6 Ways to Handle a Broken Guitar String

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[@MusicisWin]

What do you do if you break a string?

[@reshayhansraj1830]

Cry

[@arjumandk887]

Recall everything what B.B.King did when he broke a string

[@yodasupernintendo]

Buy a new guitar

[@Theo-py5qj]

buy new strings

[@alexisthibodeau1300]

I buy new guitars

[@koalakun3195]

My horror story is: *My guitar pick fell into the acoustic hole.*

[@supernoodles908]

Laughs in finger style

[@2tired2sleep2]

@@supernoodles908 😂

[@joshvii2664]

Do a fingerstyle

[@plasticpirate]

Smiles in electric guitar

[@dorothygoodling7466]

YESSS!

[@cosmocalypse3708]

If you're Tyler and you break a string you just grab one of the other 75 guitars you have.

[@megacahh870]

PRSs

[@tmacloco6457]

My name's Tyler I only have 1 guitar lol

[@brew8533]

@@tmacloco6457 then you have to step up your game

[@tmacloco6457]

The Yip tru

[@beefnacos6258]

I'm not hating but I don't understand why he has like 15 PRS guitars lol. It's like at what point are you like damn I have a lot of PRS guitars

[@sharko3211]

I love how B.B. King fixes his string mid performance is in his recommended before he even gets to it

[@spongeorpete7289]

Yeah I saw that two

[@kyle1267]

foreshadowing

[@ShitskaterNoah]

Dude SRV had a stagehand bring him a second guitar

[@sharko3211]

Sans From Undertale Yeah and as much as a literal god SRV is in my eyes, perfectly switching guitars isn’t as impressive to me as Fixing the broken string mid performance

[@justarandomyoutubeuser5074]

B.B king is cooler than the other side of the pillow

[@nikocantas6886]

My horror story: broke a string while playing the guitar solo to We will rock you the only guitar part in the whole song

[@DanThyme]

* angry brian may noises *

[@radio.meddows9664]

AHHHHHH

[@TheAlmightyToaster01]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@jackgough9368]

@@TheAlmightyToaster01 I was just playing New Vegas wtf

[@depressed_neutron]

@@DanThyme haha😂

[@kursatbakis4169]

The only way to handle is continue playing with 5 strings.

[@spaceexpireaudio666]

not that easy with Floyd, though. Other strings will detune. Unless it`s zero resistance one

[@sivert3302]

That is why you should use a 7 string;)

[@patricksommer3971]

@@spaceexpireaudio666 Eddie van Halen had a coin ON his guitar that could just go under the floyd to lock it

[@spaceexpireaudio666]

​@@patricksommer3971 that`s clever. Never seen him on video. I remember I`ve seen Steve Vai with no coin or whatever, it wasn`t cool at all when the string broke

[@attempt58]

well what if you need to use the highest fret on the highest string while bending?

[@jusstynooldchannel4911]

Not me, but a friend broke his A string on stage. He's a bassist.

[@hunterking7738]

rip

[@DeltaKT]

At least it wasn't the E x.x

[@jusstynooldchannel4911]

@@DeltaKT yeah true, but that's still one strong thumb.

[@TheBigD.O]

bruh I broke my fruggin E string once don't even know how

[@guyintheblacksuitandmonkey9377]

Oh god

[@JakePlays1912]

Lost my pick into the crowd, broke a string and slapped my vocalist with it, mic fell off stage once. Man, so much shit has happened on stage.

[@oneokrocker7525]

Yikes man, that sounds rough

[@JakePlays1912]

@@oneokrocker7525 that's what happens when you give a bunch of awkward teens musical equipment and metal music.

[@jazzram_]

ouch

[@aussie66hm33]

play noise music thats pretty normal

[@hanovergreen4091]

It's great isn't it? :)

[@grease3873]

My mom said she would break my guitar if i broke a string, she doesn't know anything about guitar and assumed strings lasted forever. I had to hide my guitar and go out and buy the string myself so she doesn't break it Edit: As the years went on she is now a fan of the guitar as well and helps me buy gear. I'm finally getting lessons now too. We did it.

[@calendarsz]

Damn,that's tough.

[@gergoretvari6373]

what the hell?

[@jazzram_]

Wtf

[@aylamiller5752]

WOW she needs to be educated.

[@femboycyan]

wtf

[@kursatbakis4169]

Play a 7-string, so you will still have 6 strings when one of them breaks.

