String Gauges?

[lameassdude]

I'm a fucking retard and i just broke one of the string on my bass by fast picking. How do i know what gauge my strings are so i can buy some new strings?

[xxrockxx]

i dont know for bass, but if it was guitar id tell ya

[nevermindthe...]

im not totally sure but you can bring it from the store and im sure someone there can halp you with it (youve probably thought of that though so sorry if im bringing back dead idea)

[lameassdude]

Its ok i just looked on the site of the brand of my bass and they had them there.

Thanks

[Phucker]

Broke a string on your bass....wow.

I've been playing bass for six years and i have never broken a string.

Check your bridge, some cheap bridges wear down and get little indents and such that will cut the string after a while. If you find anything like that, get the highest grit sand paper you can find (above 200 would be good) and sand out the little bastards.

[UltimateFIEND78]

Broke a string on your bass....wow.

I've been playing bass for six years and i have never broken a string.

Check your bridge, some cheap bridges wear down and get little indents and such that will cut the string after a while. If you find anything like that, get the highest grit sand paper you can find (above 200 would be good) and sand out the little bastards.

Well i broke the strings on my guitar the first week i got it. i was tryin to tune it and i had no fuckin idea wat i was doing, and i tightened it t much. and there it went.

[lameassdude]

I had shitty ass strings, and in the last week i had downtuned about 50 times and had been fastpicking.

[sausagefingers7]

Broke a string on your bass....wow.

I've been playing bass for six years and i have never broken a string.

Check your bridge, some cheap bridges wear down and get little indents and such that will cut the string after a while. If you find anything like that, get the highest grit sand paper you can find (above 200 would be good) and sand out the little bastards.
You apparently don't rock hard enough. hahaha. When I first started playing bass i used a pretty thin pick, like .50 mm and I actually broke strings all the time. I'm pretty sure it's cause I would hit it with my thumb on a downstroke and they would unwind. But after a few years, I hardly ever break strings. But I also replace them before every show I play. Last time I broke one was like 3 or 4 month ago when my band was practicing. Pissed me off....

[Mainer]

Well i broke the strings on my guitar the first week i got it. i was tryin to tune it and i had no fuckin idea wat i was doing, and i tightened it t much. and there it went.


lol i did the exact same thing when i first re-strung my guitar

[UltimateFIEND78]

lol i did the exact same thing when i first re-strung my guitar

yea. but luckily i have a guitar shop like right down the street from me. so i just walked there and had them but a new string on and tune it. and the guy told me how to tune it with a bass tuner. so it kinda ended up bein a good experience afterall

[Phucker]

You apparently don't rock hard enough. hahaha. When I first started playing bass i used a pretty thin pick, like .50 mm and I actually broke strings all the time. I'm pretty sure it's cause I would hit it with my thumb on a downstroke and they would unwind. But after a few years, I hardly ever break strings. But I also replace them before every show I play. Last time I broke one was like 3 or 4 month ago when my band was practicing. Pissed me off....

I play slap bass so I'm sure I rock hard enough, harder than you will ever be able to using a pick.... though I do use Elixer strings, best stuff...expensive though, the ones I have on my bass now were $100+

[tiger army]

no guts are the best. Those rock for playing slap

[MyLifeToKill]

Here's an idea..since u didn't know bass gauges... don't fast pick... use ur hands its more of a drum than a guitar anyways... man...don't anyone know that...

-Errane Myr
*(R)-Type Inc

[lameassdude]

I know the gauges of my strings....man. Ya i tried using my finger and it pisses me off so i'll stick to using a pick.

[tiger army]

I know the gauges of my strings....man. Ya i tried using my finger and it pisses me off so i'll stick to using a pick.

just do triplets by using your three middle fingers. I can pick with my fingers about as fast as i can using a pick. Just watch steve harris from Maiden

[Anti-Hero]

One of the best Metal bassists EVER

[lameassdude]

What do blue reps mean?