I'm so pissed.
I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
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I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
....So I had to switch to my awesome Strat.

I'm so pissed.
I'm so pissed.
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
1st world problems......
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Gunslinger wrote:1st world problems......
Pfft... You don't even know how bad I have it.
My downstairs neighbor was delayed in South Caroline last night. She sent me a text asking if I could let her dogs out.
So I did.
She wasn't home all weekend. So I was able to crank my Marshall for 4 days.
Today, she brought me beer.
Hence my prattling on.
Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
If you hate that LP so much, I'll take it off your hands. I'll make sure it gets played. HARD.
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
soundgardener75 wrote:If you hate that LP so much, I'll take it off your hands. I'll make sure it gets played. HARD.
No hate. Only love.
I have a fresh pack of Boomers ready and waiting.
I played the callouses right off my fingers this weekend. Shit be burning.
I really wish you all could play my Levinson Blades. Your taste in guitars would be collectively fucked afterwards.
In only the best way of course.
Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
paul88lx wrote:soundgardener75 wrote:If you hate that LP so much, I'll take it off your hands. I'll make sure it gets played. HARD.
No hate. Only love.
I have a fresh pack of Boomers ready and waiting.
I played the callouses right off my fingers this weekend. Shit be burning.
I really wish you all could play my Levinson Blades. Your taste in guitars would be collectively fucked afterwards.
In only the best way of course.
I probably would, but seeing I'm the Resident Weirdo aka Mr. Questionable Taste In Everything, my tastes are intact.

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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
Probably ernie ball strings 

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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
Man, I remember the last time I broke a string....2007. I don't break strings very often anymore.
If it's a new(er) guitar and it broke at the bridge, check the saddle for any sharp edges or burrs.
If it's a new(er) guitar and it broke at the bridge, check the saddle for any sharp edges or burrs.
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
neilrocks25 wrote:Probably ernie ball strings
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!
First string I've broken in a really long time. Thick picks and alcohol were the culprits.
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
paul88lx wrote:Gunslinger wrote:1st world problems......
Pfft... You don't even know how bad I have it.
My downstairs neighbor was delayed in South Caroline last night. She sent me a text asking if I could let her dogs out.
So I did.
She wasn't home all weekend. So I was able to crank my Marshall for 4 days.
Today, she brought me beer.
Hence my prattling on.
hmmmm....just some beer? Seems like you should have held out for more. Like more rattlin' and less prattlin'
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
White pickups on your LP?
What's the story with that guitar?
What's the story with that guitar?
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
paul88lx wrote:neilrocks25 wrote:Probably ernie ball strings
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!
First string I've broken in a really long time. Thick picks and alcohol were the culprits.
Never happens to me with d'addario strings and I pick hard, use heavy picks and drink too much.
I bought earnie ball stings a few months back, string breaks. Back to d'addario. All fine in the world.
Also I like your taste in strats
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
neilrocks25 wrote:Never happens to me with d'addario strings and I pick hard, use heavy picks and drink too much.
I bought earnie ball stings a few months back, string breaks. Back to d'addario. All fine in the world.
+1 on the D'Addarios, hard picking, and harder drinking!

Haven't broken a string in many years
Love the LP
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Musicscotty wrote:White pickups on your LP?
What's the story with that guitar?
It's a 1991 Studio with a ebony board. Super sweet player. I put the pickups in it a few weeks ago. They are Wilde/Bill Lawrence L90s'.
It and the DSL were my mid-life crisis prevention plan. Executed to perfection.
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
neilrocks25 wrote:paul88lx wrote:neilrocks25 wrote:Probably ernie ball strings
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!
First string I've broken in a really long time. Thick picks and alcohol were the culprits.
Never happens to me with d'addario strings and I pick hard, use heavy picks and drink too much.
I bought earnie ball stings a few months back, string breaks. Back to d'addario. All fine in the world.
Also I like your taste in strats
Its the first string I've broken in a lot of years. I change them frequently. Like the moment I hear/feel them start to fade.
As for the Strats, thanks. I'm going to be buried with White Blade.
Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
Except that's not a Strat. 

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soundgardener75 wrote:paul88lx wrote:soundgardener75 wrote:If you hate that LP so much, I'll take it off your hands. I'll make sure it gets played. HARD.
No hate. Only love.
I have a fresh pack of Boomers ready and waiting.
I played the callouses right off my fingers this weekend. Shit be burning.
I really wish you all could play my Levinson Blades. Your taste in guitars would be collectively fucked afterwards.
In only the best way of course.
I probably would, but seeing I'm the Resident Weirdo aka Mr. Questionable Taste In Everything, my tastes are intact.
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
Snowstorm wrote:Except that's not a Strat.
Why? Because it has twin rails?
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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
paul88lx wrote:Musicscotty wrote:White pickups on your LP?
What's the story with that guitar?
It's a 1991 Studio with a ebony board. Super sweet player. I put the pickups in it a few weeks ago. They are Wilde/Bill Lawrence L90s'.
It and the DSL were my mid-life crisis prevention plan. Executed to perfection.
Anything that prevents MLC is good in my book.
Cool looking LP

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Re: I just broke a string on my Les Paul.....
Musicscotty wrote:paul88lx wrote:Musicscotty wrote:White pickups on your LP?
What's the story with that guitar?
It's a 1991 Studio with a ebony board. Super sweet player. I put the pickups in it a few weeks ago. They are Wilde/Bill Lawrence L90s'.
It and the DSL were my mid-life crisis prevention plan. Executed to perfection.
Anything that prevents MLC is good in my book.
Cool looking LP
Thanks a lot!!
By the way, the pickups are creme. Not white.