snapped string while tuning

newgodsteaparty · Post by **newgodsteaparty** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:18 am

praisedave wrote:
newgodsteaparty wrote:(offtopic) lol once i tuned my seagull...
suddenly the whole head of the guitar was flying to my direction!!!!what a shock i could have cried..

with some help of father we could glue it and know its working for 5 years hard play
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mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:14 am

castellar wrote:just snapped the same string while i was "stretching" the strings so they could wrap around the tuners. damnit!

where does it snap? near the bridge or near the nut? look for abberations on either that would weaken the string.

also, is it fully snapping or are you just popping the coil?

castellar · Post by **castellar** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:22 am

praisedave wrote:
castellar wrote:just snapped the same string while i was "stretching" the strings so they could wrap around the tuners. damnit!
where does it snap? near the bridge or near the nut? look for abberations on either that would weaken the string.

also, is it fully snapping or are you just popping the coil?

its snaps right at the nut
first time- just popped the coil
second time- full snap

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 am

castellar wrote:
praisedave wrote:
castellar wrote:just snapped the same string while i was "stretching" the strings so they could wrap around the tuners. damnit!
where does it snap? near the bridge or near the nut? look for abberations on either that would weaken the string.

also, is it fully snapping or are you just popping the coil?
first time- just popped the coil
second time- full snap

ew....
well like i said check and see if there is a sharp point on the bridge or nut, and if not buy your strings somewhere else.

Davy28 · Post by **Davy28** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:17 am

Happens to me all the time. Ironically, it even happens when I am tuning strings down.

J_Clark · Post by **J_Clark** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:05 pm

Ive done it once. It happened to a set of Elixir Polywebs too...man was I mad...

CBalvarez · Post by **CBalvarez** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:46 pm

Yea, it's not your bridge if it broke by the tune head. Just changing the tension on strings can cause it to snap at any given time really. Aint it just a bitch too. You go and buy a 15 dollar pack of fuckin strings and one snaps!!!

I always look away when tuning up when the tension gets tighter because I have been hit in the face one to many times from a sanpping string. And it stings like a bitch.