My friends, I'm going on tour with Charles Berthoud and Ola Englund! :) Tickets are on sale now - the link is in my channel profile! Here are the dates: 10.01. Prague - Meet Factory 11.01. Warsaw - Niebo 12.01. Berlin - Frannz Club 15.01. Helsinki - Tavastia 17.01. Stockholm - Klubben Fryshuset 18.01. Oslo - John Dee 19.01. Copenhagen - Pumpehuset 21.01. Hamburg - Gruenspan 22.01. Cologne - Club Volta 23.01. Aschaffenburg - Colos-saal 24.01. Utrecht - Tivoli-pandora 25.01. Birmingham - 02 Academy 2 26.01. London - 02 Academy Islington 28.01. Paris - Maroquinerie 29.01. Zurich - Dynamo 30.01. Milan - Santeria Toscana 31 31.01. Munich - Ampere 01.02. Vienna - Szene Wien
I’ve broken the a string before. I think there was just too much stress where it met the bridge and went back into the guitar since that’s where it broke.
@@Fiddlishkaba I genuinely don't understand regularly breaking strings, at least in shred. I've played for 25 years, averaging about 6 hours per day, usually playing anywhere between 2 and 10 hours, heavier practice in the beginning, like most people. I've probably broken about 7 strings in my whole life, most in the first few years. I'm quite advanced at this point and most people seem to think someone who plays as much as me must break that many per year at least, not in their whole life total. The fact is that in shred if you don't get the pick caught between strings weirdly at a really high speed and botch a string change super badly, and don't utterly pierce the strings for sweeps, allowing just a tiny bit of push back from the string while still letting the pick call the shots, high Es easily last half a decade of shred picking. Bernth would have been going 5 years if he hadn't forced it and I'm sure he knows that. The fact is that in shred we use less energy to play 1,000 notes than a kid does playing a single Green Day chorus once. That's how shred works, economy of motion. You hear so much but little is happening to the strings at all in terms of energy. It's bending the ever living crap out of strings that actually breaks them over time, especially if they get caught on something sharp. As far as picking goes, strings are rarely going to break with proper technique, outside of really percussive full chords in which the light strings are forced to take force meant for thicker strings. If I were to break a string on stage it would be shocking instead of normal, like suddenly throwing up on stage, because like throwing up, breaking strings isn't simply a part of playing for me. It's a rare occurrence and would be highly unlikely to just happen to happen when I'm being watched.
Hi Bernth it's Aron from Australia how are you buddy you are my newest favorite guitarist and I mean it you are amazing and a freak and I would like to meet you and your 100 string guitar so I can watch you play I still miss you it is my favorite song
I've been playing guitar for 18 years, use daddario 8s, have broken a string probably 10 times in my life. and for some reason it's the B string that usually gives way, not the E. additionally, I will go on a limb and say that a vast majority of string breakage happens during bending or tuning, not picking.
Perhaps a faster, more efficient way would have been to use the old EVH/Paul Gilbert Makita drill trick on an open high E string. Not exactly playing conditions but it would give one an idea of the number of pick attacks. I could never practice long enough to do this video. I would become bored playing the high string only for so long. Props to Bernth for his discipline.
Good to know! Can you also check how many bends it takes to get snapped? I break high E strings almost every month. But first time in my life I broke the B string with some weird whammy bar technique, just two weeks after I replaced them. I am so proud of myself.
When I first started playing guitar I had HORRIBLE technique and would absolutely death grip my strings. I've snapped the high E and B under my fretting fingers, but never by picking lol.
My high east string broke and I don’t live near a guitar shop so I’m just owning it. I’m gonna be known as that guitar player that only plays five strings.
I always wonder how people always break strings, sometimes in low tunings I strum so heavily that I expect the strings to snap every second (I usually do that when I know Ill change them the next day) or when I aggressively tremolo pick a string but nothing ever happened and I use 10/46 so pretty light gauge
Takes a while to do it on purpose, but as soon as someone asks me to play something, I’ll break it Someone said to play uncle John’s band, which uses the e string, and then It broke immediately Someone said to do the star spangled banner and it broke immediately I put another string on my electric cuz I broke the e string and it broke 3 days after
My friends, I'm going on tour with Charles Berthoud and Ola Englund! :) Tickets are on sale now - the link is in my channel profile!
Here are the dates:
10.01. Prague - Meet Factory
11.01. Warsaw - Niebo
12.01. Berlin - Frannz Club
15.01. Helsinki - Tavastia
17.01. Stockholm - Klubben Fryshuset
18.01. Oslo - John Dee
19.01. Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
21.01. Hamburg - Gruenspan
22.01. Cologne - Club Volta
23.01. Aschaffenburg - Colos-saal
24.01. Utrecht - Tivoli-pandora
25.01. Birmingham - 02 Academy 2
26.01. London - 02 Academy Islington
28.01. Paris - Maroquinerie
29.01. Zurich - Dynamo
30.01. Milan - Santeria Toscana 31
31.01. Munich - Ampere
01.02. Vienna - Szene Wien
Where is Russia?
the amount of talent between you and charles alone is insane
No america😕
Come to south america bro, Brazil deserves it
Where Iberia? Lisboa!
