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[steveyboy3333]

Hey Sustenance just wanted to share w/ you a little trick I employ to get extra months life out of my strings ! I take an old pair of underwear & cut the elastic out to make a piece about 8 " long , next I slip one end under the string & pull up & make ends meet , then grab the section of elastic near the string , twist & run the length of the string ,this removes old dead skin , corrosion , & if you remove that stuff off your strings it makes them last longer

[SustenanceNCovering]

@steveyboy3333 I aparently have some kind of issue with my playing.  I break strings even when they are new. I recently changed over to a really thin soft pick and I still keep breaking them.

[mikemorrison281]

@SustenanceNCovering Where do your strings break? I'm a professional musician and rarely break strings. If they're breaking close to where your pick hits the strings then your breaking them how you're playing...if they break near the nut or the bridge then you've probably got a tiny burr that cuts its way thru the string over time. Let me know and I'll try and help if I can. You look like you play pretty hard and do a lot of strumming...you might consider moving to an acoustic w/heavy strings.

[SustenanceNCovering]

@mikemorrison281 I have 3 guitars and I break strings on every one of them. I'll have to wait to break another one and see where it snaps, but they never break at the pick so it may be that I need to smooth out my frets. My brother in law plays all the time and he says that he never breaks strings either.

[Blondegg]

Thanks, always interesting! Entertaining and informative, too.

Your musical style reminds me of James Mcmurtry.

[SustenanceNCovering]

@Blondegg I just looked up Mr. Mcmurtry.  If my momma would just let me grow my hair out I could be him. He is only 2 months older than me.

[steveyboy3333]

Also if you use a pencil to grease nut & bridge it helps lubricate & allows strings to move more freely ! Graphite rules !

[steveyboy3333]

Sustenance , You may have a spur @ either the nut or bridge or perhaps a fret, check where break occurs & keep corrosion & dead skin off strings , use a small file to remove bur & you should be good to go ! luv ya's !

[mikemorrison281]

@SustenanceNCovering If they're breaking at the nut (at your headless stock or the tuners on a regular guitar) try putting a little graphite where the strings cross over the nut...if they're breaking on the bridge, then you need to get a tiny TINY file (round not flat) and gently file the bridge saddle on the string that keeps breaking...the strings CAN dig a canal out of the saddle and develop sharp edges over time that will eventually cut the string...good luck.

[keith19692]

Yous gonna spoil them chickens.

[steveyboy3333]

& they sound better & are easier to fret w/o all that stuff on them ! Beats buying new strings ! Keep up the great work I

[forestdavegump]

Southern Rock Apocalypse style....LOL Good stuff!