Breaking a string in a solo

[Coyote]

Re: Breaking a string in a solo

Originally posted by bluemustard
I fear it soo!
Maybe thats why it breaks??
Anybody know?
I like 0,08 strings..but when I play hard gypsy mode and I hit the e string on a very high note it sometimes breaks.
Pisses me off..

I gotta parker fly deluxe guitar..if i put 0,10 strings on it it might help but the 0,08 strings are more flexable.
Anybody an expert?
Are you pretty much fucked if you don't have a private guitar engineer working for ya?

No. But if I were you, I'd switch over to 0.09's. (I use 0.10's myself) It's gonna be only a bit heavier than what you're used to, but the chance of breaking a string is smaller.

If that don't work, try a thinner pick/plectrum/whateveryacallit. From "heavy" to "medium" etc...

[Matt White]

"Breaking a string in a solo "

It goes with the territory...You have to learn to make do.

It's part of the beauty of playing out......

[bluemustard]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Is the Parker a string through body design like a Stratocaster? Because if it is the breakage might not be at the saddles but where the string bends over the edge of the hole to the saddle. This is a problem in the traditional Stratocaster bridge.

Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitar tech had a brilliant sollution to the problem. He would strip off the insulation off of wire with wire strippers and slip the hollow plastic tubes over the guitar strings. This way you have a protecting sleave between your bridge friction point and the string.

I've thought about that too once..never tried it..thought it would stop full sustain of a string..maybe i'll try that..i must say I haven't been breaking to much strings latley.

[bluemustard]

Originally posted by Matt White
"Breaking a string in a solo "

It goes with the territory...You have to learn to make do.

It's part of the beauty of playing out......

Prince once said: Why don't I ever break a string?

he never told the answer..
lol

It goes with the job i guess..I'm gonna try the 009 though.
Thanks for all the feedback all!!!
Cheers!

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by bluemustard
Prince once said: Why don't I ever break a string?

he never told the answer..
lol

If you're the size of Prince a 008 string must seem like a fucking steel rope!

[bluemustard]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
If you're the size of Prince a 008 string must seem like a fucking steel rope!

Whayamean?
Is there a thinner string?
I once got a string from steve vai..i think it was custum stuff or very special..they looked like steel and rubber..like unbreakable.
What does prince use?

[Brett]

9's are the best, 8's are too thin-sounding and they do tend to break. I can't bend 10's enough for my liking.

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by bluemustard
Whayamean?

He means Prince is tiny...

He uses 1's...

[Don Corleone]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
If you're the size of Prince a 008 string must seem like a fucking steel rope!

Please welcome to the stage standing at almost 5ft tall..... Prince