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3rd G String is always cracking

Posted by Skull Box Mojo on December 30, 2009 at 9:22pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion
Hi all, I did my first build last week and I am very satisfied with the result so far... pics will follow soon. But I have one problem. I did a 640mm build and the strings are going from the front side of the guitar at the neck to the backside (through a small tunnel) where the tuners are. Now I use 0.13 guitar steel strings and I used a 5th A string for a G-tuning, a 4th D string for my D and a 3rd G string for G... but the G strings always cracks (I already broke 3 strings)... now I use a 2nd B string for the G tuning but the tension is not very satisfying (esp. for sliding). Can you help me. Does anyone have an idea what I did wrong?? Thanks for your help... (Pics will follow asap) BR Eric

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  • Jkevn December 31, 2009 at 8:38am
    check the hole in the tuning head for burs. Alot of the cheaper tuners....and sometimes expensive ones....can have a bur or remnant of the chrome plating that will slice a string under tension. There may be an extreme angle going on near the tuners, but that would likely affect all 3 strings.

    Take a length of the broken string and run it through the hole like a file...working around the edges of the hole.
  • Skull Box Mojo December 31, 2009 at 4:19am
    Thanks, that is what I also thought but it seems to crack exactly at the tuner machine head. I have the feeling that there is too much tension on the string... probably because of the tunnel?
  • jim December 30, 2009 at 11:10pm
    or possibly through the tunnel.
  • Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) December 30, 2009 at 9:41pm
    See if you can tell exactly where on the string that it is failing. I suspect you might have an abrasive spot on the nut or bridge that is wearing on the string in that particular place.
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