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Author Topic: Where to get single G strings....?  (Read 5268 times)

Waldo

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Where to get single G strings....?
« on: November 26, 2002, 04:56:38 AM »
Since the Ashbory is known for breaking G strings, would anyone know where I could get JUST the G string?...I already have a few D, A and E strings lying about because I had to buy the whole set.
Has anyone found out if any extruded silicon of the same diameter can be used...I would imagine it would be decidedly cheaper. We could probably get the stuff in rolls for a few bucks...
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Brock

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strings sold in sets
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2002, 05:18:28 AM »
Unfortunately, the strings are only sold in sets.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2002, 08:48:29 PM »
I've also had 3 or 4 G strings break for no reason (on my bass that is, not my butt). In fact, they all broke while the bass was just sitting there not being played. Has anyone else had this problem? Are they breaking because they dry out? If so, is there anything I could apply to them to keep the from drying out?
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Brock

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Re: Ashbory Strings
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2002, 06:02:30 AM »
Quote from: Carey
I've also had 3 or 4 G strings break ... In fact, they all broke while the bass was just sitting there not being played. Has anyone else had this problem?


I've only had it happen once, I've since detuned both the G and D (for good measure) before putting the Ashbory in the case and non have snapped yet. I'm hardly a scientific sample, however.
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Mike Tavener

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single g strings
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2002, 07:55:13 PM »
I had the same problem and have sourced some rubber, which I have used with great success. email me for details - cost will depend on where its got to go, but I will sell by the metre - enough for 4 strings. It's cheaper tha buying loads of sets
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Supplier of G & D replacement string and maker of Ashbory type basses. Details of both plus more at www.ashborystring.co.uk

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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2002, 03:02:43 PM »
It's the ashbory case. Somehow it chafes that string and breaks it. Happened to me twice. Got a great Levy gig bag for sax at Mars. Semi rigid well padded, extra room for strings and you have to tell people you're not the sax player.
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G string
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2003, 06:29:48 PM »
I don't have a case...the freak is in open air. I'm sitting in my living room and hear a dull twang - yeh, it's the G. Dried out? Fingernail cut? Guess I will detune that baby from now on. Also was going to tune down to BEAD anyway, IMO the lower sounds are better than the higher ones. Still getting nothing but good comments about the sound of this bass from jamsters and bandmates.
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Re: g strings
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2003, 12:53:19 PM »
Quote from: chadds
It's the ashbory case. Somehow it chafes that string and breaks it. Happened to me twice. Got a great Levy gig bag for sax at Mars. Semi rigid well padded, extra room for strings and you have to tell people you're not the sax player.


Others may like to try going to a fabric shop or dressmakers and see if they have any off-cuts of silk going cheap.

Sewing silk onto the inside top of the case will stop the fibres sticking to and tearing the surface of the strings (if that's what's happening, of course).
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not the case
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2003, 01:35:39 AM »
I've just had my first G-string break, and it was just sitting there, not in the case. I'm inclined to think they just got the string gauge wrong.  Was this also a problem with the Guilds?

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Re: not the case
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2003, 06:10:48 PM »
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I've just had my first G-string break, and it was just sitting there, not in the case. I'm inclined to think they just got the string gauge wrong.  Was this also a problem with the Guilds?

Wolf


The guild strings would snap, but I'm inclined to think (no scientific sample here) that the DeArmond ones are inferior in general, a little less durable, not as good sounding, and the feel isn't as good.

I note in the DeArmond vs. Guild article:
"Strings: The Guild has a 1998-era reissue set of Guild formulation strings, matching an NOS set. They are blue-grey in tint, aren't as soft or sticky, sound better and play better. The biggest advantage of the Guild is probably the strings, which are no longer available.
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Talked to a seller...
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2003, 11:53:32 PM »
My wife talked to a reasonably well known seller of these things...

They suggested carefully going over the tuning pegs and sanding out any sharp edges.  They come from the factory with burrs somtimes.

Hope that helps...
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2003, 12:14:53 AM »
Has anyone ever tried to use a D string instead of a G string?
I don't know if it's useful, but perhaps this could work out....
On the one hand it has to be much more tension (is this possible and does this play well?) but the string would not break as easily as the very thin G-string...compared to the other strings this string seems to be a bit thin and responds different to the attack....
I know (mostly Spanish) guitar players that use different strings for strings that break over and over again. It can be a matter of weather changes in combination with instrument characteristics...when you change a factor this problem can be changed.

Yours,

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Where to get single G strings....?
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2003, 02:09:28 AM »
I just had my first and second D-string breaks. My band broke up (because the other two people, who were a couple, broke up), and I haven't played for a while, but my grandson wanted to play with it, so I got it out; the D was broken near the bridge and partially broken a couple of inches down from the nut (where it broke immediately when I tried to re-string it). Looks like Brock is right about downtuning the G _and_ the D.

I did try tuning it to BEAD, but my lowest string would not go down to B.

I think they need to re-think the strings.  Hopefully before my band re-forms this fall.

Wolf
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