Alternative to Graphtech Stringsavers?

[Julian]

Hi you,

do you know an alternative to the Graphtech Stringsavers?

My main guitar for the last 10+ years is an Axis Sport (HH, maple fretboard) on which I mounted long time ago some Graphtech Stringsavers. Everything was fine and I never thought of maybe changing them. I now recently bought another Axis Sport (SSH, rosewood fretboard) and now, after breaking strings every single gig, I also changed to the Stringsavers and the sound is just terrible (hard to discribe, like if some frequencies are boosted that don't fit to the guitar's original sound).

Do you know some alternative to the Stringsavers, with a sound more comparable with the vintage-style-things (don't know the english word, sorry) that were mounted on the AS origninally?

Just for your information, I use Power Slinkys (11-48) in standard E-tuning, I change them before every gig (3-4 times a week) and I hit them hard .

Thanky you for your help!!

Greetings,
Julian

 

[paranoid70]

I think you nailed it. You hit the strings hard, thus they break. I have had problems with string breakage myself and found that technique was really the problem. Although I didn't have a problem with the Graphtecs soundwise, I still broke strings. I kind of adjusted the way I play, including using lighter guage picks, and I don't have as many issues as I used to.

 

[jakedawgwhite88]

I'm a fairly heavy handed player sometimes ... and since I sent my guitar in for a proper set up from music man I haven't broken hardly any maybe one or two ... in 4-5 months but not 1-2 a night like before. and I've had a set of coated slinkys on for a couple of months now with no breakage and quite a few gigs including a senior recital. Call music man and see what they say... supposedly I believe mine was putting torque on the strings at an angle and creating some friction points that caused super accelerated wear on the strings at the bridge. I hope this helps. Give them a call they're super and always very helpful to what you want to do and what's best for the instrument.