Members soupdragon Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 I've been playing electric guitar for over 4 years now, and during that time have only used guitars with gauge .9 strings. I recently got a guitar (PRS SE Custom) that has .10s and I just tried to restring it. I have now gone through 3 packs of strings because I can't get the high e string any higher than a C# without it snapping. I've never had a problem like this before with my other guitars, am I missing something?Also, would I need to have my guitar properly set up if I wanted to use .9s on it, and what would that involve doing? tl;dr - Why do my .10 gauge strings keep snapping before reaching pitch?Do I need to have my guitar set up again to change to .9s, and what does that involve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Are you using a tuner set to A440 to make sure you are truly stringing to pitch? Where is it breaking? At the bridge or the tuning peg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soupdragon Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yep, I'm using a tuner to A440. And it's breaking nearer the peg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yep, I'm using a tuner to A440. And it's breaking nearer the peg. Are you careful not to twist or kink the string to much when you are restringing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soupdragon Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Are you careful not to twist or kink the string to much when you are restringing.Not a single one I seriously don't understand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frankie pajamas Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Are sure you're not an octave too high? (I have done this on the A string before ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 It may be the tuning peg has a sharp edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soupdragon Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 It may be the tuning peg has a sharp edge. Maybe, I'll go and look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted January 22, 2010 Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 Are sure you're not an octave too high? (I have done this on the A string before ) Also guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soupdragon Posted January 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2010 OK, I had a look, and I don't think there's a sharp edge on the peg (would I have had a problem with that earlier if there was? just out of interest). Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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