Wound strings Unravelling

[ned911]

My A and D strings keep unravelling at the bridge of my Axis SS. Sent her back to EBMM for maintenance but it happened again during a gig Friday night.

Burs on the bridge? or some other cause?

I've tried different brands of strings but that makes no difference.

 

[tommyindelaware]

how long does it take to happen ?????
are u using normal picks ???

 

[ned911]

Takes a couple of days. Last week I restrung on Tuesday, rehearsed on Wednesday and the the string unwound during a gig on Friday.

Using Everly picks - tolex.

 

[jaxadam]

What brand strings?

 

[jongitarz]

Was the string problem mentioned when the guitar was at the factory? If so, what was done, or what was the diagnosis? Do you have acidic sweat? A heavy picking hand?

 

[Mick]

Was the string problem mentioned when the guitar was at the factory? If so, what was done, or what was the diagnosis? Do you have acidic sweat? A heavy picking hand?

Hey Jon I have a customer who sweats acid like crazy, never breaks a string but we replace the hardware of his main guitar once a year
Great customer
Mick

 

[ned911]

Jon,

That was why I sent her back. Diagnosis was a dirty fret board but I still think there may be small burs on the trem. I've tried EB strings and most recently Snake Oils.

Not sure about acidic sweat and I don't think I have a heavy picking hand. Never broken an high E string but can't keep the E-D on the bloody guitar.

I will say that this has been in the last 8 months, the previous 3 years she performed flawlessly. The only other thing I did different on this restring was to tune to Eb for our gig.

 

[beej]

I still think there may be small burs on the trem.

That sounds like a reasonable diagnosis. I had a similar problem as well a while back. I took off the saddles and smoothed out the hole in the bridge with a dremel, assuming that was where the problem was. Still didn't fix it, so I ordered a set of new saddles. Presto, issue fixed