Why do my guitar strings always break?

Everytime I try tuning a guitar to Drop C, the strings break. I was able to do it before but now everytime I do the strings break. Did I do something wrong?

Why do my guitar strings always break?
Sounds like you are tightening the strings too much when you tune. How old is the guitar? It could be a mechanical issue but most likely the strings are just wound too tight.
Reply:Try a thicker string gauge like using


Heavys , instead of using Medium or Light gauges.


That might work because harder guitar players need more stronger strings that endure the abuse. Also, try some Dean Markley "Blue Steels" ones too. They have a good tone %26amp; last a long time. I use them on my Hamer Scarab. Good luck
Reply:I've been playing for over thirty five years and never had this problem....are you tuning it correctly....do you use an electric tuner??? I have never known anyone to have this problem...are you using those ball end strings....I remember once that I used one of those and the ball popped off. Is your guitar old...??? From now on when you put on new strings go to this link and there's a free electronic tuner on the homepage on the right hand side....the only thing that I can think of is that your tuning too high and this is causing your strings to break....if it happened only once I would say that maybe it was just a faulty string ...but your saying that this happens every time that you try to tune to Drop C....so it has to be that your doing something wrong....have you tried another brand of strings....if not try that....and make sure that you use that electronic tuner that's here :


http://www.8notes.com/


Click on the guitar, this site has a lot of interesting things for guitarists....name the chord and it shows you how to make it. Well good luck to you, and I hope that it's only a "too tight" problem....bye.
Reply:Have you changed the guage of strings you use lately? If you have, that might be your problem. Your strings cut a tiny groove--nothing noticeable--into the bridge of your guitar. The problem is, these little grooves are going to make it difficult to change the guage of your strings.





The groove that your old strings made may also create a slight burr on the bridge, so the new guage strings may start to grate against that burr, and your strings will break a lot quicker. It happened to me a few times, and when I asked a guitar tech about it, he said you could either switch back to the original guage of strings or get rid of the burr with a little fingernail file.





Anyway, I'm not sure that's the problem, but it's an idea. Hope it helps!
Reply:Eddie Van Halen always boils his strings in water first, then puts them on his guitar.





He claims this keeps them from breaking when he bends them.
Reply:what kind of strings? I can hardly break my elixirs
Reply:You are doing something wrong. Are you sure you're tuning to the right octave?