[@getsetknow8998]

And it will always be the same high E to break....

[@duckspy436]

now this is a big brain moment

[@ardz.]

What if ur G string break

[@alexisthibodeau1300]

YBN ARDZ, play 5 frets higher on the D string or 4 frets lower on the B string

[@freddy4859]

100000 IQ

[@dbuck01]

Tesla concert, early 90's: one of the guitarists breaks a string during his solo. He finishes it badly out of tune (Floyd bridge), unplugs it and hurls it a good 30 foot across the stage to his tech. Tech promptly catches it, grabs another off the rack, Hail Mary's it back across the stage, caught, plugged in, finishes song in tune.

[@whitelistqd7815]

Is there footage o.O?

[@biohazard9503]

Smooth as fuck, oh my god I would love to see footage of that if it exists

[@birbtail6814]

I think you saw an actual god

[@mkbcarcare]

2:40 we all know why he's wearing sunglasses its not cos a light nor to look cool. Its the fear of string atack eye

[@calebpatterson4557]

Yes

[@Novaking1975]

Sì

[@chickencurry1033]

Oui

[@rilbitz8364]

Oo

[@zetjet9901]

Ja

[@coreyhilson2283]

old guitar player of mine did something magical. he went into an improv solo, used his tremolo to bend to correct pitch and watched him rip it. breaking 3 more strings immediately after - with intent - as he abused his bad horsie wah, seemingly leading to a dynamic that would end with a string break. People lost their shit. It was wild.

[@nihilnovumsubsole6334]

Breaking a guitar string might be terrifying, but imagine breaking a condom

[@testicleetus5298]

that explains why I'm here...

[@mexicanchad]

OH SHIT

[@randomguy263]

Eh, you just gotta keep going 'til you can slide a new one on.

[@liqmm]

Or worse, A BASS STRING

[@dannybruins9651]

Well ask youre dad

[@DRguitar918]

I broke a string 5 min before going onstage at a jazz competition...

[@surekhaahlawat6068]

Oof.

[@user-dj6lj1dl1c]

Dominic Rossi what happened after that

[@cleavage2126]

OH MY GOD

[@ligerton]

It doesn't make a difference it will still be WrOnG nOtEs

[@danielespenmartinsen6111]

Plenty of time to restring and stretch.

[@CelestialCimmerian]

Heres a horror story: I played in front of my family YEP

[@Banana-pm3cb]

Oh that’s scary

[@11thpanzerdivision5thbatta3]

My mom ,my sister and my grandma say I have this 1 song down very good but my dad and older sister hear bunch of guitar abuse

[@musaasif1364]

Does it hit you? Like does it fly off with a high speed or does it just start hanging?

[@CelestialCimmerian]

@@musaasif1364 It hangs. I've never recovered from the PTSD of it :(

[@musaasif1364]

@@CelestialCimmerian wait what, I'm sorry but can you describe what happened, idk what ptsd means

[@oysterthegreat]

string: *breaks* Floyd Rose: *dies*

[@markusaurelius777]

Yup. There's NO WAY around it, apart from just switching to another guitar. It's a MUST if you use a Floyd.

[@demongaming9422]

@@markusaurelius777laughs in blocked Floyd rose

[@willchapman._]

Tyler: “have you ever broken a string while playing guitar on stage” SRV: “well there was this one time”

[@adriansaavedra7923]

Will Chapman, “well it was more like a million and a half but still I completely switched guitars during the chorus without even batting an eye or missing a beat”

[@adenvalento]

lol

[@maryannrundall1180]

That’s the curse of playing with 13 gauge strings.

[@georgeprice4212]

Pete Townshend: “Yeah…and many a Rickenbacker paid the price for that.”

[@RC32Smiths01]

Breaking a guitar string is one of the most terrifying experiences of any guitarist life. Not much tragedies parallel the horrificness of breaking a string. And for that I applaud you for the video

[@brosephthomas3764]

breaking a guitar string on stage with thousands of people watching**

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@brosephthomas3764 Ahhh that is definitely true...

[@Zacharysharkhazard]

Broseph Thomas happened to me last year.. panicked and forgot all the lyrics, got lost and had a freak out after the show lmfao

[@5BBassist4Christ]

Try breaking a string on violin. That thing is inches away from your face, and the bridge might collapse right into the body creating a very loud thud right by your ear and making it completely impossible to do anything more until it's fixed, which could be at least $40 for a new (cheap) string. I am so chill now whenever I break a guitar string.

