Originally Posted by: acapella rapemeNo probs, Uncle B
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# 1
yeah, you can buy one string at a time.. at my local shop, they charge like $1 per string.. I've had to do it a few times when I break my little E string. you'll have to check your local shop and ask if they sell individual strings. if they don't and you do buy 6 new strings, just put on the one that's broken, and keep the other 5 as backups. rather then taking off 5 perfectly good strings.
# 2
I also snapped one once while tuning down for Pantera's Floods. Kinda strange....
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# 3
I can't remember the last time I've broken a string.
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# 4
Really? The last time I broke a string was.......last night.
# 5
yeah, I haven't broken any strings in quite a while, the most I usually tune down has been to drop D, at least recently, I used to go to Db, or sometimes C, but I decided it's not necessary to drop tune in order to get some heavy-sounding metal riffs.
# 6
I'll snap a B every 6 months or so on a bend. Pretty common I think.
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# 7
The only time I broke a string was tuning my acoustic, but that was an old string
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# 8
Ive gotta restring probably once every 2 months or so. I do a lot of big bends, Im on the wammy bar sometimes, and my hands sweat like a biotch so the strings will rust on me.
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# 9
Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrsyeah, I haven't broken any strings in quite a while, the most I usually tune down has been to drop D, at least recently, I used to go to Db, or sometimes C, but I decided it's not necessary to drop tune in order to get some heavy-sounding metal riffs.
Well, yeah, you can look at it like that, but down tuning is essentially the same thing as a capo, only in the other direction. You're just changing the key of the song. Yeah, you get a deeper tone out of the deal as a side effect. Of course the whole down tuning for different keys is kind of voided out if you don't really experiment with other down tunings as well. Currently my Strat is tuned 1 step down. I usually play in standard E regardless though. Of all the serious projects I've got going on right now, only one of them uses standard E at that.
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# 10
I've broken a string on the way down to. Always a suprise when that happens.
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# 11
I think the problem with the string snapping when tuning down, is that you keep under tension so long in standard tuning, tuning it down would dramatically remove the stress and tension on the string causing it to break. I also working on a new theory...E=Mc3 (this is new)... :D
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# 12
I found a brand new acoustic D string that had an almost identical gauge to the A that snapped. I took off the gross A string that was on there. Then I tuned it down to F# F# F# F# E B. Then I played it. Then I smiled. The end.
# 13
let's hope you don't snap anything when you retune to standard!
you know what would be cool? playing in F# F# F# F# F# F# cause.. like.. you would have all the same note.. so like, I would make a single string riff, play it over and over, then add a second string, keep it goin, add a third string, etc. until you are playing the riff by just barring all 6 strings.. it would be fun for a few minutes, but then I'd get bored of course..
you know what would be cool? playing in F# F# F# F# F# F# cause.. like.. you would have all the same note.. so like, I would make a single string riff, play it over and over, then add a second string, keep it goin, add a third string, etc. until you are playing the riff by just barring all 6 strings.. it would be fun for a few minutes, but then I'd get bored of course..
# 14
Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrslet's hope you don't snap anything when you retune to standard!
you know what would be cool? playing in F# F# F# F# F# F# cause.. like.. you would have all the same note.. so like, I would make a single string riff, play it over and over, then add a second string, keep it goin, add a third string, etc. until you are playing the riff by just barring all 6 strings.. it would be fun for a few minutes, but then I'd get bored of course..
I've done that before... well... not with F# in particular, but all strings tuned to E I think it was. It wasn't overly exciting. I did, however, enjoy an experience playing in B, F#, B, F#, B, F#.
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# 15
Another tuning I like to use is EBEEAB. That's fun. Oh, and GGDGDG.
# 16
I've had my guitar tuned to CGDGCD for about 3 or 4 days now. Today I decided to put it back to standard. Then my high-E snapped, which boggles my mind more than breaking a string when tuning down. At least when I'm tuning down, it's usually down a whole bunch of steps. From D to E is only two! How? How could it bloody happen?!
Right now I'm making a list of all the string gauges for Ernie Ball strings. This way, when a string breaks, I can just look at the list and know the gauge I'll need for a replacement string, rather than rummaging through the trash, looking for the packet.
Right now I'm making a list of all the string gauges for Ernie Ball strings. This way, when a string breaks, I can just look at the list and know the gauge I'll need for a replacement string, rather than rummaging through the trash, looking for the packet.
# 17
AHH!!! I've found your problem! it's the ernie ball strings, they always broke extremely easily for me. then I switched to GHS, man, they last forever!
# 18
Originally Posted by: AkiraErnie Ball strings last for yonks with me. :confused:
perhaps they only last for a decent amount of time if you stay in standard, cause when I used ernie balls, I jumped around alot.
# 19
hmm... yeah im with Akira. i use the extra slinky ernies and i never have had problems. i broke a string once, and that was in some crazy legato or something. all the other times with earnies the only reason ive had to change em is cuz theyre too old...
same with d'atirros. (sp?)
same with d'atirros. (sp?)
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