Author Topic: Worst Experiences->Snapping Your Guitar Strings! (Read 2940 times)

marseleventh · « **on:** February 07, 2008, 09:13:51 AM »

Did your guitar strings snap during Battle Of the Bands Contest?
And later on blame yourself why you'd go for those cheap guitar strings?

Share your worst (or best!) experiences when you played for a gig, a contest or even kung ngpapa-pogi points sa chiks nyo na nawalan ng saysay because your strings failed you.(welcome pati morbid na experiences! hehe!)

& most important of all WHAT DID YOU DO?

let's see how many of us had a bad day with those pesky strings!

marseleventh · « **Reply #1 on:** February 07, 2008, 09:29:03 AM »

semi-finals nun pra sa isang battle of the bands sa skul nmen.

ang nag-snap dun ung 3rd string bad trip kalagitnaan n nun song. buti nlang nka-letring n ung banat ko tpos hinatak ko nlang sya pra maalis sa bridge pra d n mkagulo tpos d kme tumigil. at pasalamat nlang puro octave ung gngwa ko kya ok lang kht wala ung D string..

un nga lang d ko nkgwa ung lead ko sa huli, kinaskas ko nlang kunwari pa-astig, wla na eh, la nko mgwa hehehe!pero nun i-nnounce n ung mga ksama sa finals, hanep kme pgngtop prang totoo.. and eventually we won the contest.

lesson:
1. wag mtaranta at alisin ung dead string kun may pagkakataon.
2. alagaan ung strings tska wag magtipid kung may pera nman..hehe!

geetar_geek79 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 07, 2008, 10:04:58 AM »

Naputulan ako ng strings nung nag open up kami sa Obituary. Wala akong dalang backup guitar. I felt like a complete idiot...

Narinig ko lang dun sa background, sa may audience,
"You suck!"

para bang Spinal Tap moment...

p.s.
naputol yung string sa first song... dyahe!

markv · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2008, 11:51:25 AM »

acoustic na lumanog, naputol 3rd (G) string.

tumalsik papunta sa mukha ko, katabi ng right eye. Dumugo!

muntikan na mata ko noon....

tsk tsk tsk!

marseleventh · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2008, 12:09:07 AM »

Quote from: markv on February 07, 2008, 11:51:25 AM

tumalsik papunta sa mukha ko, katabi ng right eye. Dumugo!
muntikan na mata ko noon....

tsk tsk tsk!

ouch!

SplanKyDooD · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:30:24 AM »

gig kami sa cebu one time.. may nakaakyat from the crowd.. nung tinutulak na sya pababa ng stage, akalain ba namang sa lahat ng makakapitan nya e tatlong strings ko pa! nos 2 to 4.. ayun! putol lahat.. pinahiram na lang akong gitara from one of the members ng ambassadors..

thanks pala ulit bro! hehe

haey2 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:43:08 AM »

eto naman nangyari saken...last song na... verse then chorus biglang naputol yun string #3...i had to transpose the incoming guitar solo in my head w/in a few seconds, and come up w/ a similar adlib that will not require the 3rd string...
Sa awa ng Diyos...nakaraos naman...as I went down the stage, an audience said "okay pala tugtugan nyo eh"... it turned out the audience didnt' notice i broke a string... (Thank GOD)...

jem_adriano · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2008, 11:45:19 AM »

having to switch from regular chords to power chords if i snap no 1,2 or 3

specially if the song isnt played on power chords

ron21 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:12:56 PM »

This experience happened when we were auditioning for a battle of the bands. A former bandmate of mine broke a string when he was doing his adlib. I actually heard the string broke! I was amazed when I saw him doing his stuffs as if nothing had happened. He's just simply amazing!

