i amaze myself (and my drummer)

FunkyFlashFive · #1 09-05-2007, 08:31 PM

i was practicing with my band to day and during one of the songs i was really digging the mellow sound of my low b string and was playing the entire line on it. somehow i managed to break it. i was back to a 4 string and my drummer was infinitely impressed. time for a new set.

ducatiman · #2 09-05-2007, 08:41 PM

lets face it , FFF, it never did take a heckuva lot to
impress a drummer.

drum roll..................

------------duc

rockwarnick · #3 09-05-2007, 08:54 PM

...still have yet to break a string....

you broke your b-string?!

pstyle · #4 09-05-2007, 09:04 PM

man.. can't remember the last time i broke a bass string... years.
Knock on wood.. playing a full night at the hottest bar in town this Saturday. (Clarendon Grill in Arlington, VA.. come check us out)

CicadaSilence · #5 09-05-2007, 09:07 PM

I find I tend to break my E most often. I think it's a combination of rest strokes coming off of the A string and slapping the E. I break my E every... three months, I'd say. I'm working on a lighter right hand touch, but old habits die hard.

ergodynebass · #6 09-06-2007, 06:09 AM

I've only ever broken the G string (no pun intended)

mjolnir · #7 09-06-2007, 06:49 AM

Hah, nicely done, FFF. Gotta love when a bassist breaks one of the fat strings, everybody's jaws drop.

I played a gig where I snapped the low B, the A, and the D all in one set. I'm hoping that was all my bad luck thrown into one night and I'll have many years of snap-free playing ahead of me.

Baird6869 · #8 09-06-2007, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunkyFlashFive

i was practicing with my band to day and during one of the songs i was really digging the mellow sound of my low b string and was playing the entire line on it. somehow i managed to break it.

You are a friggin' animal!

I have never broken a B string. Lots of E and A strings, but never a B.

Come to think of it, I haven't broken a single string in over a year.