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Topic: top string g@ keeps snapping |
Thomas Schwagart
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 11:38 am |
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tuning to e6 or e13...top g# string pops when I get to g beforre I can even get to g#...have tried .09,.10,.11....How does everyone else get the string tuned....I am using a morrell 6 string
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 11:44 am
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Try a 12 that's what I use.
And make it a Live Steel string. |
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Brian Evans
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 12:09 pm
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What scale is the instrument? G# is getting up there for a 25" scale instrument... Where does the string break - could there be a rough or sharp spot in a tuner hole, or over the saddle or nut?
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Thomas Schwagart
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 12:23 pm string breaks
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| Thanks for all the replies...The string breaks where it is winding I don't fell any sharp spots but I will keep looking...ok |
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Jordan Beyer
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 4:41 pm
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| Just out of curiosity what brands of strings are you using? Might be just a cheap brand. I used to use SIT strings, and they would last me awhile but I always found burrs on the strings .014 and under, so I stopped using them. |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 5:10 pm Re: string breaks
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| Thomas Schwagart wrote: |
| Thanks for all the replies...The string breaks where it is winding I don't fell any sharp spots but I will keep looking...ok |
Winding? Do you mean where it winds around the tuning peg, or where it's wound to the ball at the bridge?
If it's breaking at the tuning peg...try allowing extra length for at least 3 or 4 wraps around the peg to allow it to move away from the hole.
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2016 9:07 am
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I've run into this problem a couple of times with thin gauge strings when I've pulled on the string too much, too soon. The result has been two bends in the string. One where I first started to wind the string and another bend where the string goes through the post. Sooner or later the string will break at the bend that is away from the tuner post hole. It may be within the 3 or 4 winds around the post. The string won't lie flat. As string tension straightens out the bend, the string breaks. Not saying this is what is causing your problem but something to consider.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 12 Mar 2016 9:47 am
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| there shouldn't be a bend in the string away from the post. |
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Thomas Schwagart
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2016 7:57 am string breaking
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Thanks to all who answered my thread....I have it tuned right now and I will try all methods as my problems arisew..Thanks again
Tom |
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