My Strings Snap!!

GrayAkira

GrayAkira

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Or break or whatever it's called. I not sure, but it's broke for god knows reason. It look like as if the tension is too hard or something, but that's the thing, I don't know.

I've just started using Rotosound Flatwound Strings, 0.45 Gauge (4 strings) and I just bought it 2 weeks ago. Before this I used Roundwound 0.50 Gauge. I tuned my bass 1 step down. It was alright for the past 2 weeks (even okay when my band had a gig last Sat) but when I took it out of my gig bag yesterday, I saw that my "A String" snap/stretch/break (but it didn't really break into 2 parts or what).

What could be the main cause for the problem? Is the tension too strong which cause my strings to be like that? Must I do something after playing it (like loosen the strings) unlike Roundwound Strings (i never loosen my strings after playing last time when i'm using Roundwound)?
 
Hey there...
man.. it actually snapped?
I'm also using rotosound strings but they never snapped before,
hehe
I've always loosen my strings when I'm not using the bass, got this tip from
one of my bass frens, it sort of releases the tension of the strings and the
tension on the neck..
So if it snapped it couldn't be that your strings are rusty cuz u just bought it,
but rather i'd say the tension is too strong... and probably something had pressed or pressured against ur strings?

oh and btw...
You saw that your "A String" snap/stretch/break (but it didn't really break into 2 parts or what).
din break inta 2 parts?
then snapped in like how?? :?
lol...
 
anw another tip i got abt basses, is to always loosen the strings when putting it into a gig bag, den tune up when u take it out to use it

something to do with the neck warping or sumthing
 
can't be tension since it's tuned one step down. could be a string fault. i think the core just snapped but not the windings. maybe you could check if rotosound offers some sort of warranty against such events. strings aren't supposed to snap especially when they're not being played hard or tuned many steps up.

as for the string loosening thing, i don't detune them because it takes a neck time to settle when you change the tension on it (eg. tuning up and down or adjusting truss rod action) loosening the strings and tuning them up over and over again won't let the neck settle in place properly. don't see any problems with my pencil neck soundgear after 4 years of keeping it constantly in tune.
 
Constant loosening and tensioning of the strings will cause fatigue stress on the neck, resulting in the neck getting warp in future.

For example, take a thin sheet of metal, bend it forth and back many times, the metal sheet will break. Therefore it's best to keep the strings in tension (unless packing it for shipment).
 
warwickw said:
Constant loosening and tensioning of the strings will cause fatigue stress on the neck, resulting in the neck getting warp in future.

For example, take a thin sheet of metal, bend it forth and back many times, the metal sheet will break. Therefore it's best to keep the strings in tension (unless packing it for shipment).
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agreed ... you should never loosen and tighten your strings so often .. sooner or later your bass neck will face some kind of warpage problems due to the constant tension change on the wood itself ...

anyway, i suspect your strings may have broken either at your bridge or at the tuning pegs right? ... if it were so most probably there is some sharp edge at either one that starts to cut into the string when you tighten the strings .. at some freak moment when there is too much pressure, either the internal core will snap or the winding comes loose ...

if not could just be manufactering defects .. i'm not sure .. but all bass strings or most of them .. have a straight string internal core which the winding winds about .. it could have been that this core snapped within somehow ... yeah ...
 
Well i guess as with all of these kind of equipment(strings, drumsticks etc), there are bound to be bad packs. eg when I was playing drums avg a pair would last about 1-2months, but there was once when I bought a brand new pair and it broke within the week.. suayness i guess.

You probably just got one of those bad packs that roll off the press once in a while.
 
dude breaking 2strings after playing a year and a half is bad already. but 10???

is there a problem with your bridge or something?where do they normally break?
 
Okay, it didn't actually snapped into 2 piece but more like streched to strongly or something. You guys know how our strings are form right? They're like coiling around something in the middle (core if i'm not wrong). Well, my strings just "open up" at around 8th fret there. Not at the bridge nor the place where you tune.

So it is wise to loosen the strings after playing? Got pros and cons yea, but what you guys suggest?
 
yea i think its a tension thing my string strangely broke i dunno how to explain but it only broke on the 7th fret i could fret the rest properly...should have been the tension that killed mine(it was only about 2 months old) and when i looked at the string it look someone took out my string did a real sharp bend at the 7th fret area and stringed it back..it was weird
 
for me i've broken them on several basses, not just mine. I just play really really hard and sometimes i mess with the string around the headstock for vibrato and go too far, or bend too far, that sort of thing. hahahaha.
 
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