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But then I realised I'd have had 2 spare..
what gtr?
try more expensive strings? I like a wound G myself - 0.022
Or a batch of duff strings? Although four in a row is a lot...
Shame this wasn't Sunday or I could have sent you some 18s along with the washers
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Edit - Tube o magic, I love auto correct on this phone...
I meant tune o matic
not sure which guitar it is on - but look at the precise breaking point on the string and try and align that to the same point on the guitar and that is where you probably have an issue - Chances are it is against some hardware and gone slightly rough - sometimes you won't feel it with your finger, but gently rub/clean that point with wet n dry or a fine file - GENTLY rub/clean and hopefully it will resolve - Bad news is that you'll only know when you re-string and it doesn't break
I bad string and you are unlucky - 2/3/4 and almost unheard of so must be rubbing against hardware
I am suspecting the strings myself - they are Pyramid nickel classics - and the break point is right at the end of the winding up from the ball - it's literally as if I've broken just the end winding off!
The reason I suspect a dodgy batch is 1. They were bought as a batch (duh!) and 2. They all broke in the same way - hardly any pressure required - as I bent the string round to the headstock end they broke - no real twang or snap - just a not very satisfying rupture really..
maybe a polite e-mail to Pyramid might get an explanation and some freebies to compensate
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Aha! But zis kann bee arräntscht!
Seriously, I can help, if you are bothered enough.![:) :)](/plugins/EmojiExtender/emoji/fb/1.gif)
As an interesting aside (or not) a friend of mine spent a year in Germany not too long ago and she was staying about 5 miles from the Pyramid factory.
I went out to see her for a holiday and met someone who worked there and we had a lovely chat about string winding the old way - all in very perfect English.
Not sure I could be rude to them - they are lovely people and their beer is exceptional.
Cool beans. I don't know the area, but it's very close to Erlangen, where the singer in my band studied, and Thomann, obvs.
What's your favourite beer from the region, then?
It's a little bit further away, but I sometimes have this one, just finished a crate with my friends:
http://www.getraenke-rausch.de/images/Aktien Zwickl.jpg