my strings keep breaking

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Unread post by thejoe » Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:28 pm

DJR07 wrote:
Dancing Ants wrote:get some Dunlop picks..they're the best.
why? thickness? feel?
orange ones... simply the best picks

ive never ever broken one.. theyre really flexible, but firm, and not slippry

and i used to break strings all the time, it would piss the hell out of me, but then i just learned to control my hand more and i stopped breading them
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Unread post by DJR » Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:29 pm

haha i think thats what it is, i strum the shit out of em, and i just get into it, and it is right by the saddle, but yeah, i'll try some orange dunlops
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Unread post by Jay » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:45 am

wow if you are breaking strings AND pics then maybe you are strumming a bit too hard. ;)

orange dunlops are great though...
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Unread post by cpowell21 » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:43 pm

If you are playing the fender picks then I can understand. I used to break at least one a day with those and then I went to the Dunlop Tortex (oarnge) and I havent broken one since.
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Unread post by Appfro » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:47 pm

i always break my pics over time because i hold them in my mouth which causes me to chew tehn they break cause they're all chewed up :( i need help. :D
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Unread post by Skankerton » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:56 pm

Appsoldier wrote:i always break my pics over time because i hold them in my mouth which causes me to chew tehn they break cause they're all chewed up :( i need help. :D

I do that too!
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Unread post by chosta » Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:12 pm

Dancing Ants wrote:get some Dunlop picks..they're the best.
amen to that
best pics, ever
i use the .73's, never broken one, they give just the right amount and i feel more accurate with them.
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Unread post by thejoe » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:55 pm

chosta wrote:
Dancing Ants wrote:get some Dunlop picks..they're the best.
amen to that
best pics, ever
i use the .73's, never broken one, they give just the right amount and i feel more accurate with them.
yay.. fender picks are just too slippery and brittle
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:42 pm

I use the .60's as well as some others here do. They are amazing, that's aparently why dave uses them. I've broken a few out of pure anger during songs cause i'm a loser and get pissed at the littlest things.. :-p
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Unread post by phatnev » Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:18 pm

Dude yea I chew my picks allllllllt he time its bad lol. Theres a rule at my work that everytime I have the pick in my mouth and my boss sees it he takes .25 cents outta my paycheck :lol
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Unread post by tjmac66pc » Fri Nov 07, 2003 10:43 am

DJR07 wrote:haha i think thats what it is, i strum the shit out of em, and i just get into it, and it is right by the saddle, but yeah, i'll try some orange dunlops
loosen up on the strumming wrist a little bit...one concept a lot of newer guitarists forget, is that you really have to be relaxed in both hands to show improvement and quick advancement...the faster you can learn to relax your movements (strumming and fretting) the quicker you'll be able to gain dexterity and make the motions more natural and routine.
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Unread post by Jay » Fri Nov 07, 2003 10:56 am

that's such a good tip...relaxing is key.
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Unread post by ballmeblazer » Thu May 26, 2005 9:28 am

i've been breaking a lot of strings(d'addario meds) lately, but the weird thing is that they are breaking from the bridge. so there is the bridge pin, a little sting, and then a medium lenght section(probably about half the bridge) where there isn't any coating, just the thin silver inside. i broke it playing grey street(the upstroke on the 5xx600) part, i was using a .60 pick, and the strumming wasn't that overly hard. the reason this concerns me was this is the second time in three days i've broken a string. today was a G, but two days ago was a D. my guitar is not that bad(it is a 400/500 dollar fender dg22 acoustic, so it's not a complete beginner). my main concern is why all my strings are breaking at the bridge. i tried to make this as specific as possible, so sorry for the abundance of detail.
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Unread post by mangold » Fri May 27, 2005 1:55 pm

stop breaking your strings. just stop it!
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Unread post by ballmeblazer » Sun May 29, 2005 11:53 am

praisedave wrote:stop breaking your strings. just stop it!
...i guess that's what i'll just have to do.
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