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JakeDTH How often do your strings... 12-09-2010, 03:43 AM

GuitarBizarre I've probably broken about 4... 12-09-2010, 04:07 AM

JakeDTH What kind of music do you... 12-09-2010, 07:34 AM

GuitarBizarre I play everything from shred... 12-09-2010, 07:57 AM

Farfisa The only time when I break... 12-09-2010, 09:26 AM

mr dave like GB said, there's... 12-09-2010, 06:29 PM

GuitarBizarre I'm not sure I agree with... 12-10-2010, 09:08 AM

JakeDTH They always break at the... 12-10-2010, 08:46 PM

GuitarBizarre Thats definitely some kind of... 12-11-2010, 03:32 AM

JakeDTH Okay, I'll do that. I... 12-11-2010, 05:45 AM

GuitarBizarre Could be any number of... 12-11-2010, 06:00 AM

Astronomer I always break the high E... 12-09-2010, 07:30 PM

ThePhanastasio I've only broken strings... 12-09-2010, 09:46 PM

mr dave after 4 years it REALLY... 12-10-2010, 12:49 AM

CodeRayne Usually the B string when... 12-10-2010, 12:52 AM

KeithT I have been playing guitar... 01-21-2011, 09:30 PM

Dr_Rez Same my last brokenstring was... 01-21-2011, 09:37 PM

Stress-Pass I'm a guitarist and play... 02-24-2011, 01:23 AM

Raust My bass strings hardly break... 03-13-2011, 11:35 AM

Alfred I break maybe two or three a... 12-10-2010, 09:13 PM

The Monkey I've only ever had strings... 12-14-2010, 12:02 PM

BloodFoxTK the high e. all. the. time.... 12-20-2010, 01:19 PM

Bushidosniper Same here. Idk I guess it... 01-01-2011, 02:33 PM

GuitarBizarre Again, that wouldn't be the... 01-01-2011, 02:42 PM

Dr_Rez Sorry Gb but your clearly... 01-02-2011, 10:48 PM

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Room Studio The only string I break on my... 01-03-2011, 11:58 AM

Bloozcrooz Wow..I break strings all the... 01-03-2011, 01:53 PM

Dr_Rez You still shouldnt break... 01-03-2011, 02:34 PM

Bloozcrooz Hmm beats me then..I saw SRV... 01-03-2011, 05:24 PM

GuitarBizarre SRV wasn't exactly know for... 01-03-2011, 05:29 PM

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GuitarBizarre I'm actually a big fan of... 01-12-2011, 01:18 PM

GeddyBass2112 Usually it's my A string on... 01-14-2011, 02:31 PM

mr dave style doesn't matter. you... 01-16-2011, 06:08 PM

AngelXTmusic i'm a cellist...dominant c's... 01-21-2011, 11:00 AM

Arya Stark I wish I knew what strings my... 01-22-2011, 11:40 PM

Howard the Duck it's always the high E on my... 01-23-2011, 04:24 AM

Dr_Rez 5? No way. 01-23-2011, 04:56 AM

Howard the Duck my fingers used to be pretty... 01-23-2011, 05:18 AM

Dr_Rez You must play with the... 01-23-2011, 03:57 PM

Ramirez I break the G string on my... 01-31-2011, 02:49 PM

Dirty break your g string fingering... 01-31-2011, 03:24 PM

GuitarBizarre loooooooollllllll weak fret... 01-31-2011, 03:19 PM

emostreetguitar562268 Whenever i get new strings,... 02-01-2011, 03:15 PM

LG_Andrew I've been playing for a few... 02-02-2011, 05:57 PM

Bloozcrooz Personally I think it depends... 02-02-2011, 08:14 PM

Howard the Duck I play all types of musick... 03-08-2011, 11:27 PM

Geetarguy The G always breaks more... 02-07-2011, 11:39 AM

GeddyBass2112 I've been playing an electric... 02-07-2011, 12:45 PM

Bloozcrooz Its seems like the g string... 02-24-2011, 01:29 AM

duga I'm lazy about changing my... 03-08-2011, 11:51 AM

Dr_Rez I dont get how you do that. ... 03-09-2011, 11:28 AM

GORTURED Low E (6) string for me, i... 03-12-2011, 01:18 AM

GuitarBizarre You're almost certainly... 03-12-2011, 11:02 AM

Howard the Duck I also play 8s, I used to... 03-12-2011, 01:53 AM

Bloozcrooz well then thats the rarest... 03-12-2011, 01:19 AM

Dr_Rez Lol gb, what a claim! I... 03-12-2011, 11:18 AM

sixpounder94 normally for me its the high... 03-12-2011, 11:51 PM

[Royal Tenenbaum] I can't remember the last... 03-13-2011, 09:43 PM

bahama When I was playing lots of... 03-19-2011, 04:15 PM

alicedee07 I must be lucky. I've only... 03-24-2011, 02:49 PM

Dr_Rez Light strings are way easier... 03-25-2011, 12:17 AM

bahama Have never broken an electric... 03-27-2011, 12:21 PM

ElectricHippie I've only ever broken 3... 04-12-2011, 06:16 AM

Husky McDump your dad broke a bass string... 04-12-2011, 08:47 AM

ElectricHippie me? i play it every day. But... 04-14-2011, 08:15 AM

Dr_Rez When I got my first tuning... 04-14-2011, 09:09 PM

Howard the Duck ^^just how often do you play... 04-12-2011, 06:29 AM

Husky McDump I break strings frequently on... 04-12-2011, 08:46 AM

Hagar For Classical -- nothing... 04-13-2011, 07:58 AM

Bloozcrooz I did manage to pop my high e... 04-15-2011, 09:13 AM

flewis I haven't broken a string in... 04-24-2011, 12:34 AM

Freebase Dali Heh... I just picked up my... 05-02-2011, 06:47 PM

Farfisa Actually, new strings on an... 05-02-2011, 07:22 PM

Freebase Dali I don't like the sound of new... 05-02-2011, 07:26 PM

Insane Guest I love the feel of old worn... 05-02-2011, 08:20 PM

Gangleri New strings on an acoustic... 10-14-2011, 02:45 AM

Howard the Duck old strings are fine as long... 10-14-2011, 04:44 AM

Dr_Rez I agree. I only change my... 11-05-2011, 01:47 AM

NGPercussion I'm new to strings, and I'm... 10-29-2011, 02:09 PM

lucifer_sam G & B strings break most... 11-05-2011, 09:46 PM

Ben Jotrucci I only break high e. I bend... 11-14-2011, 10:05 AM

sonar1 The last string I broke was a... 11-16-2011, 03:35 AM

mr dave if it's always at the same... 01-13-2011, 03:32 AM

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I did manage to pop my high e string this weekend after only a month and half of having the strings on. But I figured it was going to happen as a lot SRV tunes are heavily focused on the bending of the high e. Just a change from the G breaking was cool in my book.

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