Alright, I will try to make this simple:

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to go buy some new strings. So I bought two packs of new strings, and went to go restring my guitar. Now, the 6th string snapped when I was restringing it (this is out of one of the new packs), so I used my old 6th string, and restrung the rest of it with my new pack. Today, I was playing, and my string snapped. Now my question is, should I just restring the 6th string with the 6th string from my second new pack, or should I just restring the entire guitar? Thanks.

Use the one from the 2nd pack, why else would you of bought it?

Strings are destined to snap, and always when you least expect it. Always hand to have a new spare.

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Dont mix and match strings.. if a string breaks replace them all, their not gonna make you go hungry.

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actually, that's a good point....

*shuts up*

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fuck that dude, just replace the one new string, i have a shit load of strings and i only replace em when they break unless they havnt broke in forever or im putting a new pick up or somthing in, then ill restring the whole thing

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fucking ghetto.. cause we all know strings cost a fortune!

of course I never break strings, but I also replace my strings on a regular basis.

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uuhh you can buy single strings where i am.
strings should be replaced every two or three weeks.
strings are cheap anyway, just go for a day without cigarettes.

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Yeah indeed, just replace one, it sounds a bit new in the beginning, but after a few days playing, it just sound your old one...


What do you do if that string breaks again within a week, you buy everytime a new set of strings, that should be a waste of money.

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thats something that one shouldnt even think about.

its better to replace the whole set, its easier that way.

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Heck, just buy a new guitar - then you wont have to restring.

For someone like me, 6$ is NOT cheap...luckily I only break em' every month or so!

do you smoke? shit i wish strings were that cheap over hear, thats like £3

the way i look at it is,

1 pck strings = 1 days cigarettes = 2 pints.

say i go out maybe 3 or four times in a fourtnight, if every time i go out, i have one less pint, i get 1 an 1/2 packs of strings every two weeks.
thats 1/2 a pack more than i need.

this philosophy does not work in the long term though

ie: 6 months cigarettes = new guitar. i choose lung cancer

but i can suffer for a day to get two weeks of guitar, if i have too.

and my income is not high, i just havent got around to saving yet.

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Get a fucking job you bum

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Alright, I bought a new 6th string and another pack (so now I have two backups). Thanks for the advice.

First of all, I do not smoke, and 2nd of all, I'm a 15 year old kid who has parents who forget his allowance all the time, and the one time I applied at popeyes they rejected me.

good plan.

Seriously. You're better off just restringing it all. Though waiting for the strings to stop stretching always pisses me off

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Waiting for the string to stretch? Why wait.. Stretch them yourself.

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I do, though it never seems to stay in tune properly the first day.

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Always replace ALL of the strings if one string breaks. Never do it one at a time.

Dude, remember in America they dont have the exchange rate, so in reality they will pay just as much as us for strings...

yeh, that's my advice too, never re-string just one string, because if one keeps breaking and the other 5 stay fine like my mates guitar, after 6 years the E-B strings just literally crumbled in his hands one day. jesus christ it was a laugh though, watching him doing some jazz fingerpicking and then suddenly kaboom, only a high E left.

The strings on my guitar besides the 6th string were all almost new, so there would not of been much of a difference....got backup packs anyways one of them breaks anyways.

good, dont start, its probably the most stupid thing you can do.
i dont know anything about west virginia,
but its very easy for a 15yr old to get a job here.
you can get anywhere from £5 to £15 delivering papers.

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If you have a Floyd Rose or similar with locking nut, then definitely just change the one string. I break strings all the friggin' time due to my aggressive picking and constant abuse of the vibrato bar. If I changed all six strings every time I broke one, I would spend half of my practice time restringing. If you consistently break the same string take a close look at the nut and bridge with a magnifying glass and look for a physical defect along the string path...