JamieBenzies Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) I have been playing with 6 strings for several months now and I have recently been encountering a very irritating problem with my high Cs. A while ago when I restrung my bass I broke two C strings in succession (the memory of this now leads me to cringe when tuning up the higher strings) these strings both broke in between the nut and the machine head. After being pretty pissed off and feeling very stupid I took action and did the whole widening of the nut space and using pencil graphite to reduce the friction. This definitely worked for now. Having now put an entirely new set of strings on the bass it was fine until earlier today when the string broke, this time at the bridge. I noticed that on the bridge there is a small groove that is a bit rough that may have caused the breakage, however I think it's quite unlikely. The strings I'm using are Newtone strings, and the gauge (I think) was 0.034 so the obvious answer would be to get a higher gauge string, but I think that that may not solve the problem. The bass is an Ibanez SR1006 with the Monorail bridge. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do? I love these strings but has anyone had any bad experiences with them? Thanks Edited August 21, 2009 by benzies123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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