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Location: Germantown, MD | In the decades that I've been playing guitar, solid body and acoustic steel string, it's been my experience that if I break a string, it's almost always the G string. This is also true for the other half of Campbell and Hare. (I suppose I could blame him: Every time he breaks a G string, I end up breaking one the next time we play.)
Maybe it's kind of like the fact that the middle finger is the one most likely to be injured and require a splint or large bandage. . . .
Is there something about G strings that makes them more prone to breakage, or is there something about technique? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by amstphd:
Is there something about G strings that makes them more prone to breakage...? Really large asses? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...butt seriously,
maybe be that tension, size and construction of G strings tend to fatigue more quickly.
...when i break strings it tends to be G or B |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Similarly, thinner gauge material will wear out faster, under the same tension. Less mass to carry the load, and more rapid fatigue. Newton was probably right..... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | But so were Plant & Page- "Fat-bottom Girls". |
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | After (about 40)years of trying to figure strings out, one thing I have found is that the G string bears more tension than any of the other strings when tuned to standard pitch which is about 30 pounds tension. Here are specifications for a typical set I use:
E 1st Plain Steel .011 Tension 19.9 lbs
B 2nd Plain Steel .015 Tension 20.5 lbs
G 3rd Bronze Round Wound .024 Tension 29.6 lbs
D 4th Bronze Round Wound .032 Tension 28.9 lbs
A 5th Bronze Round Wound .043 Tension 28.2 lbs
E 6th Bronze Round Wound .052 Tension 24.2 lbs
The standard answer to "Why do I break strings?" If the path from tuning mechanism to bridge saddle/bridge pin (better with an Ovation 'cause there are no pins!) is un-obstructed with nothing that binds, you ought not to break strings or have tuning problems (no burrs or sharp edges to bind or grind away at a string). There is also something to be said for high quality, fresh strings, too. In my experience, some brands, without naming names, break more easily than others. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Nice, P. Dog. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Originally posted by amstphd:
Is there something about G strings that makes them more prone to breakage...? Really large asses? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...then you've seen it before. |
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Location: Spain | Its always the "octave G " on a 12 that goes first . Does that help or hinder the large asses debate!!!!! |
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Location: Spain | come to think of it a 12 isnt really large as asses go |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
...then you've seen it before. ...it was '65...night had fallen and they had us surrounded...the boys and I hunkered down looking at all the possibilities...there were none. We were toast for sure...IT WAS HORRIBLE, MAN! YOU JUST HAD TO LIVE THROUGH IT! EDDIE MADE A MAD DASH, GOT CAUGHT AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN 'IM SINCE...JIMMY'S STILL NOT THE SAME...MY GOD, MAN! WE WERE JUST KIDS!! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...when the line breaks, all you can hope, is to die quick. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Amen, brother, (sniff) amen. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Don't sniff, man! Don't sniff. |
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Location: Tennessee | But so were Plant & Page- "Fat-bottom Girls". I thought that was Mercury and May. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | It was but when it comes to the FBG's, there's leeway given all around. |
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