[@westcandlekiky]

@@5BBassist4Christ you will never break a string again if you practice 40 hours a day tho.

[@DanGoodShotHD]

I got a story with "human element". Playing bass in a thunderously sick thrash band. Guitarist n' I lock elbows, jump off stage and swing in circle(yes wireless). Super rockstar move. Until... bottom strap button pulled out, bass flew straight into some kids face. It knocked out 2 teeth and fractured his jaw. Other than the strap button the bass was fine. The bass was a Yamaha fretless. I lovingly referred to as the lazy boy. It was like having a recliner strapped to my shoulder. Heavy ass bass, meet face. Ouch.

[@gerardosajidgamezsanchez6962]

Holy shit, that sounds really bad, how did that kid reacted?

[@musiccer7446]

@@gerardosajidgamezsanchez6962 it cheered and enjoyed the rest of the concert

[@lordrathut]

How long ago was it? My brother has a Yamaha fretless BB3000AF

[@rjwh67220]

I knew a guy, a local "folksinger," as we used to call them in those days, who played in a lot of the same dives where I used to play. He had a broken string routine that was legendary on the local scene among the rest of us other local heroes. He was playing that Richie Havens one chord chestnut "Freedom" from the Woodstock movie in some open tuning. He was sitting down to play and his guitar case was nearby. The G string broke, and through the magic of open tuning he was able to keep strumming while he got a new string out of his case, removed the old one, installed the new one, tuned it more or less and never stop strumming and singing. The crowd went WILD. It's a lot less impressive if you heard him more than once because every night, on the same song, he would contrive to break that same string and do the whole routine again. I think he legitimately broke the string once and changed it out, and it was such a crowd pleaser that he added it to his act. He even incorporated drinking a beer into the string change sometimes. People used to say, "I saw so and so play last night and he..." and we'd interrupt them and say, let me guess..." I'm sure--I wasn't there when it happened for the first time--that he legitimately broke his G string and changed it out in a fit of inspiration, which would have been truly amazing and impressive. Shit happens, you get through it, the crowd loves it. But doing it a second time, ever, was just a gimmick. Other than that, he was a really good solo act, and a very nice guy.

[@difonzi]

Hey, if it's a crowd-pleaser and you can do it, then why not?

[@Snippyyy]

@@difonzi because no one wants to see something like that rehearsed, some of the best parts of a performance are the randomness to it, so if you choreograph every single thing about your show it takes out some magic

[@orionmolaro3351]

This isnt a horror story, it was incredible. I was doing a guitar performance for my school, and my teacher suggested I go to guitar lessons from a guy who everyone was learning from. He told me i wasnt a real guitarist and that id never sound good. A chip on my shoulder, I learned everything I needed for the show, and nailed it. Opening night it was the end of the solo and I had a huge guitar solo. I knew where he was in the audience and I stared right at him, and promptly broke my b string. I just continued to solo on other strings. It was so rock n roll it was incredible.

[@lukasaoo88]

8:32 this gave me so much anxiety

[@lilbitfruity4452]

Same I was panicking so much

[@iggystardust9236]

It honestly just made me angry lol. Wasn't even funny...

[@Wynorrific]

I just felt pain in my fingers

[@connorjohnson9230]

buddy same I was cringing, that guitars neck took a pretty good lick breaking the lower strings

[@user-zc5kp1te5o]

흥미롭네요

[@findlaymcintosh6152]

Signs of a psychotic guitar play: Purposefully breaking strings.

[@kirkswahpedal3467]

*cough* Herman li *cough*

[@markusaurelius777]

@@kirkswahpedal3467 Nice username LOL

[@aaronholmes8568]

BB's Lucille has a microtuner tailpiece. That's what let him drop the ball end into the tailpiece after winding the string on rather than feeding it up through a standard stopbar and then tuning up as we know it. BB also wound almost all the excess string onto the peg, leaving only about an inch of a tail hanging out the peg.

