Busted my first string

Tonedef

High E.

Double you tee eff. And just as I was managing to get that bloody F chord into the black hole between my ears.

Isnt this supposed to be some sort of watershed moment? Where's me cathartic experience where the ghost of Stevie Ray takes hold and I become unstoppable and take over the world, with legions of nubile virgins throwing me with Victoria's Secret's finest?

Well, I aint feeling any o' that. >☹ Bloody moerig, I am! I've got my first lessons next Saturday and now I must take some time off work to get a replacement and figure out how to fit it, plus I cant play tonight! GRRR.

FruitarGeek

Tonedef wrote: plus I cant play tonight! GRRR.

Lies, of course you can. Welcome to the world of guitar improvisation. Gotta start learning to play with missing strings, cause it WILL happen on stage

Tonedef

Dude.

Baby steps! ?

guidothepimmp

sounds like that gammy saddle you mentioned causing your intonation issues.. :-\

ezietsman

While you're at it, replace all the strings seeing that they're the factory models. Get a nice set of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky's and you'll be good to go.

BMU

Tonedef wrote: Busted my first string.

Way cool! Champagne!! Officially on the road to becoming a guitarist! ?

Tonedef

Naw, that was low E. The high e string broke right where it emerges out of the hole in the bridge. The rim of the hole has a sharp edge which no doubt gnawed away at the string.

I really like the look and feel of this guitar, but it has got some hidden stuff under the surface waiting to rip the bottom out. I'm going to take this opportunity to check for other potential hazards, smooth out all contact areas in the bridge and fit some good quality strings. And I had it set up so well, it felt and sounded great! >☹

Seventhson

Dude I usually bust that string. I was so flamed here that the icecream man came to my rescue lol.

Tonedef

Seventhson wrote: Dude I usually bust that string. I was so flamed here that the icecream man came to my rescue lol.

Seventhson

Lol they where shocked ???

singemonkey

Seventhson wrote: Lol they where shocked ???

'Cos it turned out that seventhson had had the same set of strings on since shortly after WWII. ?

Breaking strings. Yeah it's good to get the saddles sorted. But if you're playing regularly, you should be replacing them at least every two months or so. Don't be intimidated by fitting them. There'll be some good youtube vids I'm sure that will shortcut the learning process these days. One tip is the need to pull on them - stretch them - as soon as you fit them, and then play them hard. I do this and as a result my tuning stabilises in a day or two.

Squonk

Tonedef wrote: High E.

Double you tee eff. And just as I was managing to get that bloody F chord into the black hole between my ears.

Isnt this supposed to be some sort of watershed moment? Where's me cathartic experience where the ghost of Stevie Ray takes hold and I become unstoppable and take over the world, with legions of nubile virgins throwing me with Victoria's Secret's finest?

Well, I aint feeling any o' that. >☹ Bloody moerig, I am! I've got my first lessons next Saturday and now I must take some time off work to get a replacement and figure out how to fit it, plus I cant play tonight! GRRR.

That Bloody F Chord ? Not for sissies.

I have been investigating buying strings in bulk, the pluses are that you always have strings and you can knock off about 40% of the price by buying e.g. 10 sets of strings

I can tell from your posts that the guitar bug has bitten, good stuff ?

"Nubile Virgins" I haven't heard that term for a awhile. The Stranglers have a disgusting song "Bring on the nubiles"

Seventhson

singemonkey wrote:
Seventhson wrote: Lol they where shocked ???

'Cos it turned out that seventhson had had the same set of strings on since shortly after WWII. ?

Breaking strings. Yeah it's good to get the saddles sorted. But if you're playing regularly, you should be replacing them at least every two months or so. Don't be intimidated by fitting them. There'll be some good youtube vids I'm sure that will shortcut the learning process these days. One tip is the need to pull on them - stretch them - as soon as you fit them, and then play them hard. I do this and as a result my tuning stabilises in a day or two.

Hey hey. There was a dude who still had strings from the american revaluation?

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Seventhson wrote: Hey hey. There was a dude who still had strings from the american revaluation?

The revaluation of America? Are you talking about Henry Paulson and October 2008? ???

Squonk

Stratisfear wrote:
Seventhson wrote: Hey hey. There was a dude who still had strings from the american revaluation?
The revaluation of America? Are you talking about Henry Paulson and October 2008? ???

Seventhson

Stratisfear wrote:
Seventhson wrote: Hey hey. There was a dude who still had strings from the american revaluation?
The revaluation of America? Are you talking about Henry Paulson and October 2008? ???

soz my spell checker was iffy?

Revolution ?

ezietsman

That guy with the 6 year old strings should donate them to science. Maybe we can learn a thing or two about the origin of life...

Tonedef

...or String Theory.

(sorry, that was baaad)

Tonedef

Yesterday afternoon I popped into Marshall Music @ the Glen for some new strings. +1 to the friendly lady behind the counter, she did a stellar job of explaining all the brands and guages and whatnot, and echoed the recommendation for the regular slinkies. I got a couple of those, and she gave me a guitar cable for free, as I needed one for my GT6-to-ampito.

Fantastic service and a happy customer!

When I got home I gave the noodle some tlc, but screw me sideways, that thing is an absolute mess on the inside. Will post pics once I find my blerrie camera cable.