electric guitar help

theirishguy

hi there guys,
just so everyone knows i'm a newbie so go easy
emm the problem i'm having at the moment is that when i try to tune my guitar to a down 2 step i end up breaking the strings is there away way i can fix this? a down to step is "C3,F3,A#3,D#4,G4,C5" right? hope some one can help gone threw 7 packets of strings since i got the guitar 2 weeks ago :eek::D

t1mm

Have a read of this:

http://www.gametabs.net/forum/topic/3745

Sounds like you're tuning the guitar up two steps, if they're becoming too tight and snapping.

Havermeyer

If you've got a floating tremelo, you should downtune the strings gradually. If you don't, the tension on the strings would increase enough to cause the strings to break.

Try going from E->Eb, A->Ab etc etc then Eb->D, Ab->G etc etc

I'd also start from the top E string, and work downwards, so that the strongest strings take most of the strain.

Hope that helps.

theirishguy

i probably should have mentioned that i'm using a program called guitar pro and i'm going by the numbers that said

t1mm wrote: »

Have a read of this:

http://www.gametabs.net/forum/topic/3745

Sounds like you're tuning the guitar up two steps, if they're becoming too tight and snapping.

Thanks for that!

nummnutts wrote: »

If you've got a floating tremelo, you should downtune the strings gradually. If you don't, the tension on the strings would increase enough to cause the strings to break.

Try going from E->Eb, A->Ab etc etc then Eb->D, Ab->G etc etc

I'd also start from the top E string, and work downwards, so that the strongest strings take most of the strain.

Hope that helps.

the guitar i'm using is a yamaha erg 121 no idea what a floating tremelo is as i said i'm a complete newbie

Havermeyer

theirishguy wrote: »

i probably should have mentioned that i'm using a program called guitar pro and i'm going by the numbers that said

Thanks for that!

the guitar i'm using is a yamaha erg 121 no idea what a floating tremelo is as i said i'm a complete newbie

Sorry - something like this...

theirishguy

nummnutts wrote: »

Sorry - something like this...

yeah its something similar to that, did abit of research and it says its a "vintage trem" if thats any help would the strings be a factor? i'm using 50/11's

Havermeyer

theirishguy wrote: »

yeah its something similar to that, did abit of research and it says its a "vintage trem" if thats any help would the strings be a factor? i'm using 50/11's

Strings shouldn't be a factor, I don't think. It's possible you are downtuning each string too much at a time.

If you downtune each string two steps at a time, you are putting more strain on the other strings that you haven't downtuned.

i.e. If one string is down tuned two steps, the other five are holding the tension that six strings should be.

Basically, as I said in my previous post, downtune each string gradually. This will reduce the strain you put on the strings and should prevent them from snapping.