How many strings have you broken?

[JazzyJames]

I've broken 4 strings.
G twice
D once
A once

It seems the strings that came with my bass were cheap, maybe.

 

[Jonny B]

Hundreds.

 

[Kenji]

if i had a nickel for every string i broke...

 

[Oraflora]

Maybe two....
One when I was just starting and didn't know how to tune, and I would guess one broke at some point in the last 10 years, but I don't recall.

 

[Joe Nerve]

1 in 20 years and over 1000 gigs - when I boiled them. I don't understand the string breaking thing. I play hard too. Slap, hit, leave them on for months sometimes. Hope my luck holds out.

Maybe it's something in our sweat.

 

[mikeypbass]

G Once

 

[JazzyJames]

Maybe it's something in our sweat.

Hm. That's interesting seeing as I sweat a lot. All of the strings ive broken have ripped above the bottom wrapping.

 

[SAlcott]

1 D string in 40 yrs.

 

[GianGian]

Every time I changed strings was because I had broken one of them. Some G's and one E I believe.

 

[lavmonga]

I've broken each string probably a half dozen times. One time during the first week of a tour I broke 3 E strings in the course of about 6 shows! (turns out my saddle was pushed way back and created a serious angle on the string) Haven't broken any since then, and that was about 3 years ago.

 

[winstonthecat]

Zero, but I've only been playing for a few years, and don't really play that hard.

 

[StyleOverShow]

It's strange finishing a set with a three stringed bass, isn't it.

 

[FrigginChris]

2.

 

[Fealach]

None, but it's only been 23 years.

 

[WarriorJoe7]

playing - never
changing strings/setups/ maintenance etc. - probably about 10 strings. Gs, Ds, and octave strings

 

[spalka621]

You should have seen/heard my friend break his e string on his standup. Guess he was really diggin in? Well anyway got me right in the face.

 

[thehangingmist]

i have only broken one string which was the G, it broke because i was tightining up the tuner knob for the G and ringing the D with my right hand into the tuner. mental.
once broke a low E string on my classical guitar dunno how. but in about four+ years thats been it

 

[Valerus]

none

 

[Mastermold]

Broke my first one tonight -- brand new set of La Bella flats and the G just snapped after about an hour of doing merely some walking bass lines.

 

[DanielleMuscato]

I've broken 4 strings.
G twice
D once
A once

It seems the strings that came with my bass were cheap, maybe.

I've broken 1 string in the 8 years or so that I've been playing bass.

If you count (electric) guitar, hundreds.