Why I'm Always Breaking the e String?

[Notuern]

ah some times when soloing i'm bending waaay to much that a 9 string can't handle it..

.. no, thats not true at all.. in fact its actually less likely that you will break a thinner string from bending then a fatter one(Due to the string tension being much higher in 11's that i play with.).

I kill about 2 e-strings a month because i bend so deep, it never happened when i played thinner strings.

IF you break a string from bending to much, it will break really close to the ball as opposed to breaking in the saddle.

Had this issue too with my Epiphone Les Paul.
But the strings sometimes allready broke during putting the strings on
I started to buy another e string to each pack because I didn't knew what was going on...one time broke even the seperate one broke too lol

Eventually after 3 or so changes it stopped. Guess the bridge wasn't sharp enough anymore

That sound _REALLY_ weird. o,0
Never heard of that happening due to burr's or bad strings.. i can however imagine it happening with shit strings like D'Aquisto.
Seriously, i tried a pack of them once.. the strings where oxidized from factory.

A pointer to you guys who tend to break E-strings due to overbending(Like i do.): Buy Rotosound.
You get an extra E-string, and the quality is really damn close to D'Addario.
They loose the new string sound faster and don't keep tuning as well, but at home i really dont find it to make a huge difference.

 

[BlackSA]

Had the same problem with my Yamaha RGX A2. Broke 3 E-strings during two rehearsals (strings were Ernie Ball). Bought some other brands strings and now it's fine. Also tried to smooth the saddle with sandpaper but it didn't help, so I really think it's the EB strings.

 

[Trevoire520]

I always say there's a reason that it's EB's given away free with magazine subscriptions...

 

[Mago]

That sound _REALLY_ weird. o,0
Never heard of that happening due to burr's or bad strings.. i can however imagine it happening with shit strings like D'Aquisto.
Seriously, i tried a pack of them once.. the strings where oxidized from factory.

It was really weird and it also freaked me out
D'Addario strings it was, still use them

 

[Notuern]

It was really weird and it also freaked me out
D'Addario strings it was, still use them

Sounds crazy, but then again.. D'Addario have had a few bad shipments.
About a year ago they changed the material in the ball of the string, and what happened was that when the string was at full tension the ball would deform.
Eventually the string didn't keep tune, it was impossible to remove(Because it got wedged inside the bridge.), or it just snapped of.
They fixed that within a month or so though.

 

[weimark]

it was impossible to remove(Because it got wedged inside the bridge.)

fffck that's why it took me like an hour to remove 2 strings from my guitar some weeks ago.

 

[Notuern]

fffck that's why it took me like an hour to remove 2 strings from my guitar some weeks ago.

If it was one of those packs it could have been.
Its not an unusual phenomenon on strats though.. don't really know why. :S

 

[Terminus]

No technicians around a radius of 300khm so....

Drive farther. Or run, or ride a camel, I dunno. Fly on the back of a giant eagle.

 

[DarkTom666]

I keep breaking g strings






But seriously, if it's not your bridge then I have no idea. Don't pick so hard?