When Strings Break:

Is it possible that the stainless is carving through windings faster than nickel fretwire would?
Immortal frets still seem like a big plus.

My strings have always needed to be changed after a few hours use; I play hard and have very corrosive sweat. I can play six hours or a bit more on a set in rehearsal. But I could only ever get three hours stage time out of them, even when wiped down with FastFret after a set to inhibit corrosion. Have to keep track of the flight hours or they'll break. Not 'might break,' will break.

It was such a luxury traveling with a tech who'd take care of restringing, maintenance and tuneups!
Those days are long behind me now of course.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Is it possible that the stainless is carving through windings faster than nickel fretwire would?
Immortal frets still seem like a big plus.

My strings have always needed to be changed after a few hours use; I play hard and have very corrosive sweat. I can play six hours or a bit more on a set in rehearsal. But I could only ever get three hours stage time out of them, even when wiped down with FastFret after a set to inhibit corrosion. Have to keep track of the flight hours or they'll break. Not 'might break,' will break.

It was such a luxury traveling with a tech who'd take care of restringing, maintenance and tuneups!
Those days are long behind me now of course.
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Not really. The Jescar Fretwire is not stainless and is not as hard as stainless. I've not noticed the fretwire making any difference in how these strings deform and eventually break.
 
The string broke during the phrase between 4:25 and 4:35 in this video


Not only is it a bend, but it's a bend you maintain for quite a bit and it finishes with a bend as well...
 
Well,

I installed a set of Ernie Ball 10x46 Paradigms on my Les Paul for the February 23, 2022 show and I'm still playing on that set 5 months later....
 
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