https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:46:42 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-272026 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:14:57 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-272026 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271999 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:36:26 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271999 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271966 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:35:41 +0000
Thanks so much for the advice!]]> Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271966 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271964 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:23:34 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271964 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271954 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:07:56 +0000
Also, if in putting the strings on you're kinking the wires in a part that's not wound around the post, they'll likely break there under tension.
This very well could be the problem. Recently none have broke. Thanks!]]> Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271954 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271033 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:07:10 +0000
Also, if in putting the strings on you're kinking the wires in a part that's not wound around the post, they'll likely break there under tension.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-271033 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270979 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:27:30 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270979 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270923 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:20:30 +0000
Fox, have you changed to heavier strings than the guitar shipped from the factory with? Often that makes the strings bind in the nut slots. When that happens, if you turn the tuners to tighten the strings, you'll find you may turn a good bit without the pitch going up. That's bad. All of the stretching is in the short section of string between the nut and post, and it'll likely break. When you hear the string suddenly "PING!" as it slips through the nut and releases the stored extra tension above the nut, it's a warning that this is happening. Lifting the string right above the nut slot to release the binding can temporarily fix it, but is a bit nervewracking as you don't know when the string will break. To fix this problem, either go back to the original string size, enlarge the nut slots with a proper nut file, or "saw" the new, larger strings in the slots till they slide freely, then lubricate the slots with something like graphite (standard recommendation) or anhydrous lanolin (something a bit off the wall that I recently found works very well for nut lubrication.)

Strings can also break near the bridge if they're binding or working against a burr.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270923 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270917 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:52:27 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270917 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270483 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:42:24 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/popping-strings/#post-270483