[@ChespiritoChavo322]

Thanks, now i can sleep

[@fladification]

The tailpiece is called a "TP-6"

[@Spetsnazty]

thanks I was like wtf I thought he had a stopbar

[@Rex-golf_player810]

​@@Spetsnaztyyea i think that would be physically impossible

[@Rex-golf_player810]

​@@Spetsnaztyyea i think that would be physically impossible

[@Calilou52]

*_All strings were definitely harmed in the making of this video_*

[@backbeats8441]

69th like NiCE

[@hoze1235]

string abuse is no joke

[@owenf2835]

ive seen you comment here before you fucking privelaged asshole , has no friends , eats out of the garbage can , blows orphans

[@redder0118]

background - like 100 guitars 2 basses

[@zynosgd9982]

NOT EPIC

[@qrxtra9397]

2 too many

[@jmascis69]

Checkmate

[@azula2399]

Well he’s a guitarist

[@mal2ksc]

He's never had more than two bass-playing friends show up at his house at the same time. He's good.

[@ateyou4527]

broke my string while my friend was sitting next to me, flicked her in the eye and she had impaired vision for the week.

[@SoggySandwich80]

Jesus

[@femboycyan]

Holy shit

[@onehellofaboredguitarist4287]

oh fuck

[@30769s]

my girlfriend broke her G string while we where playing together she then broke the high E string after we where done

[@jacquesmalecaut4956]

Hahahaha. I was gonna troll you but you did well.

[@howmanysubscanigetwithoutp2420]

I can take this comment 1 of 2 ways

[@unfortunate_moth7454]

n i c e

[@anuvette]

Were*

[@schterban]

Too bad. That's what happens when you teach a 7 year old guitar.

[@wesleyzimmerman94]

Note on B.B. King changing his string on stage: He has a fine tuning tail piece instead of the normal one you'd have to feed the string through

[@eddiekalista3222]

My old Carvin had a similar fine tuning system on the Floyd Rose. I’m just amazed at how quickly he did it. I always had to fight with it to get the string to seat correctly for the block to hold it.

[@williamcaddy1386]

BB King's Lucille he was playing has a TP-6 fine-tuner tailpiece, the ball end is fed onto a peg, rather than going though the stoptail.

[@lnlnd]

William Caddy hm that’s interesting

[@luciencrestfallen1143]

Was about to write it, thanks for saving me the time

[@b.rodclark7349]

EXACTLY! Otherwise the string would be fed through the stop tailpiece first.

[@josuhaxe1719]

dude, to put a new string you have to remove the broken one first... that's what he did lmao

[@b.rodclark7349]

@@josuhaxe1719 indeed!

[@Stopelectriccars]

All that I know is that Stevie ray Vaughn made sure he hired the top notch guitar tech

[@hanovergreen4091]

That guy is a legend who will live forever due to KZbin and amaze future peoples.;

[@Stopelectriccars]

@@hanovergreen4091 but SRV is already dead

[@hanovergreen4091]

@@Stopelectriccars The video was about breaking string changes..The tech is the one referred to. His TECH. Go watch the original Austin City Limits for the full concert and specifically the change.

[@bringthenoise1130]

Rene Martinez is the 🐐

[@terrycornelius4]

10:45 - If you look up on B.B. King's guitar, the Lucille, it doesn't have a standard tailpiece. It has a mechanism that allows the string to be simply inserted into the tailpiece instead of threading it through the tailpiece.

[@PHURHXD]

i broke a string... in a guitar store..

[@idk4529]

Probably the best place tbh.

[@raiduay7060]

How are you alive?

[@sir.lithium81]

Raiduay he paid for the strings 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@raiduay7060]

@@sir.lithium81 and what about the heart stroke?

[@ironknee3487]

How are u allowed in to society

[@cisforcringe5645]

normal bands: ono i broke string wher mi backup guitar frank iero: onO I BROKE STRING **wails and dramatically throws self into mosh pit**

[@armeniancory5970]

ah yes, a fellow frank iero fan

[@BenoFenti]

Frank Iero sucks

[@ahard-daysnight6659]

*CRIES*

[@stello6695]

@@BenoFenti bro. Not cool dude.

[@stello6695]

And this is why we love him.

[@kyanhhoang9029]

SRV is the most impressive so far. Not to mention his stunning solo with a broken string, his guitar tech immediately rushed out with a new guitar, and the sound guy immediately turned off his amp to avoid the bump sound, all happened in seconds. And SRV grabbed the new guitar and continue playing

[@bluejayanimations7989]

I went to a live buddy guy concert and he broke a string, stopped the song for a sec and went "i just broke my g*d d*mn string", he then proceeded to use the broken string to slap the other strings while continuing to play. He then went on to play guitar with a drumstick, a dishtowel, his mouth, and his butt, literally the greatest thing I have ever seen

[@Kudozxu]

r/thathappend that is the most bs thing i've ever heard

[@butting23]

@@Kudozxu we're talking about Buddy Guy here, there's no better showman in history and he's been working on his act since before Hendrix happened, he's surely broken a lot of strings over the years and you better believe he knows how to work it into the show. Saw him do damn near that exact same routine (don't think he stopped the song, and can't remember him using his butt) at Whangamatā in 2008, dunno if that's where Blue Jay saw him but I'm guessing probably not.

