G-strings??

[bryanbrown]

everyone get your giggles out and let me get right to the point....i break my g-string like it's my job. seriously. and i break them at the bridge consistently.

 

i thought for a while that it was my guitars (martin HD-28, taylor 714), and so i had them both worked on and it didn't help. Then i just recently bought a new goodall CJ and within 2 days of playing i broke my G (3rd) string. i've been playing guitar for 10 years and i have been using elixir strings (12-53) for about the last 4 years now and sometimes i can play pretty aggressively.

 

is it me?

is it the elixirs?

am i cursed?

should i stop playing guitar?

anyone have any thoughts or advice???

 

love,

bryan

[Hudman]

Are you a strummer or a finger picker?

I do both and I can't remember the last time I broke a string playing.

Are you breaking them doing bends? If that's the case, try sliding up the note. I usually slide if I need a whole step or greater.

[bryanbrown]

i do both flatpicking and fingerpicking.
but i break them when i am using a pick (dunlop .50)

bryan

[Hudman]

Originally posted by bryanbrown i do both flatpicking and fingerpicking. but i break them when i am using a pick (dunlop .50) bryan

 

 

Man! That's a thin pick to break a string with. Maybe you are picking extra hard to generate volume with that thin pick.

 

Try switching to a thicker pick. You will need less muscle to get volume out of your guitars. You will use a softer attack naturally.

[knockwood]

Has it always been Elixirs?

It could be the guitars taking revenge...

[bryanbrown]

haha, maybe. i played a bunch of different kinds before that....

[Hudman]

Originally posted by knockwood Has it always been Elixirs? It could be the guitars taking revenge...

knock,
Have you ever tried the Elixer Nanowebs? My Larrivee came with them. I like them. Currently, I'm testing D'Addario EXP's on my Larrivee. They feel and sound great too. I put them on yesterday. I bought 2 sets of the Nanoweb PB's for the next 2 string changes.

I hate the Elixer Polywebs. My Alvarez came with them. Man, they suck. I slapped some EJ-16's on it - big improvement.

[knockwood]

Originally posted by Hudman knock, Have you ever tried the Elixer Nanowebs? My Larrivee came with them. I like them. Currently, I'm testing D'Addario EXP's on my Larrivee. They feel and sound great too. I put them on yesterday. I bought 2 sets of the Nanoweb PB's for the next 2 string changes. I hate the Elixer Polywebs. My Alvarez came with them. Man, they suck. I slapped some EJ-16's on it - big improvement.

Thread-jack. Just funnin' on Elixirs. Tried 'em, yes. Hate 'em. I'm permanently turned off to all coated strings. Even after I tried 'em long enough to know they weren't for me on gits, something got into me to try them out on my mandolin. Bad experience. I don't think I lasted the day before I changed out to D'Addarios. You get a lazy bastard like me to change mandolin strings twice in a day, that's a statement...

Bryan,
I can't fathom what's causing the 3rd string breakage. If it's different gits and it's been looked at by a tech, I've gotta guess you're somehow relatively hard on that git... Maybe?

Here's a link to Frets.com that may help:
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Musician/GenSetup/StringBreakage/stringbreak1.html

[Kap'n]

I bought three sets of elixirs.

I broke the G string on two sets just putting them on.

Seriously.

The other three wound strings sounded dead and were way too slippery. I took them off way before they sounded more dead than when I put them on.

[Hudman]

Originally posted by Kap'n I bought three sets of elixirs. I broke the G string on two sets just putting them on. Seriously. The other three wound strings sounded dead and were way too slippery. I took them off way before they sounded more dead than when I put them on.

 

 

Wow! That sucks. I broke 2 B strings (EJ-16's) last week during a string change on my Alvarez. I had a small burr on my saddle. I cleaned it up and fixed the problem. I never break strings while playing. Broken strings suck....

[bryanbrown]

Originally posted by knockwood Bryan, I can't fathom what's causing the 3rd string breakage. If it's different gits and it's been looked at by a tech, I've gotta guess you're somehow relatively hard on that git... Maybe? Here's a link to Frets.com that may help: http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Musician/GenSetup/StringBreakage/stringbreak1.html

 

 

thanks i think that article shed some light on the problem....

i think i need to ease up a little!

 

bryan

[knockwood]

How's that Goodall, by the way? I spend an awful lot of time drooling over the Goodall website. Worth the drool?

[bryanbrown]

Originally posted by knockwood How's that Goodall, by the way? I spend an awful lot of time drooling over the Goodall website. Worth the drool?

 

 

it's a beautiful guitar. i love the feel and sound of it so very much. Concert Jumbo. redwood top. rosewood back and sides.

 

it's like playing guitar in 3-D.

brilliant.

 

very much worth the drool.

 

bryan

[JasmineTea]

Originally posted by bryanbrown i think i need to ease up a little! bryan

Nah, you should be able to slam-jam the daylights out of it without breaking any strings. Check the saddle, it's probly got too much edge to it, needs to be rounded a little. Take the saddle out and file or sand it by hand, just enough to round it.

 

Elixirs have been known to explode when they come in contact with cotton sleaves. But hey, it's your life.

[Kap'n]

Originally posted by Hudman Wow! That sucks.

It would have really sucked if I had liked the strings. It figures that one of the coated ones broke. As is was/is, it was just another reason to hate the strings.

I really wanted to like Elixers. I'm really hard on acoustic strings when I'm gigging.

Back on topic - if you consistently break a specific string, and you change manufactuers, and it still happens, there's probably a burr somewhere. That wasn't what happened in my case.

[Mr Handman]

String brands? Since there are only a handful of manufacturers in the entire world (yet, several thousand labels) you could be comparing apples to apples

Different Brands = Brightness, quality, feel, string life, most likely the same damn string. ......String gauge, different story





Ummmmm by the way, you aren't dipping those strings in water are you?.......

[6942]

I asked my wife to wear a G-string for our wedding night. Good intonation, very twangy, with great sustain.

[daklander]

G Strings don't break when used correctly.

[MaxHills]

try hanes