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RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
But the negative point about daddario strings is, they get bad tone fastly... Luthier hold much longer and sound much better IMO. You could try Hannabach black if you like the colour. La bella strings are cheap crap.. .. whatever calls itself flamenco-strings should no be trusted. Maybe they are produced by some kids in China. And keep the hands away from augustine blue. They use to break already in the package.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
Actually I still have 5 sets of Luthier, so I'll keep using them for a while. They do sound nice, I was just grumbling because the string broke. The D'Addario's certainly don't sound as bright, but they kind of settle into a medium between good and bad, and stay like that forever.
With LaBella's I have had a lot of them snap, and mostly the G string, and while they were in the case almost every time.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
Wich string did you break?
I bought 10 sets of L30 from stringsbymail and all the first strings broke. They didn´t even reach pitch or broke within one day. I tried them on various guitars...
I contacted stringsbymail and they said they would do something about it, which they didn´t. I´ve been a costumer there for more than 5 years buying 20+ sets of strings a year. But it seams they dont care. All business that gets to big end up like that?
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
It was the D string that broke. Stringsybymail is in my hometown, Ann Arbor, and as far as I know it is a small business run out of a house. :) I might be wrong but I think they're very small. I always buy strings from them as the price is right, and they've always been friendly. Given where you're located Anders's I might try somebody closer.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to frhout)
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Try Lord of the Strings from Holland. I only bought once with them, but I'll definitely do so again.
Comparing prices, stringsbymail is way cheaper than lord of the strings. I've never had issues with stringsbymail, maybe Anders you should write them again, or call them (their number is on the site, I like businesses that give an actual phone number), don't give up too easy on them.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
strings by mail is run by two brothers out of a small place. they recently relocated and updated their website. 've actually met brad. Try emailing them again. Brad for sure is a good guy and he will make right by it.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to gshaviv)
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you should write them again, or call them (their number is on the site, I like businesses that give an actual phone number), don't give up too easy on them.
And say what? Why Luthier first strings broke? After all it's not stringsbymail that made the strings
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
I will contact stringsbymail again. But no hurry. This happened in January and I will buy strings again within some month. So I will contact them, tell them my story (again) and see what happens. They choose if they want me as a costumer. I´m not trying to make a fuzz about this. No way. I never had problems with them before, but it stroke me that the first time there were problems, they just smeared me and never replyed back. Its not a good way of doing things.
Besides, It was strange with all the first strings breaking. I even tried them on a guitar where I have used L30 many times without problems. 2 seconds and sploing. rewinding with the now shorter string: sploing. Trying another new string, Sploing etc...... Its my job to put strings on guitars, so I felt like doing idiots work and I didnt even get payed for it.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
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I've had LaBella black trebles break on both my Pedro De Miguel's while they were cased. But never while playing. AND multiple times.
That would indicate that the guitar is haunted by a poltergeist and not actually a true fault of either the string or guitar.
Best advice is to drill a soundport, to act as a kind of cat-flap, so it can leave without going through the main entrance, which both cats and poltergeists abhor.
(Actually, drilling a soundport in the case as well, would be of added benefit in these kind of issues IMO.)
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RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to Ron.M)
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That would indicate that the guitar is haunted by a poltergeist and not actually a true fault of either the string or guitar.
Best advice is to drill a soundport, to act as a kind of cat-flap, so it can leave without going through the main entrance, which both cats and poltergeists abhor.
(Actually, drilling a soundport in the case as well, would be of added benefit in these kind of issues IMO.)
I don't think it can be a poltergeist. They're known for making noises and throwing things around. I believe it's a duende
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RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
You guys breaking strings should probably change em more frequently and be careful of climate and temperature changes where you have your guitar. I only break strings if they are old of I don't keep track of the humidity or environment of my instrument. (Yeah it happens I leave it out on the stand, in case, or in and out of the cold weather etc). Of course EVERY brand I have ever used has had a bad string in the set. But I dont' blame the entire make and line on one or 2 bad strings considering how much I change em. I will say I have had bad intonation on G strings, but never broke one.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to Ron.M)
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Hell...to break nylon you need a helluva lot of tension.... or a sharp edge on the saddle, fret or nut to slowly eat in and weaken it....
Definitely. Once I cut string slots on the saddle to experiment with string spacing and guess what. The high E string broke a few times while tuning to the pitch. Smoothing the slot edges with a fine sandpaper solved the problem.
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
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Hell...to break nylon you need a helluva lot of tension.... or a sharp edge on the saddle, fret or nut to slowly eat in and weaken it....
Or you need a bad string. When you break ten 1st strings (various times) from the same brand in a very short time using 4 or 5 different guitars.... Then there´s something wrong with the string. I did, of course check the guitars and their saddlebones and besides, they all broke where the string passes over itself. So where it broke it wasnt even in touch with anything else but itself. Also, when changing to another brand, no problem......
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
I've only had one nylon string break on my flamenco guitar, but it whipped the top of the guitar and left a scar. It broke on a sharp edge at the front of the tie block (12-hole bridge).
RE: Oh disaster, I broke a string! (in reply to n85ae)
I wipe down my guitar with rosin to keep the wood hot, and though it plays beautifully, and it dosen't get sluggish at all, any treble e is going to snap after a couple of weeks at a time. The nylon string just gets weak and it snaps. Though I do not reccomend to just any one, do this, your strings will have a tendency for that, but as for me it's just the treble e. Any kind of Isotope may have that affect on your strings. Though I don't think that any or a lot of you do this, gamma will affect your strings.
Ricardo is right, so think about what the environmental conditions are and even so what goes on or evn around the guitar and most of all remember that no string was meant to last forever, and even the temperment in your playing style can affect string life. Gary
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