[@oscardoporto5989]

Played the graduation song for my high school graduation. I was still learning how to play and I was given the opportunity to play the lead. Half way though the song my sting pops. I look at my friend (rythem for the song) he looks at me shrugs his shoulders and continues playing while turning away from me. Since I only knew the lead I rolled my volume completely down and pretended to strum the chords... 🤦‍♂️

[@aspecimen6773]

Noice

[@user-tm8nb1so4m]

3:09 Guitarist:panicking because the string is broken Guitars: being behind him

[@duckduck5905]

They must have been out of tune coz one should detune his guitar after having played it

[@johnnysins1400]

Snapped a string after thinking " I've had these for 8 years these will never break, actually I can promise that" I then proceed to bend the high E. .moral of the story. I Was wrong, It Snapped..

[@lt.boinks992]

I broke 2 high e strings both were replacements for the first one that broke while tuning

[@markusaurelius777]

8 years....same guitar strings. The intonation will be horrendous LOL

[@martinronsarmiento2044]

Next time i break a string im gonna go full BB. King mode My guitar teacher is gonna be amazed

[@andreas2826]

*breaking string on stage me: mom pick me up, im scared.

[@noahcooper5969]

Lol

[@brunoerckmam5070]

Once I broke a G string on my acoustic during a church gig! B and E strings... okay, but the G string caught me off guard!

[@jo18ist]

Happened to me once at my church, I was bending the g string once and D string popped off haha.

[@brunoerckmam5070]

@@jo18ist D!?!? Wooah that's unlucky! Acoustic or electric?

[@jo18ist]

@@brunoerckmam5070 Electric, they weren't good strings, so lately I've been using thicker gauge Ernie Balls.

[@guitarplayergeek]

Les Paul?

[@beefnacos6258]

I break g strings more than any other. Haven't broken a string in years though.

[@fedefiorda]

What about John Frusciante breaking two strings and still playing like a boss lol

[@NeonRadarMusic]

I played a Foo Fighters tribute gig and during the final verse of Monkey Wrench, my D string snapped. I managed to play the rest of the song pretty well and had to play all the chords via Drop D. After that I had to play Everlong without the D string and if you've ever played that song, you can imagine how annoying it was to play. All was well until... ... I played another Foo Fighters tribute the next day and the SAME thing happened. During the same song.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

I never panic. I just take a deep breath, close my eyes and pray that the audience has gone away by the time I open them again!

[@chrisstartt5511]

I just hold a note look to my custom percussionist Jacob and show him the head and nod he runs like the demon he is as I do some chugs a wails and pray they don't leave then Jacob tosses me a pack of SIT strings and proceeded to change the backstabbing string and intimidate the others

[@cwir88]

As for SRV, that was three man job: Stevie kept playing and communicated to his tech about broken string Stevie's tech came out of nowhere just in time with stage-ready guitar PA guy to mute Stevie as soon as he pulled out the cable!

[@benredmond3]

I was playing at an open mic in a local bar, competing for a paid gig the following week. My battery died before my first song so the owner let me use his. I broke his D and G strings with my first strum. Still got the gig though.

[@sierrafarnum9689]

tbh it was prob his fault, he prob had his strings on too tight

[@benredmond3]

@@sierrafarnum9689 possibly, they felt like 14s or something crazy. still ridiculously embarrassing for a little 17 year old looking for his first paid gig lol

[@smillerp6503]

What’s weird is that I broke my high e string while I was playing and when I went to my phone, this video had uploaded.

[@lawrencewashington9901]

KZbin is trying to tell you something....

[@LosAngeles234]

11:45 the subtitles "the worst thing happening to you on stage other than maybe your aunt blowing up"

[@user-os2io9yj4f]

Amp

[@iCYpIE]

Thought that without sub...

[@vladionescu8222]

*Oh god oh no aunt*

[@ethanbrock5438]

I mean that is pretty terrible

[@hammerhiem75]

Ok Harry Potter...

