How many strings have you broken?

[Deacon_Blues]

Zero (0) while playing, one (1) while not playing. It happened when I had the bass laying on my knees and I incautiously leaned heavily with my elbow on the strings close to the bridge. Don't remember which string it was that broke though.

 

[PilbaraBass]

I've been playing since 1991...I broke an original G-string on a Peavey B-Ninety...I think that was like in 1992 or 1993...

Haven't broken one since, even after recycling strings regularly...

I've only ever broken 3 or 4 guitar strings, too...been playing guitar since 1993.

 

[KrispyJones]

4 while playing in 6 years

 

[mokkat]

3 a-strings on my highway 1 - caused by high action, sharp saddle grooves and hard digging in

 

[ShowKing]

0

 

[Jaco who?]

None, but I only started playing a few years ago at an age where my finger joints would hurt the next day with D'addario XLs. I switched to DR round cores and the pain pretty much disappeared. I suspect breakage might have a correlation with string gauge and tension characteristics of certain types/brands of strings, but what do I know.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

1 in 18 years. It was a G-string.

 

[Jazzdogg]

Zero strings broken in forty years.

 

[maurilio]

3 strings in almost 30 years. Never while playing.
The G on my Warwick when it fell from the stand and hit the ground snapping the string.
The D (Hi-beam) on my '74 Jazz while I was putting new strings, it just broke like that and the same on my Sadowsky, the B (Dean Markley SR2000) string snapped while I was installing new strings.

M

 

[Grantrudd]

4 g strings and a high c. 2 of those g strings and the high c were in gigs.

 

[Zoidberg523]

I can only remember ever breaking 3 strings.
(A) Twice
(G) Once

 

[Zoidberg523]

Oh yeah! And an E! I was playing my Epiphone Goth Thunderbird IV at the time(I bought it used) and someone had put some really nice strings on it, and the E broke! I was bummed and have never been able to find out what kind of string it had on it. They didnt have a twang or anything to em. They were quiet, but when plugged in they were loud as ****. They were a dull gray color. ::eyes cloud over:: Ahhhhhh, the best strings I ever had.

 

[CrashClint]

In around 30 years of playing I have only broken two strings. The first when I was in my teens and couldn't afford new strings I think it broke after the 3rd time of boiling the strings over a one year period.

The second was a "B" string set brand new set of DRs. I was bringing it up to tune and it popped at the ball end. Emailed DR and they sent me the string that broke plus a full new pack.

 

[Elrend]

4 G`s

15 D`s

1 C

20 A`s

5 E`s

 

[The_Ox]

I once Broke my D string when I was tuning up.

Luckily, It didn't put my eye out.

 

[Elemeninki]

0.

 

[nsmar4211]

None in three years.... my teacher, three in 30 years... so I got a few more years to go .

However I really gotta watch the "turning one peg while playing the wrong string" thing, I've done that a few times. If I've done more than 2 turns and nothings happening it's time for a D'OH check. Errrrrrrr.......pay attention when tuning

I keep waiting to break one on my guitar, i have acid hands and those are itty bitty strings.....

 

[MrPo15]

With my bass in the beginning i broke way 2 many! After i started buying higher quality Ernie Ball strings, i borke way less. only 1 in the past 2 years!

 

[jasper383]

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

I did exactly that, too. Looking at the tuner, wondering why the string isn't coming up to pitch, then "plink". Good thing I was wearing glasses.

Actually playing, none. I think that I have never even come close to breaking a single string. I play pretty lightly, and don't use a pick.

 

[txmulletrocker]

1, when tuning an old bass with old strings.

If you can remember what strings you were using that broke or which ones you have used forever without breaking, that might be useful to post.