Well, I use a coin every night, and I've never broken a string. I change my strings once a week, and I'm sure Brian's guitar tech changes the strings before every show. I think he's breaking strings so often because they're so thin, not because he uses a coin (he usually plays pretty delicately). I once read an interview where he revealed the guages of his strings, and I was shocked. This was for the Jan '83 issue of Guitar Player, so perhaps he's using different strings all these years later... but here's what he said then:
"I use Rotosound round-wound strings, gauged .008, .009, .011, .016, 022, and .034, high to low."
Whooooooooooooa..!!
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Whoooaa, indeed, that's pretty thin. I didn't know! Somehow I always assumed Brian actually used fairly thick strings...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Thunderbolt<br><h6>Courtesy of God wrote: [/QUOTENAME]however there is definitely a "plonk" sound in Houston's NIH, right after the line "I'd love to leave my memories with you." Is that the drumstick breaking, or something else?[/QUOTE]
That's John hitting both the G and D strings when he should have only hit the D.. :)
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That's rather sloppy for a bass-player. He must've been a little nervous, then.
That's John hitting both the G and D strings when he should have only hit the D.. :)
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That's rather sloppy for a bass-player. He must've been a little nervous, then.