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03-07-2013, 07:20 AM
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Bad String?
I wanted to upgrade the super-wimpy strings that came with my Squier to something more Stevie Ray-ish, so I got a pack of Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom strings (10-52) as an experiment. All went well until I got to the D (30), which just snapped as I tightened it. I don't think I did anything wrong. Can strings be bad right out of the bag?
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03-07-2013, 10:13 AM
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This is exactly why I stopped using EB strings. I broke so many G strings fresh out the pack. Funny how it's always the G string too!?
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03-07-2013, 10:37 AM
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I've snapped a string right at the tailpiece on an Epiphone and found a burr there, and at the tuning peg when it found a way to cross itself while I was watching the tuner. A third was probably a bad octave string on a 12 string, it snapped about a half inch from the peg at about two steps down from pitch during installation.
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