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you might wanna check whether the chrome on the saddles is still
intact... if pieces come off they can damage the strings... I've had
that problem and then sanded away what was left of the chrome
alltogether, just to find that the material of the saddles actually
rusts (sic?) and caused even more problems... I then bought some new
saddles and it made a huge difference.
Also, spring tend to break easier on a strat because of the angle the
strings have to make. not a damn thing you can do about it.
Also I've noticed that flatwounds are actually roundwounds with extra
(flat) winding.. this means that the core of the string, which keeps
it together, would be thinner then the same gouge roundwound... not a
clue if this correct though, just an observation.
--- In , "Bill Moffat" <scrufbal@a...>
wrote:
> It seems that I am keeping D'Addario in business lately. Any foray
> into tremelo picking-dom and sproink, it's "dude why'd you stop
> playing, oh, you broke a string at the bridge again". Do I need to
> polish the bridge saddles, replace them, get a different bridge,
> different guitar, better/different lube, play a comb with tissue
> paper? Before the neck got messed-up on my DiPinto, I almost never
> broke a string, even after energetic romps with "Cat on a Hot Foam
> Board". The bridge on the Squire Showmaster is a modern 2 pivot.
>
> - Bill M.
