Help! Majesty String Breaks

[nick_in_STL]

Good evening all,

I have a gen 1 Majesty (serial number in the 300s), and my first string (high e) is constantly breaking - i.e., can break a brand new string inside of 10 minutes. I'm positive there is a burr inside of the saddle/bridge for this string, but I'm not sure how to take it apart to get in there and file it down. Anyone has experience with this or something similar?


Thanks,
Nick

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Where exactly is the string breaking? At the ball end itself, or at the saddle?

 

[nick_in_STL]

It is breaking at the saddle, and consistently in the same spot.

 

[pquessy]

Have you solve this issue ? I have the same on my Majesty Steakhouse Blue... never had this issue with my original JP6 but I can't use my Majesty as it breaks the 1st string at the saddle...

 

[GWDavis28]

PQuessy, old thread man. Welcome. Have you checked the saddle for any burrs?

Glenn |B)

 

[pquessy]

Yeah I used 1200 sand paper everywhere I would to get the saddle as smooth as possible... no luck

 

[DrKev]

You just hav'nt found it yet. If the string is always breaking at the saddle, something is causing it and it's almost certainly the same thing every time. Look at the end of the string after it breaks. The position of the break on the string will show you where the problem on the saddle is. Back in my gigging days with a strat I had to constantly chase these things. I would use a small round needle file followed by sand paper rolled as tightly as I could get it.

Or just call customer service and order a new saddle.

 

[pquessy]

Make sense... thanks I'll have a closer look