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

[Ostie]

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

Me too! I can’t remember what brand, but it was an E. And it broke at the ball end.

 

[LBS-bass]

Early to mid 1980's. It was an old string that came unwound. I decided to change them more often than I was doing before.

 

[Sam Evans]

Once, maybe 25 years ago. I think it was a bad string to begin with - I don't recall doing anything particularly strenuous with it.

 

[Ggaa]

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?

Were they EBs?

 

[Artman]

About 35 years ago. The string was old, and I was young.

 

[jnuts1]

never broken a string. it seems almost impossible

 

[Hurricane Jimmie]

So Anyway, a couple of weeks after I got my first base (Hofner) I broke two strings trying to tune it... within a couple of minutes of each other. This was before electronic tuners became widely available. It took some effort because it had those little banjo style tuning pegs.
Haven't broken one since.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Twenty-eight years. Yes, I am proud.

 

[Tracewithabass]

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 . . .

I play with flats, very sturdy, I’ve always tested my strings by (while having it over my bed or something soft) make sure my string can hold the basses weight

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

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 . . .

A good while

 

[wmhill]

Since the first (and last) time putting on a set of Dunlop super brights. The E string broke before I got it tuned to pitch during installation.

 

[baileyboy]

Never have.

 

[Sub-hoo-fer]

1988. Picking way too hard with a pick that was way too big.

 

[mikewalker]

1981, A string. Broke near the bridge saddle, but not completely. Had to flip one finger of fretting hand up to hold the floppy broken string out of the way, and finish the song with the other three strings. Song was 'strange brew', I remember this distinctly because I was singing it too... In retrospect, I should have sung the rest of it "string's blew"...

 

[Element Zero]

Some 20 years ago.

 

[bikeplate]

Never broken a string

 

[bearfoot]

I break bass strings with my butt.

 

[Biggbass]

I've never broken a bass string and I had one bass that had the same strings on it for 24 years.

 

[Hounddog409]

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 . . .

Still waiting on the first one.

 

[beaglesandbass]

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 . . .

14 years or so