I'm Freaking Out Please Help

[whateverbassguy]

Hello,

My friend lent me his bass guitar (he's a really musical guy and his dad builds all kinds of instruments) so I could learn how to play it. Last night I was tuning the G string to G since it was on D# for some reason, and the string broke. I may have messed up, but the important thing is that I broke the top of the string. It sort of snapped in half at the top and it wouldn't wrap around anymore. I still have it just in case, but it wasn't long enough when I tried to put it back.

So today I went and bought some EXL165 bass strings to replace it. The thing is, when I opened up the package I realized there was no silk wrapping on the end. I researched this forum and found that silk wrapping is really only decoration and to avoid damage. I don't want to damage the guitar, but there's no silk on this string. Also, the other strings on the bass have a dark green silk wrap at the top end and copper-ish balls at the bottom end. I looked up online what these kind of strings are and I'm really afraid I just broke an expensive set of strings from looking online.

Could someone tell me if these sort of strings are expensive and/or what I can use on the string to avoid damage in place of silk wrapping?

Thank you very much!

 

[FretlessMainly]

There are people losing their homes or worse in the mid-Atlantic states right at this moment. At worst, you have yourself a $50 problem. Perspective.

Post a photo. You may be able to buy a single replacement.

 

[pocketgroove]

I can't tell you what kind of strings those are, though many people here can. However, don't worry! A lack of silk won't hurt anything at all.

 

[hdracer]

I know a lot of Fender strings have green silks.
I would just put the whole set on and tell your friend what happened.

 

[steelbed45]

Hello,

I looked up online what these kind of strings are and I'm really afraid I just broke an expensive set of strings from looking online.

Could someone tell me if these sort of strings are expensive and/or what I can use on the string to avoid damage in place of silk wrapping?

Did your research online lead you to a brand? www.bassstringsonline.com is where I would check for a single.

 

[Lowactnsatsfctn]

Could someone tell me if these sort of strings are expensive and/or what I can use
Thank you very much!

The guy who you borrowed the bass from???

That's great that you wanna replace it, but you should ask him what he uses. Chances are, since he lent you a bass, that he doesn't care too much. There is always the other side of that, If you break one of my strings, you owe me a DM Blue Steel, not a whateveristhecheapestnickle string

 

[robbotbass]

Could be DR green peacock strings.

 

[autodidact]

There are people losing their homes or worse in the mid-Atlantic states right at this moment. At worst, you have yourself a $50 problem. Perspective.

Post a photo. You may be able to buy a single replacement.

Really guy? As a mid-Atlantic resident even I found this to be the biggest douchebag answer to the OPs question. Well done.

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Green Silk there are not many option...

Fender Flatwound (flatwounds) ((most likely not these because yours are not colored ball ends, unless they are very old which they are no longer available))

Rotosound Solobass 55's (stainless steel pressurewounds)

Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Rounds (pure nickel round wounds)

 

[mmbongo]

Don't fret over it...so to speak. Breaking the dude's string is like knocking over his drink. Have a giggle and get another one. Strings are meant to be replaced.

 

[autodidact]

Don't fret over it...so to speak. Breaking the dude's string is like knocking over his drink. Have a giggle and get another one. Strings are meant to be replaced.

So you're saying...the bass should be...fret-less

 

[whateverbassguy]

Thanks everyone.

I called the guy and he said he didn't care so I'll just use the strings I got.

I should've mentioned that this guy happens to be my girlfriend's brother so I was more anxious than normal. haha

 

[RoadRanger]

Only thing is if he broke it the first time by being clueless about how to tune why wouldn't he just bust up the new ones? He should really go back to the owner and ask him what strings were on it and then have the owner show him how to put the strings on (which I suspect he also has no clue about) and tune them.

 

[soulman969]

The next question to ask is exactly which G you were raising the pitch to and what were you using to measure pitch?

If that G string was detuned all the way from G to Eb (D#) how were the other four strings tuned? Unless that string was very old and worn bringing it from Eb back up to a G in standard tuning shouldn't have popped the string. Are you certain you weren't trying to tune an octave above that?