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In the span of 2 days, I've managed to break the E string on two of main jam guitars. Bad luck, or bad technique? I'm betting on the latter lol
I had three A strings break while jamming with my band over the course of a month, one from a set of brand new strings. I too would love to know what the hell I'm doing to the A string that makes it give up and die.
Phish phan here from all. Are those Languedocs?
The left is a Woodford Elite custom order/design from PJD guitars in the UK. The right is a Ernie Ball MusicMan JP15
Did you restring these guitars at a similar time?
If you bought these strings on eBay or Amazon there are a lot of fakes around and they break very easily.
Yeah I did. These are elixir nano web, it's entirely possible I got a bad batch.
No information on what brand strings you use or how often you change them
Elixir nanoweb 10 gauge, and not very often.
Do you import/export guitars?
Exclusively for vandalay industries
I'd be checking for notches, scratches or burrs at the saddles and making sure you seat the string properly when stringing it. What gauge are they? I haven't broken a string in 20 years despite doing 2 stop bends regularly.
Yeah, I haven't broken a string in about that time as well, then all of a sudden two in a row lol. These are elixir nanoweb 10 gauge
Time to switch to bass?
Davie504 gang is here
SLAP!
OMG
Sorry about your e strings. But those are beautiful guitars.
Thanks!
Clip your fingernails dude
In both of these cases, it broke at the saddle. If my fingernail got it at the saddle, my technique is a lot worse than I thought.
Gotta get those extremely high notes
It's an "Escape" string, it simply wants to run free!
If you love something, let it go apparently.