[dorio]

It had not happened in year so you can imagine my surprise when I heard that SNAP and realized it was the A string (on my acoustic) So I proceeded to replace the whole set

But in doing so, I don't know what I was thinking about (my mind went wandering) as I kept on turning the tuning peg: another *SNAP* and to my horror I realized the new A string broke as well (from the nut not the bridge)

Now this was unprecedented (the strings were of a thick gauge (10.) and of cheap quality too: (Indian made)

And as I didn't have a spare set available I had to do something I never did before: try to fix the broken A in the in the low E hole as the remaining lenght of the string seemed to fit in but only just. And obviously I had to put my low E in the A hole.

I tuned It standard and proceeded to play all afternoon. This happened before yesterday and I felt the need to announce I had changed my strings (I don't change em as often as I'm supposed to). so to give this topic some direction have you experienced similar cases when stuck without a spare set of strings and had to use unconventional ways to be able to play...

[ninjato]

Never. I always have spare sets w/ me.

So have you fixed it or are leaving it like that since it works now?

[dorio]

Well as I live in the wilderness I'll get new strings in a couple of days when I'll go to the market (30 miles away)

And I'll continue that way as I have only one of my guitars with me. It's very rare that I'm stuck w/o spare strings.

[horn82y]

i would do that if i had to, but doesnt it feel funny to have the strings switched? thats what would get me

[dorio]

As I'm lefty, I'm kinda used to switch things. Strings nuts and bridges: the story of my life...