String Replacment Question

Insomnia_Junkie · #1 08-21-2006, 09:37 PM

Whenever one of my strings breaks I just replace it with another string (regardless of brand) it's a bad habit but I don't live near any stores that carries strings so I have to order them via the net. I know some people replace their whole set when just one string breaks and uses the rest as spairs, but wouldn't you have a ****load of spairs? I'm just curious

-Thanks

bkief1 · #2 08-22-2006, 10:09 AM

For me...

I'm one of those that if one strings fails, a whole new set goes on. I keep a full set handy that if one should go, I have a replacement to get by, but once I'm home, the other strings go on. If I have a chronic problem with one string, then I'll investigate to see what is causing the problem.

It's like tires on my car; if one goes and the other has some wear on it, I'll put 2 new tires on. I'll use the spare to get me home/or a garage, then I make the change.

Kasper007 · #3 08-22-2006, 10:14 AM

I've never ever broken a string, not even on my acoustic guitar. And I play slap and sometimes hard with a pick so I don't feather the strings either, I wonder what I'm doing wrong

thebassclef · #4 08-22-2006, 10:14 AM

Never had a string break on me, but I keep a new set of flats and a used set of rounds in my bag all the time.

Insomnia_Junkie · #5 08-22-2006, 01:20 PM

But my question is what do you do with ALL those spares? technically they still are usuable, especially when bass strings are kinda spendy and I break a string maybe once every 4 months or so.

Insomnia_Junkie · #6 08-25-2006, 06:05 PM

anyone???

JimmyM · #7 08-25-2006, 11:36 PM

All my used spares are in the garbage now except for two sets. I change the whole set when one breaks. Yes, strings are "spendy," but that's the way it goes. I never complain about electric bass string prices now that I play upright, too.

KeithBMI · #8 08-26-2006, 12:45 AM

Strings for Madagascar

Bman83 · #9 08-26-2006, 12:57 AM

Usually by the time I bust a string, all the others sound dead. So I just trash all of them. I use GHS Boomer 45-100; I love the tone they give me, and they last longer than anything else I've tried. But for my 5-stringer I use Ernie Ball(can't remember what set) 45-125; they feel and sound good enough for the tone I want. Plus they actually fit on my 5er. Had a few different sets that the B-string wouldn't fit through the bridge; had to get tapered sets, and I hate tapered. Plus, I'll never use DR again. I had a set on my 5er, and two of the strings snapped the first day. Very disappointed.