Is it possible to have a bad batch of Strings???

[GUITKRAZY]

Greetings all- Long story short- I have 2 Alvarez acoustics and I just purchased a Ibanez Exotic Wood (New) and I use D'addario EXP12's (which are 13ga strings???) any way, in the past I never had a problem with string breakage- and a few weeks ago at a gig- I broke a string (A string) on my no. 1 Alvarez- So after the gig I replaced all of the strings with a new set- Meanwhile, during the gig when my string broke I switched to my Ibanez- I replaced the 11's with EXP12 (13 ga and they were a fresh set) Midway through the second set Pop! I broke my G string! Crazy! The next week after putting new sets of strings on both guitars and actually I pulled the Saddle out of the Alvarez and noticed cuts in the saddle from the strings- so I sanded them out and everything looked great- Sure enough at the next gig I broke strings again! At this point I am really racking my brains- I use thin picks (dunlop Tortex 50mm) and I am not a hard player- These are 13ga strings! They are pretty heavy, but I love the sound- I did for the gig tonight (accidently) put 11's on my Ibanez- they felt good- but I want to see how long these strings hold up- BTW- All of the strings are breaking at the saddle end- and I know the saddle appears to be the culprit- But I swear I have fine sanded all of the grooves out- Is it possible that I have a bad batch of strings- I normally buy 3 sets at a time- at $10 a set, it is getting a bit costly- and these strings in the past have lasted a long time- Now I am changing them very frequently- I am clueless- should I look into other strings- Hellllllp!!!!!!!!!

[garthman]

Yes, perfectly possible. {censored} luck.

[Bernie P.]

Absolutely possible.Send them back to the maker not where you bought them an explain the problem.They often will send you free replacement sets.Good luck!

[kwakatak]

Yes, perfectly possible. {censored} luck.

 

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I recently tried to sting up my Tak with a set of Elixir Nanos only to find that one of the strings (the B string IIRC) had no ball end. I have already disposed of my old set so that guitar currently has NO strings on it.