Strange 'G' String Behavior:

Session 5 said:
I have used D'Addario for 6 years and i play 2 hours a day the odd time more, And i am not a light strummer or picker and have yet to have one string break. I must be lucky..
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I've had two D'Addario strings break on me in the last ten years. They broke one after the other, the first time I tuned them up, I hadn't even hit them with a pick or stretched them yet. Of course, they were the last two I had and it was 8 o'clock Saturday night...
 
Beagle said:
I've had two D'Addario strings break on me in the last ten years. They broke one after the other, the first time I tuned them up, I hadn't even hit them with a pick or stretched them yet. Of course, they were the last two I had and it was 8 o'clock Saturday night...
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D'Addario is the only brand of string that ever, in 43 years of playing guitar, broke the very first time I put them on and tuned to pitch. It was the B string if I remember correctly. They are also the only ones I remember unravelling at the ball end too.

I was never a fan of how they sound (shrill and tinny) but that was the last straw for me: haven't touched them in at least a decade. My go-to is GHS Boomers (or Ernie Ball in a pinch).
 
Robert may also not like to hear this, BUT, I think I told him to get his guy to make him a different nut than the Tusq one. Although, given a bone or brass nut blank and a sander and vise, Rob already has the tools to craft the nut slots and do a complete nut, start to finish. As I hear Brass and Bone mentioned, if I remember right, those years Gib was putting Robot tuners and Zero frets on their guitars led to some issues since the Zero fret wore out fast, being made from brass I think it was.

I am surprised no one has ever made a nut from stainless steel like some fret wire is made from. Supposedly those frets last a real long time.
 
gball said:
D'Addario is the only brand of string that ever, in 43 years of playing guitar, broke the very first time I put them on and tuned to pitch. It was the B string if I remember correctly. They are also the only ones I remember unravelling at the ball end too.

I was never a fan of how they sound (shrill and tinny) but that was the last straw for me: haven't touched them in at least a decade. My go-to is GHS Boomers (or Ernie Ball in a pinch).
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I've used them for over 30 years, Ernie Ball strings just stretched until they broke and wouldn't even hold tune, GHS just went rusty, some before they even came out of the packets..
 
gball said:
Ah, the joys of a 67-year old bridge design with lots of moving parts. I've owned enough Strats to believe the bridge is the culprit. Even Fender has moved to the dual-fulcrum design (that they pinched from G&L) on their better production models.
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Certainly is a dated design.

Here's my thoughts...

When I have experienced a bridge issue, in nearly every case, it affected all 6 strings. In this case, only one string is affected.

The highly praised, Graph Tech Tusq XL (black) is very soft and the rigors of playing 5 days a week is causing the strings to dig into the nut material and pinch...harder material is needed.
 
syscokid said:
Hey Robert... I'm really interested in how you use that dial indicator for tracking motion. Perhaps some more detail with pics?
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This large one was used to check for post movement. When centered, it will read any movement fore or aft.

On the bridge, I used a smaller, magnetic version to look for movement of the saddles independent of the bridge movement....
 
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