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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.
Bill,
I had the same problem forever with the wound G string on some
Chromes I bought (the set was with 11's). Everytime I would play
Journey To The Stars- POW! I stopped playing that song for the
longest time because of that happening. I suggest inspecting the
bridge to make sure there isn't any sharp rubbing points but I'm more
geared to suggest you go up in gauge. I did and it seems better. The
sustain improved tremendously. Without having the Strat amped I could
feel the vibration coming through the whole body of the guitar.
Amazing. I just have to try it out on JTTS and see how it holds up.
My $0.02. JWL
--- 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.
As a bass player who has gone to the dark side and two more strings
on their instrument, I use flatwound 12's. Not great for wild string
bends, but the whole guitar body sings. The guitar was set-up (nut
cut, etc.) by a reputable pro and I use "Nut Sauce", not that kind,
but the grey graphite stuff for lube. Is there a grit of crocus
cloth that is recomended? Once again, pardon my ignorance, what is
JTT... I forget all these abreviations.
- Bill
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.
Hi,
A while back someone posted a link? On SRV's gear and what his tech did
with the strings and string breakage on SRV's strats.
Most of the time the angel of the string causes the breakage. What SRV's
tech did was dead simple, he took a pair od strip pliars and striped
some electric wire (the one with the plastic jacket) this hollow pastic
tubes were then cut to small lengst and pulled over the strings, then
the plastic jackat sat over the string and in the angle that causes the
string breakage. (behind the saddle) It seams to keep SRV from breaking
strings.
This does not cover the saddles, but it might be a start. However I
would take the guitar to a good tech and have it looked over.
I find the Strat trem and bridge system a bit more complicating then the
Floating trem, when it comes to breaking strings.
There are also different types of strat saddles, perhaps a change might
do the trick.
-Jerry S.
How about taking my guitar and putting the bridge under dry ice.
Isn't that what SRV's guitar tech did? ....Oops, mixed up the
threads.
Different saddles? As long as I don't lose tone. Aren't there
polymer bridge saddles but the make the sound more mellower. The
strings always break at the intonation point where the string first
comes in contact with the bridge.
How about a circulating liquid nitrogen system on the bridge. Cool.
Thanks,
- Bill M.
--- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A while back someone posted a link? On SRV's gear and what his
tech did
> with the strings and string breakage on SRV's strats.
> Most of the time the angel of the string causes the breakage. What
SRV's
> tech did was dead simple, he took a pair od strip pliars and
striped
> some electric wire (the one with the plastic jacket) this hollow
pastic
> tubes were then cut to small lengst and pulled over the strings,
then
> the plastic jackat sat over the string and in the angle that
causes the
> string breakage. (behind the saddle) It seams to keep SRV from
breaking
> strings.
>
> This does not cover the saddles, but it might be a start. However I
> would take the guitar to a good tech and have it looked over.
> I find the Strat trem and bridge system a bit more complicating
then the
> Floating trem, when it comes to breaking strings.
> There are also different types of strat saddles, perhaps a change
might
> do the trick.
>
> -Jerry S.
