How long has it been since you last broke a string?

[fhm555]

Never.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

80s .
Rotosounds. Heavy pick aggressive metal.
Stopped using rotos . Stopped breaking strings.
Also 99.9999 % fingerstyle now.

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

In thinking about it today, I don't think I've broken a string in perhaps 15 years (playing out perhaps two to three times a month).

But decades ago, I remember breaking one or two strings every year.

Has my playing technique improved? Are strings sturdier? Are bass bridges better?

Just random musing . . .

On a bass...........NEVER.

I know, I'm a wuss.

 

[thetragichero]

about two years ago broke low E string playing at church. pretty sure the strings had been on for a few years, taken off and boiled a number of times

 

[tjh]

Last one was probably about 10 years ago … and there was one a couple years before that … both were GHS Flats that were used on other basses, and broke when re-stringing, and both G strings … after that I never 'recycled' GHS Flats … only bass strings I ever had break in almost 50 years ...

 

[shawshank72]

Been playing since mid nineties, never had a string break while playing.
Had a couple break on install.

 

[Seashore]

Nothing since last summer, but I've broken several bass strings over the years. When I was playing guitar all the time, I'd break a string every month or so. I think sweat is one of the culprits; also, worn saddles (especially with burrs), aggressive pick use, and palm muting.

 

[two fingers]

What time is it?

Seriously, I snap a few a year.

 

[Bass Momma]

I cart two basses and a set of strings to every gig. Never needed the spare or the strings. But if one day I didn't take 'em....

 

[bolophonic]

Never broke a string in 32 years of playing bass guitar.

 

[eddododo]

When I first started I would break strings all the time... as a kid I had heavy handed slap technique and used it too often, but I moreso think it was that I bought the cheapest Ernie ball strings I could afford.



Full disclosure, I broke a string a couple years ago but it was a high F (a d g c f) on a 35 scale, which was more just bad planning and probably a bad choice of gauge and scale.
Other than that it’s been probably 10+ years since I broke a string.

 

[Koog]

Playing bass since 1964. I've never broken a string.

Guitars are a different story.

 

[JRA]

i remember breaking a string(s). i don't know why (probably something foolish on my part) and i don't know when. however: i like to 'almost' break them on a regular basis!

 

[43ManSquamish]

My new Ibby SR800 during practice. All of a sudden, the D untunes. I try to retune it... and I can't. Look over to see the string unwinding from the bridge end. Switched with a bass from the wall and continued practice.

I emailed Sweetwater, who sold me the bass; they suggested that Ibanez would consider it normal wear (I had the bass for about two months). I bought a pack of Elixirs and replaced the string.

Does that count?

 

[Ggaa]

An A string, 1978, Fender branded flats.

 

[Humbled]

About 1980, I broke two G strings in one four-hour show. They were Fender flats (by amazing coincidence ^^^), from two new packs that were bought same day, same place. Must have been a bum batch.

 

[juancaminos]

I've broken three in almost 50 years. My first one was when someone handed me an electronic tuner in the late 70's. I didn't know how to use it so you can guess the rest. The last was at a gig around the year 2000. The BL lived a mile away and sent his wife to fetch a cheapo bass for me to use the rest of the evening. I've always carried extra strings since then but haven't needed any since.

 

[Kmonk]

I've been playing over 40 years and have only broken one string. It was in the early 1980s.

 

[Bassist4Eris]

I refuse to answer this question on grounds of deep superstition.

 

[Yup]

I've broken three in the past year