Probability of breaking a string of your guitar
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No worries. You can replace one in about two minutes.
only if you have a new string available ^_~
if you’re playing a show and you don’t then you shouldn’t be playing a show.
A full set of reserve strings fits into every guitar case.
Or just ask an other musician or string theory physicist nearby….
When you’re in a crazyass solo: 100%
Not when you’re Eric Clapton.
This is true.
There are also statistics on the probability of breaking a string during the show, only then to realize that your guitar was somehow left leaning against the back of the van when the band piled in and left home…
You gotta watch who packs the van.
dont laugh, that happened to the guitarist in my band when we were recording, in a studio. he didnt have spare strings with him, so that was that day basically done
This could also translate into breaking your favorite and only broken-in reed right before performing.
Seemed to always happen right before a show or when you get it just right. Good doubles are hard to find >.<
my daughter dropped her clarinet going into Solo Ensemble auditions and broke her only reed. The squeaking could be heard for miles.
Sorry, the correct answer is “10 seconds into the first song of your set”
Nah, the correct answer is “two bars before your big solo”.
no, the correct answer is “Two bars into your big solo”
If it ain’t the truth . . .
I once broke a string in the 3rd song of a 10-song set for a show I arranged, and the “headliner” band was a close group of friends, but the lead singer would NOT let me have one of her strings or borrow her guitar. It’s not like I’m some drunk ass at a rave in a cow pasture (that analogy is from a personal experience).
So what do I do? I hopped in my car, drove 3 miles to my drummer’s house and picked up the set of strings I’d forgot, and drove back, replaced the string, and finished the set. While I was gone, an audience member jammed with my 5-string to keep the huge crowd of about 25 people entertained. It’s actually one of my most embarrassing memories – so what better place to tell it, eh?
So needless to say I learned then what all guitarists must learn – always always ALWAYS have an extra set of strings if you’re playing out.
This is sooooooooo true
I was once fortunate enough to break one at the *very* end of our set. Literally just as I stuck the last chord on the little bit of random shit you tend to add onto the end of a set.
chances of breaking a string on your total PitA to restring 12 string during that tricky arpeggio introduction to the 3rd song of the set: 80% ± 5% variance.
Chance of having a spare string of the right gauge in your case: <5%
Chance of electronic tuner’s battery going flat while trying to restring: 100%
Chance of Steinberger playing bassist breaking a string in his entire career:<1%
>Chance of Steinberger playing bassist breaking a string in his entire career:<1%
That’s nearly double his chance of pulling.
And of course – it is almost always the ‘G’-string that snaps…
G or high e
ALWAYS!
which can be hilarious in a show, when you announce to everyone that you need a new g string.
Holy fuck, I play bass guitar, and the probability of one of my strings breaking at a sow or something is about 1%, and still I always have a set of strings with me
Bass strings break about once a year, you can use them for months after they sound like crap and they won’t break. Not knowing your instrument FAIL
…unless you are Yngwie, in which case you will break three mid-performance and still play like a demon…
Grammar fail.
> “One does not simply enter stage into Mordor”. (This is more interesting than the actual line from the graph)
> Enter stage into Mordor.
> Enter stage.
My friends and I have a band and I play drums… That isn’t the point. My best friend plays the lead guitar and she always breaks strings and we have to stop everything. We never play in a show or concert though. ; )
Although I’ve never played a ~real~ live show, the chart looks pretty damn accurate.
An equally crappy side-effect of breaking a string during any kind of performance and replacing it in a hurry…… is when it goes flat after about .2105ths of a bend or so, and I find myself reaching for the headstock to fix it.. >.>
damn strings and their need to stretch…
That is also true for violins.
Happened to me on stage once. NOT FUN.
yeah dude, i was playing a show in front of about 200 of my classmates and other people. it was only me and a drummer and half way through my second song out of 7 my high e string broke. i had to finish the song w/ only 5 strings and luckily the guitarist of one of the others was chill n let me borrow his. but it still sucked!
How about 1 minute into the first song with no back up guitar and you’re the lead man?
You all FAIL, this is why you figure out when a gig is, and you change your strings 5 days prior. This way A) They will be worn in and B) You won’t be a tard who breaks a string midway through a performance or recording…
SO TRUE! The other guitarist broke a string at the audition for a gig, we still managed to get in and then he broke THE SAME STRING, right before we went on.
and maybe it’s just me but 99% of the time it’s the high E.