Are you a guitar playing musician? If yes, are your guitar strings ever break while you are playing them? With both accoustic and electric guitars, all guitar players must have experienced their strings breaking while playing. Why do guitar strings break easily, and what are the things to consider to avoid it?
The following are several main causes of guitar strings breaking which you should consider, and how to avoid them;
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The guitar strings hole
The hole where strings are tied down, located at the string tuning mechanism on the guitar head, can break your guitar string if its edges are too hard. Prolonged friction between the string and the edges can sharpen the edges, making it damaging to the string. Chek on this part routinely, and if you find the edges or sides can break a string, rub them with a smooth sand paper so as to not damage the guitar itself.
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Guitar strings tuning mechanism
If the tuning mechanism is not cleaned for too long, dust and other dirt can stick to it and decrease the quality of the string tied to it, and eventually breaks the string itself. In that regard, clean this area of your guitar routinely.
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Guitar Frets
Frets are the metal rods on the guitar neck which functions as musical note position markers. Frets on older guitars can slowly rust or get sharpened due to frequently rubbing against the string. This in turn can thin out and eventually break the string. Yet, this cn be detected earlier by listening to the string’s tune. Fets which are damaging strings will generate a slightly bad tune. This thing actually seldomly happen. But in order to be certain, check to see if the material of your guitar’s frets can easily rut or not. If yes, it is better to bring your guitar to a musical instrument store to have the frets replaced.
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Guitar Bridge
Bridge is the guitar part which holds the string to the guitar’s body. It can be made from wood or metal. As with the string tuning mechanism, dust and other dirt can stick to the string at this area i fit is not routinely cleaned in a long time. This will then to decreased string quality, and eventually breaking the string instead.
In conclusion, maintain your guitar well and replace the strings before they break, especially if the guitar has not been used for quite some time. This is because a guitar string breaking while being played can be dangerous to people around the guitar.
