Hi I bought a American De-luxe strat, the top e string keeps snapping near the tunning pegs any advice please

Hi parasteve,

You're breaking the low E (top string)?

And, does it break while you are playing or what?

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Howdy and Welcome to the Forum!

I believe you may well be over tightening your locking tuners. In future, just tighten the thumb wheel until it grabs the string and doesn't slip. Job done!

Hope this helps

Andy

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Thank you will give it a try

This breaks when I am tuning guitar

Best of luck!

Andy

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are you sure your aren't trying to tune it an octave to high? how does the tension feel compared to the other strings before it pops?

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I had the same problem and after some research, I found a discussion wherein someone suggested there may be a metal bur near the hole in the tuner post. I looked at mine using a magnifying glass and, sure enough, there was a small sharp piece of metal near the hole. I filed it smooth using a rotary tool and haven't broken a string since.