Why does the g string break easily

[strings2000]

Almost always the first to go bust on my acoustics.

 

[PLX]

Thickest unwound string.. usually.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Thickest unwound string.. usually.

Not on an acoustic.

 

[Chocol8]

I almost never break a G. It is probably an issue with the guitar, especially if they break in the same location.

 

[mbenigni]

How often are you breaking strings on your acoustic?? I rarely even break strings on electric anymore. (Alas, not never LOL.) How are you playing when this occurs (e.g. extremely hard strumming? Wide bends?) And where exactly is the string breaking? I'd be looking to the bridge for potential defects if I were breaking a lot of strings.

Also, per requisite:

 

[strings2000]

How often are you breaking strings on your acoustic?? I rarely even break strings on electric anymore. (Alas, not never LOL.) How are you playing when this occurs (e.g. extremely hard strumming? Wide bends?) And where exactly is the string breaking? I'd be looking to the bridge for potential defects if I were breaking a lot of strings.

Also, per requisite:

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Probably an old string. Snapped while loosening

 

[Baba]

 

[PLX]

Not on an acoustic.

Who TF plays those ?

 

[mbenigni]

Probably an old string. Snapped while loosening

The same "old string" can't "almost always" break first.


Unless you're reusing it over and over again? In which case, mystery solved.


Going meme-crazy over here.

 

[paisleywookiee]

This is almost always an issue at the nut or bridge. Helpful, I know.

 

[strings2000]

The g is often the first to sound dead on an acoustic. Thinnest core of the wound strings maybe even thinner than the hi e.

 

[dignlivn]

Might have a burr on the tuning peg?

 

[Eagle]

Sharp edge on the tuner.

 

[Sascha Franck]

On a steel strung acoustic, G strings are the ones breaking most often for me as well. Throughout all guitars I ever owned.
On electric it's D4 or E1.
Not much problems these days anymore, though.