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Ruphus -> RE: why always the D string cutoff ?!?! (May 9 2011 11:09:27)
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Typically nylon strings only break when either over stretched, or more likely, cut in through sharp edges of the nut. The latter seemingly being the most freuqent case, sometimes even with handcrafted instruments.
So, if you have strings breaking, check out the nut, and at times also the saddle, as it sometimes has sharp edges too.
The D tends to be the first of all with breaking for reason mentioned in above post already. As its windings are the thinnest of all basses they get worn through the fastest.
With and without capo use.
But when that happens the basses are usually dull and due to replacing anyway. - Unless your fretwire contained a sharp edge, which I haven´t seen yet, though.
Another background for shortened bass string life is some people´s chemically aggressive sweat, which can corrode windings unsusually fast.
I remember cases where only a couple minutes play of friends which that problem were enough to find steel guitars basses corroded next time you opened the case.
For people with such PH values its is recommended to wipe the strings before storing the guitar away.
Ruphus
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