OT: This happened in a battle of the bands and the guitar string is not the one that's been broken here! But the bass drum skin! Hahaha! We were not able to finish the song because of that incident. And we had to repair the drums (placed a paper plate with massive amount of packaging tape to secure the hole) for the other bands to use. All I can say is that our band that time is full of surprises. hehe

progressive_pilipinas · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2008, 10:04:51 PM »

mine was about 2mos ago. may gig kami kinagabihan so rehearsal muna. Sa rehearsal naputulan ako ng 1 sa simula, maya maya sumunod yung 2. ayos lang sana. kaso WALA AKONG PAMBILI that time! haha. nakakahiya sa mga kabanda ko. buti binilhan ako nung drummer na kasama ko. hehe.. bad trip talaga yun.

pallas · « **Reply #10 on:** February 08, 2008, 10:07:29 PM »

...at gigs when im too lazy or no time to put on fresh strings. Floating trems suck when that happens.

tejadster · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2008, 10:48:46 AM »

hindi panaman sakin nang yayari to
every month kase nagpapalit na ng strings...

rennell · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2008, 04:10:39 PM »

naputol ung string ng gitara ko mga 5 mins. before kami magstart. Ang masama pa, naka-floyd pa ako kaya wala nang oras magpalit ng strings...yun sa sobrang pagkairita, nabato ko sa room(sa loob ng isang classroom kami nagpapractice before pumunta ng AVR room kung saan dun ginaganap ang eliminations namin) ung gitara ko...

luna_07 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2008, 05:52:37 PM »

One of my strings ay kumapyos during a battle. Di siya totally napatid but natanggal dun sa nut. Dinig na dining yung "poinnnggg!" hehe embarassing.

marseleventh · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2008, 07:46:36 AM »

Quote from: luna_07 on February 10, 2008, 05:52:37 PM

One of my strings ay kumapyos during a battle. Di siya totally napatid but natanggal dun sa nut. Dinig na dining yung "poinnnggg!" hehe embarassing.

nangyare nden sken yan when we played sa isang showcase of talent sa skul ng, worst there was we were "sandwiched" between Brownbeat All-Stars and Sandwich na obviously were professional bands eh kme trip-trip lang back then.

...it was really embarassing, panget tlga tugtog ko nun, i remember nkatingin p ung nxtband sa gilid ko, ung SAndwich.hahaha! i almost gave up guitar-playing noon.

grecoslave · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2008, 08:16:09 AM »

Here's one for the morbid category although i wasn't in a battle or anything but i find it interesting. I notice that my strings immediately rust-out after a gig's worth of playing but nevertheless i like to play the old strings to death at home till they break. One day i was chopping along with the headstock pointed at my brother sitting not far from me. It got to where i was playing hard then bent the 6th string way up and the next thing i know my brother cries "aray!" at the same. Apparently the sting was so brittle it broke 3 ways leaving a 2-inch segment of the string lodged a couple millimeters into his knee!

Tasty · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2008, 09:07:44 AM »

My former band mate bought a set of Alice strings before one of our gigs and he snapped it while tuning. He had to borrow our drummer's guitar.

It hasn't happened to me yet and I hope it doesn't happen ever. My guitar has a floating trem. ^^;

Anyway, I change my strings before every gig if there are traces of rust or when they no longer feel and sound right.

rad_12 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2008, 09:57:35 AM »

this experience happen nung may gig kami ng dati kong banda sa kolum, nag-snap na string is my no. 6 one. ayun hindi ako makapag-bigay ng heavy stuff ko puro 5th string na lang gamit ko.

lesson:
magpalit tayo ng string.

ngayon ginagagawa ko 2 or 3x na gig or 3 weeks nagpapalit na ako. mahirap hehehe...

marseleventh · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2008, 11:54:18 AM »

Quote from: rad_12 on February 12, 2008, 09:57:35 AM

this experience happen nung may gig kami ng dati kong banda sa kolum, nag-snap na string is my no. 6 one.

+1 sa kolumn bar! pero balita ko sarado n ata to tsk!tsk!

abstract · « **Reply #19 on:** February 12, 2008, 12:49:27 PM »

2nd set ng togs namen napatiran ako ng string, ubos na pala yung spare na dala ko naka limutan ko mag double chek, buti nlng may medyo malapit sa bar na tindahan ng intsik na maasahan

rad_12 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 12, 2008, 04:33:04 PM »

sarado na yun..pero balita ko nasa pasay na daw yung kolum...

bumibili ka rin pala ng string sa mga intsik sir abs...hehehe..ako rin pag walang pera...buti na lang nagtitinda sila nun...penge tips sir abstract....

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