Break low e
everything for content:
then the next video: how many notes break a bass string
I did that once, the coil snapped at the bridge and tension dropped to zero in seconds
is that even possible
I’ve broken the a string before. I think there was just too much stress where it met the bridge and went back into the guitar since that’s where it broke.
@@plteltronix7085those things are build so ford tough that it puts ford to shame. If they didn’t get super dull I’d never restring a bass.
I've got a metal pick that will do it in about 5 notes.....
i have them too but strings don't break u just have bad technique
I play with a metal pick, and while I've never counted, I definitely get more than 5 notes lol.
@@Fiddlishkaba…or bad strings…
@@VivianWasntHere yes
@@Fiddlishkaba I genuinely don't understand regularly breaking strings, at least in shred. I've played for 25 years, averaging about 6 hours per day, usually playing anywhere between 2 and 10 hours, heavier practice in the beginning, like most people.
I've probably broken about 7 strings in my whole life, most in the first few years. I'm quite advanced at this point and most people seem to think someone who plays as much as me must break that many per year at least, not in their whole life total.
The fact is that in shred if you don't get the pick caught between strings weirdly at a really high speed and botch a string change super badly, and don't utterly pierce the strings for sweeps, allowing just a tiny bit of push back from the string while still letting the pick call the shots, high Es easily last half a decade of shred picking.
Bernth would have been going 5 years if he hadn't forced it and I'm sure he knows that. The fact is that in shred we use less energy to play 1,000 notes than a kid does playing a single Green Day chorus once. That's how shred works, economy of motion. You hear so much but little is happening to the strings at all in terms of energy.
It's bending the ever living crap out of strings that actually breaks them over time, especially if they get caught on something sharp. As far as picking goes, strings are rarely going to break with proper technique, outside of really percussive full chords in which the light strings are forced to take force meant for thicker strings.
If I were to break a string on stage it would be shocking instead of normal, like suddenly throwing up on stage, because like throwing up, breaking strings isn't simply a part of playing for me. It's a rare occurrence and would be highly unlikely to just happen to happen when I'm being watched.
You should do it again to make sure that number is correct
😂
with fingers this time
Bernth and Charles on the same stage would break the fabric of space and time
Like cliff and Dave mustine on the same stage, hence why fate had them separated
Ain't no way..
It only takes me one thirty step bend on the 12th fret😎
That’s a lot of Notes
Hi Bernth it's Aron from Australia how are you buddy you are my newest favorite guitarist and I mean it you are amazing and a freak and I would like to meet you and your 100 string guitar so I can watch you play I still miss you it is my favorite song
Hi Bernth can you please come to Australia 🇦🇺 because I have a club near where I live and they would love your new song I still miss you
I play that song every night when I go to sleep
Freaky
Great musicianship, you play with confidence and vocally you have a really good tone
If i had a dollar for every time he picked that string id have $12198🤑
12k notes…. So that took around 1 minute? 😛
As soon as you switched picks my inner statistician started screaming "THIS ENTIRE EXPERIMENT IS NULL AND VOID!!!"
*flips table*
Now the low e
I usually break a lot when Im on Pantera and Judas Priest binge jam
Mr Owl, how many picking strokes does it take to break the high e string on an electric guitar?
Let's find out. 1, 2, 3
*crunch*
3. 🦉
I thought that too! Classic! 😅🤣👌🏻
Please find your way to the states soon! 🙏🏻🤘🏻
Would be fun to do the same thing with different brands to compare how tough each brand really is!
Should have used Paul Gilberts drill pick for quicker and easier results. Awesome video as always
Now you have to convince El Estepario Siberiano to play drums for you and we have the most bad ass youtube band. This would be epic.
Break a electrical wire with your softest pick, now that's a challenge 😂😂
I've been playing guitar for 18 years, use daddario 8s, have broken a string probably 10 times in my life. and for some reason it's the B string that usually gives way, not the E. additionally, I will go on a limb and say that a vast majority of string breakage happens during bending or tuning, not picking.
The more important question is how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
Why are all of my favourite ppl coming together😭
All i can hear is just "Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow..."
When it breaks it sounds like the alert sound in deathloop
I know they say metal is blasphemous but the only thing that's evil here is drinking black coffee straight.
Conclusion: it takes 12198 strokes to break the high e string
Time of your life saved : 1minute
it looked like there might've been an aggressive bend to help break that high e string too
Thank god somebody noticed the culprit of the high E string’s demise🙏🏽🙏🏽
My first electric had a burr in the bridge and for the b. I broke a string every three days.
Perhaps a faster, more efficient way would have been to use the old EVH/Paul Gilbert Makita drill trick on an open high E string.
Not exactly playing conditions but it would give one an idea of the number of pick attacks.
I could never practice long enough to do this video. I would become bored playing the high string only for so long. Props to Bernth for his discipline.
