Problem with my Hallmark

[Greg_L]

Yall jinxed me! Last night I popped the ball end off of my B-string!

I've been meaning to switch to 9s anyway, so that's what I did. I tinned the twisty ball end for extra support and the 9s are on. I like them better so far. I found the 10s were a little stiff for bending on the 60C for some reason. The 9s on this guitar feel more like my SGs and LPs.

[cincinnatiharry]

Soldered the strings, worked perfect. Thanks all!

[Tom From Vero]

Same issue with my Custom 60 - Ernie Ball Slinky 9 gage would occasionally unravel at the ball. Just before a string change, try one small drop of Crazy glue gel on the wound part that unravels. You will no longer have this problem.

[Bob Shade]

Good idea! Stevie Ray used to have his tech solder the ball ends. I think super glue would be the next generation fix. GHS reinforced ball end strings will not break if you don't want to glue or solder the ends.

I think all strings should come pre-stretched with reinforced ends. That would be perfect.

[Dickey]

That's happened a couple times with my original Ventures '65 Mosrite. And, only after I loosened the string a couple times to fix something on the bridge. Hasn't happened since.

[amoviebuff]

No comment on the string issue, but your guitar is a real beauty!

[Daggerwolf138]

I have this same problem from time to time. So I always chalks dit up to a bad string. Ie recently just found and purchase Ernie Ball reinforced slinky’s that I’m going to put on next string change.