Broke my B string

[Joe Milo]

Fellas,

I broke my B string today. I have no idea who makes the strings....Roundwounds with red silk wrapping at the tuning pegs.
Its a used bass with used strings.....any ideas? Finally get a 5 stringer and I break the damn B string on the first day!

 

[Joe Milo]

Anyone know who sells single strings for a 5 banger?

 

[johndough247]

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[nick_aua]

You towed a truck or something?

 

[Lammchop93]

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+1 to this site. Great people.

If your strings were that old to have you B break, you need to change the whole set, not just the B.

The only brand I can think of with red silk are Rotosound Swing 66.

 

[Melik]

That's impossible.

 

[allexcosta]

GHS Boomers have red silk...

It's not impossible to break a low B. Happened to me before, but I was playing ocean front every day and could smell the salt in the air...

 

[johny martin]

I was thinkin rotto sounds also,and I would deff. get a whole new set!!

 

[chadhargis]

I've never broken a string before, but I've been told that the B and E strings go first. Makes sense to me as the thicker strings are probably less flexible.

 

[ModulusQ5-122]

How??!

 

[perfektspace6]

pretty unusual to break the B but it happens. Glad you didn't get wapped in the face. Broke a high C tuning once in a very very cold club. Otherwise never.

Ken Smith sells singles and I'm sure many others do as well but I would just go ahead a get a new set.

 

[fingerbun]

I break strings from time to time. Far from impossible. Never on a five string but I only have one, and I don't play it all that often.

At a gig a couple of months ago, I broke a bottom E on the first verse of the first song.