squier or cheap knock off. I know MIM's aren't exactly like the American, but mine's decent. Don't like the weight though.

 

I'll have to check next time i string the strat up.

[flyingarmadillo]

My trem's floating a little bit.

 

It's a Made in mexico strat' date=' so it's no squier or cheap knock off. I know MIM's aren't exactly like the American, but mine's decent. Don't like the weight though.

 

I'll have to check next time i string the strat up. [/quote']

 

Put a little 3-in-1 oil on the saddles - since I started doing that on my strat it never breaks strings at the saddle - It doesn't even take a drop, just enough to reduce the friction a little. At the tuner they're probably slipping a little, try putting a little less bend in the string next time you restring it - sometimes they break from over flexing the string at the tuner.

[Dub-T-123]

Hmm. I don't think it's just a Fender thing because I use my Tele for an open d tuning which requires me to tune down the high e. I've only broken 2 strings in my whole guitar playing career. I think I just tuned it up way too high I don't remember.

 

I like my DR strings because I can't break them (among other reasons).

 

Also my bandmate uses a Mexican Strat in the same open d tuning all the time and never has any issues (other than how annoying it is to tune a Strat.

[Andre S]

Tuning for slide I broke my high E on my Martin acoustic.