Hey,
This is such a stupid story, but it pisses me off so bad. I just got back from a trip to New York this weekend, and I was absolutely itching to play my guitar. While I was in new york, i went to sam ash and bought some 12 gauge strings that they dont have at my local place (our place doesnt have higher than 11s for electric). When i got back, i immediately changed my strings to these. The only other time i had ever used 12s, they were flatwounds, about a year ago. As soon as i changed all the strings out, i tuned them to standard pitches, and the 12 gauge high e snapped on me! I was mad, but i figured id go to the shop and just buy a lighter set to play the next day. I put my electric down, and picked up the acoustic (cus god knows i gotta play one of em) and played for about 3 minutes when that high E breaks too!
Ive changed strings plenty of times before, without any problems. Im pissed now because my stupid local music store charges 10 bucks, plus the string prices just to change them for you, so im in the hole 30 bucks!
so my question is, can not playing your guitar for a while, or playing it hard when the strings are cold cause strings to snap that fast? and are 12 gauge strings even meant to stay in tune as a high e?
Any help or advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated, thanks much
Kemp, The $eXaF0N3