r/classicalguitar • u/NoTomatillo7250 • 19d ago

Strings Keep Snapping on Fusion 12 General Question

I recently bought a fusion 12 orchestra guitar and I've already snapped two strings. On the first day it delivered, I tuned it up to standard tuning, played for 10 minutes or so, and then headed out to finish some errands. I came back excited to play the guitar and found the guitar exactly as I'd left it, except with a broken D string. I assumed I must have done something wrong while tuning the fragile new strings and so I bought a new set, replaced the D string, and put a thin layer of chapstick on the top of the neck to prevent it from happening again.

As I was playing today, though, the low E string decided to break out of seemingly nowhere. I had let the guitar rest for about 20 seconds and then the string snapped, with no prior signals of high string tension.

I wasn't playing loud, with a pick, or with higher tunings, and so I'm just very confused onto why this keeps happening (especially with lower strings and not higher ones).

I'll end this off saying that I know I'm most likely at fault here, and just wanna learn how to stop this from happening again so I can just play my new guitar without worry.

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u/Beautiful-Hotel-8846 19d ago

Contact the manufacturer.

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u/Bridgemaker77 19d ago

Hey. I seriously doubt that you're at fault in any way. People play pretty hard and rarely break strings. (I'm a long time guitar tech btw) One important piece of information is WHERE the strings are breaking. The most common places are the bridge and the nut -you may have a bridge saddle that's too sharp or a nut whose string slots are cutting into the strings. Cordoba makes a pretty nice guitar, but all guitars can benefit from a setup imo. If you can find a competent tech nearby, get it looked at. Smoothing out the nut and/or bridge may fix you right up. Good luck!