[@ZikyMusic]

my horror music story on stage : we were 5 in the bands, i was singing and playing sometimes the lead, sometimes the rhythm guitar, and there was another guitarist. he started playing the riff between the first chorus and the second verse out of beat, he was one beat late, and the drummer tried to follow him and he tried to follow her and i had to restart singing while playing so i couldn't exactly hear what i was supposed to do oh lord that was horrible xD

[@thedisconnect5769]

B.B King is the boss of replacing guitar strings. All that man did was play guitar. He was infatuated by it, breaking a string didn't even slow him down he knew how to perform wonderfully.

[@jarhoxph5509]

I'm not scared breaking a string while in stage because I play drums...

[@Kari-tu3fs]

Then what will you do if you break a drum skin

[@bossbi0tch132]

bruh😂

[@doomslayerplushie6662]

Hehe laughs in keyboard

[@imjustaguy4340]

I have rearly broke a string tbh

[@DannyBoi2112]

@@doomslayerplushie6662 haha laughs in bass Wait...

[@getsetknow8998]

When your technician replaces your ESP with a Tele...

[@eliaskarppi5408]

Get, Set, KNOW! That technician is doing the player a solid. Teles are awesome

[@getsetknow8998]

@@eliaskarppi5408 Think about it... What type of song would you be playing on an ESP?

[@unruler]

And you play Country Metallica cover.

[@striveforsuccessstudysmart3509]

@@getsetknow8998 Neoclassical tele? Neoclassial ibanez? Neoclassical music man? Neoclassical Neoclassical? idk

[@SteelSkin667]

I'm sorry but ESP makes more than metal guitars. Actually they made a ton of perfectly fine tele-style guitars over the years.

[@crossroads900]

SRV, incredible professional and performer. Never seen that string break before, good catch 😉

[@addovox]

I did see a blues guitar player about 20 years ago in a smallish Seattle club change his high E-string mid-song and he never really stopped jamming the guitar... He wasn't quite the singer/frotnman that BB or Stevie were, so his playing was central and he never really stopped... by far one of the most impressive feats I've ever seen in music. Small club, probably around 2000 in Seattle. As a budding Seattle rock musician at the time, I wish I would have remembered who it was. Doh! 😳

[@bryanlevi869]

Tyler: This blue PRS is my favorite guitar Also Tyler in the next video: 8:31

[@lorenzovivarini6601]

Me: take a few hours to change a string Bb king: restring tune it while singing in 30 second

[@lorenzovivarini6601]

@@stevestevestevesteve6466 that was a joke

[@brotothewilliams9890]

@@lorenzovivarini6601 wasnt a very smart one

[@bm8584]

Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B.King, ... absolute legends.

[@lordxandalf]

I have that whole Stevie Ray Vaughn concert on DVD. Amazing show! And that swap is so flawless

[@jamesbear4542]

Imagine being on stage w/Carlos Santana when the E string on ur bass breaks & you have no extras,& the booing starts,destroy that bass,then the cheering starts ..Santana said,nice save dude.He gifted me a bass at the after party.

[@wolfmannn2008]

James Bear Cool story bro

[@saywhat4314]

Woah man is that for realz

[@HipsterEatinShark]

He shoulda gifted you a spare set of strings, dumbass.

[@mariobrenes4264]

“Live vicariously through your pain”.

[@jaidan1443]

CreamyCrumpets17 VICARIOUSLY I

[@carsonnelson5022]

Sheldon Dinkleberg Live while the whole word dies

[@wzrd9008]

Cuz I need to watch things die

[@oshir6759]

@@carsonnelson5022 much better you than I

[@jakkla3036]

What better TOOL to use than a slide

[@guywhoisaguy67676]

I'm sure glad I couldn't afford strings back in the day, weeks on end playing 5 string. While the others were well versed in what to do, you doing the rest of the strings and making it a show like The Who, was probably the best one.

[@TheThunderwars]

B.B King is seriously amazing. I've seen this video quite a lot and it still amazes me.

[@gianski3306]

How about a success story: Ok, so we were playing a song called “Pinoy Ako”(which means I’m a pinoy or Filipino), we were stressed as is, we were supposed to open the event but for some reason, the teachers made the kids line up and blocked the stage when they announced our band, so it was one heart attack down, but before the last chorus, while i was just strumming, the D string broke, and i was so thankful, because the solos were already finished but i still had to do a riff at the end, but it was only the G,B, & high E that was needed, so when I finished, i asked people, did you guys notice my string broke?, they’re like “what? How are you so good at guitar that we didn’t even notice your string broke” so i was like “thank god all these times i pretend to play live in my room, saved me from embarrassment”

[@anuvette]

Nice

[@se-ku3op]

thats a stealth move

[@reubenshiflet1952]

69th like is mine

[@airconditioningunit9777]

You’re filipino too?

