Are You a String Bender?

[ducktrapper]

How many tones can you bend up or down to without breaking a string?   

[B0WIE]

Good question. I never bend on acoustic. Just doesn't fit what I play.
On electric can get into some deep bends. Especially if the guitar has a Floyd Rose. Breaks seem to depend on the strings. When I used daddario I basically bought an extra couple E strings for every set. With DR or Everly B52 they rarely ever break,even on those step and a half bends.

[ducktrapper]

Good question. I never bend on acoustic. Just doesn't fit what I play.
On electric can get into some deep bends. