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| | I am an electric guitar player of many years and I recently bought a Takamine G-series acoustic guitar. It's a very nice guitar with great sound, but it breaks strings very easily if played hard at all. The breaks keep happening at the saddle and I know on an electric that would be due to worn cheap mettle saddles. On the acoustic I'm not so sure. I've tried filing the bone peace a bit and now I'm still breaking, but a little less frequently and mostly on the D and G strings. Do I just have to wear the guitar in a little? or is there something more immediate I can do? Thanks. |
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| | Not much help but get bigger strings and don't play so hard. |
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| Had a friend who had a talkamine, , those talkamines are pretty infamous for breaking the strings, and all, Im britty sure its the bridge, but it really depends on where the break is happening, the nut might also be the case, hope this helps |
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| I'd have a tech who knows acoustics well check it out... he may find something... or simply may suggest heavier strings or being a little less "heavy handed".
I've got a Tak and never have string breakage problems... but then it's an upscale ($1000+) model and I change strings more than most.
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| I have never broken a string on an acoustic guitar since I got one with an adjustable truss rod! My first guitar was so cheap, I had to loosen the strings after I was done playing to keep the neck from bowing. The strings broke right at the tuning posts.
I have broken strings quite often on my electrics, especially the high e string and sometimes the b string. They broke right at the bridge while I bent the strings once too many times, usually playing on the upper reaches of the neck! I have broken a D string that was nearly new! I discovered under the shiny wrap wire of that string, the core wire was rusted! I haven't used Peavey strings since then.
I have an FG-335 Yamaha that I got 20 years ago new for $150. The only problem I have with strings on this acoustic guitar is that the G string tends to unravel after awhile. But, by then, the strings have long since gone dead anyway.
I use 12-54 on the acoustic an use 09-42 or 10-46 on my electrics. The 09 string is most easily broken.
Do you have the right size case? Since the high e string is most highly stressed, it is usually the one that breaks from playing action. The 3rd and 4th strings sit higher on the bridge and could be affected by an overly tight lid putting pressure on them. You don't pack songbooks in the case with the guitar, do you? |
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| | You say that the breaks are happening at the saddle and that the saddle is bone. Bone is a considerably harder material then plastic. Does this bone saddle roll over smoothly on the top, or is there an edge anywhere? If there's an edge, it could very well cut the strings, particularly if you do a lot of bending and the strings move any on the saddle. Feel the top of the saddle, and if it's sharp anywhere where the strings touch, you might want to knock it down lightly with some 180 paper. |
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| First off...the saddle on the G series is not actually bone but synthetic, and is subject to nicks and dents where the strings pass over. repeated smoothing out of these burrs will reduce breakage but the best solution is to replace the saddle with an $8 Graph-tech string saver acoustic saddle. They are available in a variety of sizes and one that will fit the TAK should be available at your local music store (or they can probably order one for you . It will of course have to be correctly installed and sized for proper action. If at that time you are still breaking strings, assume that you are playing too hard...really! or perhaps you are using D--n M-----y strings...I know this is a Daddario forum, but the above not really mentioned brand has a particularly brittle alloy and suffers a greater percentage of breakage!
also...anything less than 12-53 gauge will be more likely to break frequently.
Hope this helps
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| heavier strings, nut sauce or replace the saddle/s all relatively inexpensive processes try them out before turning to expensive methods.
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