[@andriealinsangao613]

You're a fucking legend, man!

[@kp9273]

I’m a little offended that John Frusciante’s string break wasn’t in this!

[@khushalkhans]

KP that’s the first thing that came to my mind when i saw your profile picture, read the comment later

[@user-id1fd1tb7l]

Same thing!

[@GuiltyGearRockYou]

2:43 thats some legit tone right there!!! great recording aswell!

[@barquis5111]

Awesome video, man

[@tomlawrence3991]

I broke a string once.....on a Bass.....the E string....yes I was young

[@_akshyn]

Tom Lawrence i play bass and HOW?

[@tomlawrence3991]

@@_akshyn back in the day when amp sucked and I had to cave man it to keep up with guitar players who couldn't care less that they were drownding me out ...I then bought an Ampeg and switched to roto sounds and haven't played fender since

[@lucamxzzi8357]

I accidentally broke a string on bass I was tuning the D string but I was twisting the A string and then the A string broke

[@gruesomewolfgaming4735]

@@_akshyn I broke the e string twice on bass from playing hours at a time

[@stratomiesniinsaatanasti5250]

i've broke a E string on a bass too ;D rest of the day in school i had to play on a shitty bass...

[@cludwig3709]

I was messing around and somehow ended up breaking all 6 strings

[@philipwalsh9690]

C Ludwig were u playing with a wire cutter? 😂

[@user-sj7pc7ok8g]

I call bullshit on that i never broken more then one string playing my guitar

[@cludwig3709]

Lol ok no but i was like 7 and the strings were super rusty. Like hadnt been changed in at least a decade rusty.

[@TorutheRedFox]

I accidentally broke a string while tuning lol explains why that string was so horrendously out of tune xd

[@user-sj7pc7ok8g]

@@TorutheRedFox i think we all did that . even me i broke strings tuning.

[@tylerdavis3112]

You’d make a good actor also Tyler💯like especially in a movie kinda like tenacious d or school of rock I’ve learnt so much from you and you’ve inspired me to further my learning 💯

[@theburningskull3967]

You're my biggest inspiration

[@zain8687]

I always perform on stage....in my room...when nobody is looking :x

[@beefnacos6258]

Perform

[@zain8687]

@@beefnacos6258 you're right!!!! I didn't notice😅

[@lachlanbird8963]

Normal people: Break a leg Guitarists: Break a string

[@connorsexton168]

Live at a music theater on the 4th note of the solo from highway 40 blues, our steel man took over for me and that gave me time to get my back up tele

[@jamesbedford3774]

Not guitar, but the most awesome, mid-song fix that I've seen was during a Fun Lovin' Criminals gig. The snare drum snapped, but the drummer finished the song on the toms and hi-hat with one hand, whilst he and his tech switched a new snare in. Phenomenal calmness and talent. I feel bad that I can't remember the guy's name.

[@ArttuAunola]

Just go cry in the corner

[@kaedynphilemon1963]

i find to play the frets where the string has broken and carry on like a champ

[@megacahh870]

Lol

[@TheD3Z3r7]

me too, like it never happened. lol

[@jeffeiman9576]

I don't know much about music theory but I play well with my ear. I broke the high E string on stage doing the solos of Keep Your Hands To Yourself by Georgia Satellites. All the solos are heavily influenced with that string so I just slid up the fret on G until I found my root note and just sorta reset from there, trading back and forth on the octave and adjusted for not using the B string. Certainly wasn't the best, but we finished the song haha. I almost pooped my pants because I'm really not good at improvising yet. Tip for beginners to playing live, always have a backup guitar tuned and ready to go.

[@joshuastclair7725]

Was once playing a sellout show in my city, the support band came out with a replacement guitar and I am forever in debt to them 🖤

[@abereagan7642]

"What do you do if you break a string?" I would take up a new hobby like running...and then run to another town to start my life over.

[@tim5760]

Broke the high e once. 😂 Im glad it was only on a christmas party special number and not a competition. I just stood there working the 5 remaining strings and song finished without the high e. We did good.

[@MrDonut99]

Those technicians were absolutely on point

[@fuinhaamiguinha8932]

This stickers on the fretboard are amazing

[@danmahy2598]

Broke my string at my first battle of the bands whilst singing, so I took off my guitar and kept singing

[@RogerSullivanNOLA]

"Let me adjust my mane" not as frivolous as it might seem when you have long hair. Having your head being pulled backwards by the strap is not a good way to play guitar. I use the Steve Vai method when I break a string on a floating bridge.

[@yourlcalme8740]

My horror story is when I was playing in front of my friends and the high e string snaped and i just kept on improvising with different notes but my friends were like wwwwwwwwhhhhhhhaaaaaaaa ?!?!?!

[@richsmbr1544]

It was great video to do for people who have broke a string on stage it was just perfect

[@ceb4382]

King's strings hook into the bridge as opposed to being strung through.

[@joeyjams964]

Went searching for this!

[@whoman7489]

5:04 steve vai is such a genius, what an extremely brilliant musician!

[@scotthill6406]

That BB clip is the GOAT for string change recoveries!

[@xx2birds1stonexx45]

Dallon weekes one time just moved it out of the way and kept playing. It was great.

[@SuperCakeFTW]

When you started ripping the strings off I had to look away...

[@codeman99-dev]

Peep peep!

[@Jaryth14]

For today's exercise in missing the point: Was it difficult to rig a string to break on cue?

[@eddiekalista3222]

I had a Floyd Rose on my Carvin, and used the whammy bar to get some cool noises with some heavy phaser/delay effects. I had recently watched the video for ‘Through the Fire and the Flames’ and saw Herman Li getting crazy sounds by picking up his whole guitar by the whammy bar and dribbling it like a basketball (you know the move I’m talking about). I thought this would be a great idea. Did I practice this at home? Nope. Did I try this and rehearsal? Oh no. My very first attempt at this was at a sold out show opening for the top local act (we had only been playing shows for a couple months, and this show was our first dip in the big kids pool). I didn’t break my string. I instead, ripped the 4th string out of the bridge, which also sheared off the fine tuner screw head and sent the little black block that holds the string to the bridge straight to the Shadow Realm. And because I was a young, broke guitar player, my backup guitar that came with me to every show was...nothing. I only had one guitar. Luckily I was lead vocals and we had a second guitar player,so I spent the rest of that song and our last song singing only, and had to order new bridge blocks the next day.

[@jameslynch3612]

Summer 2018. I was playing Summerfest with my band on the hottest day of the year at high noon with nothing but a red bull and 2 differently tuned guitars. Here’s how it happened: We start Welcome To The Jungle, and the high E string breaks on my Floyd Rose-bridged guitar before the end of the first verse. I’m singing and playing lead for this song, so I keep playing and singing, and I attempt the first solo. It’s then that I realize my guitar is now out of tune, so I “gently” set it on the stage all the while still singing. We ended up being alright with drums, bass, and one guitar, but our rhythm guitarist never learned the lead parts for the song so I interacted with the crowd when there was supposed to be a solo. I only had 1 other guitar with me and it was in a different tuning with no guitar tech, otherwise I would’ve swapped them out. It was a killer gig nonetheless, though.🤘

[@eivindteigen7280]

I am heavily inspired by Brushy One String and therefore play with no more than one string. What should I do if my string breaks?

[@_akshyn]

Eivind Teigen buy a new string

[@randomdudr]

Break the guitar

[@teresas5276]

Play a six string, only use one string, the other five are backups

[@Dara.308]

Take the chicken and thread it the the through the corn, you have then made a makeshift string

[@therealthev]

Become a percussionist

[@FlawlessRythym]

Never broke a string on stage, but I broke a cable in the middle of a breakdown. We weren't invited back.

[@WAVYY-D]

FlawlessRhythm oof

[@JohnvanCapel]

If I remember it right, BB King's guitars all have speedloader-esque tailpieces - there's a little channel that you lay the ball-end in from the top, and then putting tension on the string locks it in place behind a lip. The Epiphone Lucille reproduction has that.

[@ntemans]

back in 99, i just finished the solo and broke the High E, when the song ended I grabbed a replacement before the next song started. It was my song to sing, so while I was singing I changed the string, it was a tune-o-matic bridge so I was good, so during the verse I was looking at my tuner and tuned it in bent the string it. By the solo, I was back in the action and no one noticed.