As many of you know I bought a new bass guitar last month, I got a Schecter Diamond Series Damien 4 string with Mother of pearl bat inlays. I’ve been playing it for a couple hours of day and am getting much better at it. Anyway, I decided to re-string it as I had no idea the age on the current strings.
I went to Guitar Showcase and purchased a set of D’Addario bass strings, D’Addario’s were always my favorite when playing standard Electric Guitar. I got home and got it completely re-strung and was stretching the strings pre tuning (grabbing the strings and lifting them from the fret board) and I snapped the E string, which is the top string and the fattest of the 4. I was mad.
The next day on our way back home stopped again and I purchased a single E string. I went home and strung it, while tuning it — I snapped it. This time I cut it too short I guess. Damn, I was irritated. What a headache. So, once again we went to Guitar Showcase and I got YET ANOTHER E string. This time I clipped it a little, strung it, tuned it and the new strings sound so good, very bright.
Moral of the story? Don’t cut strings too short and don’t yank up on them like you’re fuckin’ Hulk Hogan.