All fun and games till you play the wrong string 💀
Keep in mind 12,000 is if one uses an extra thick and abrasive pick while picking very hard.
I accidentally broke my A string when I tried to tune it. Second most horrific experience in my life.
and here i haven't played 12000notes in my whole life.
gave me PTSD of Für elise there at the end😭
Eres el mejor guitarrista, sería genial que pongas un vocalista a tu musica😊
I bought the Bone pick because of you dude! i love it! highly recommended also Great video I really like your stuff you rock
Which bone pick is it?
Thanks, I'm gonna change my strings after the 12197th stroke
For me, once in a while it's just five, LOL
Novel way to plug a tour!
Cool now lets see Charles do the same thing but by Slap Popping and/or Double Thumbing the C string on a set of La Bella White Nylon Tapes.
Good to know! Can you also check how many bends it takes to get snapped?
I break high E strings almost every month. But first time in my life I broke the B string with some weird whammy bar technique, just two weeks after I replaced them. I am so proud of myself.
This just reminds me of how I broke the low E string warming up before recording. Luckily, there were replacements available.
Dude it’s all a game of chance. I’ve broken it within 5 minutes of putting it on and playing.
What I wouldn’t give to play with you 3. Talk about a 3 man super group.
Very good. Many note here
I thought that was going to break real quick 💀
Next, try how many full note bends it could take
The thicker pick doesnt seem to be doing much, so I switched to scissors... aaand there we go
You need to do the lowest string next then the bass string
I used to use a megalodon tooth as a pick, my string didn’t break but the tooth is about 2/3 the size it used to be
If you want to break a string sooner, use a cheap (literally) metal pick.
I broke 1 lowB, 2 lowE, 1 A, 2 D, 2 G, 2 B and 3 highE string within 1.5 year and none of witch was due to over tuning... so yea
wtf, it took me 15 months to break high e and only because I bent too much
I use nylon picks at about .4 thickness. Haven’t lost a string in years & I can play more expressively
Do the low one next please!
Its the bends that break a string for me
I always thought it was bends on the high-e weakening it
Bends man really work the string. Bends and picks
I like how u didn't change your strum placement. I think u could play right at the bridge and break one faster...
Well, part with a plectre, part with others. So with your "hand" and the first plectre you should go like the the double of the picking
For acoustic guitar it will take over a million strokes for sure
Ah yes the strokes
When I first started playing guitar I had HORRIBLE technique and would absolutely death grip my strings. I've snapped the high E and B under my fretting fingers, but never by picking lol.
Damn, I couldn't even tell you the last time I broke a string while playing. I feel like it's been many years. 😅
next video: THE MOVIE, how many picking strokes can break low e string
My high east string broke and I don’t live near a guitar shop so I’m just owning it. I’m gonna be known as that guitar player that only plays five strings.
Man I would've just tremolo picked the high E without bothering to fret 😂
Pick hard enough, and it only takes one :)
I always wonder how people always break strings, sometimes in low tunings I strum so heavily that I expect the strings to snap every second (I usually do that when I know Ill change them the next day) or when I aggressively tremolo pick a string but nothing ever happened and I use 10/46 so pretty light gauge
15 years, never broke a string. Breaking strings is a myth.
My strings that break when I pick up my guitar
I wonder how much of a difference the pic will make if you don’t keep trying heavier pics to try and break the string faster
Awesome timing i just replaced mine after it snapped
Meanwhile mine break while I’m putting them on…
Just hit a two step bend.
the real answer and what you did in this video: However many your wrist can withstand until you give up and start sawing the string with your pick lol
please dear good sir, tell us everything there is to know about the string you are using. Thank you. Great marketing idea btw hehe.
It’s not about how many, it’s how hard you pick it along with bends, age of string etc
Tune it 1/2 step down and it'll never break
A brass pick would have made quick work of it.
Yeah cool, I was just impressed of 12 notes per second. Bernth shredding is insane
Do y'all think I would make a good band.
Also this man is the master at playing the guitar 🤘
OH DAMN THATS SHARPER THAN MY BRIAN MAY VIBRATO. 😱😱😱
Would it also depend on the brand of string?
but it still depends on string thickness
I wish this would've been more scientific
Was there a change in pitch/tone/quality as the string got closer and closer to breaking?
I had a shit squire guitar that would pop the e string right when it got into tune. Idk how but I bought 5 strings and just gave up and never used E
Arthritis speed run
Takes a while to do it on purpose, but as soon as someone asks me to play something, I’ll break it
Someone said to play uncle John’s band, which uses the e string, and then It broke immediately
Someone said to do the star spangled banner and it broke immediately
I put another string on my electric cuz I broke the e string and it broke 3 days after
Your neighbors should be angry
If you’re trying to break the strings just play with tweezers
Now do low e on acoustic
bass string ver
Sounds like Bat country 😂
you need to do it 3 times and take an average for more accurate results
My upstair neighbor at 2 am
Now do the low E
do a piano next
Now low E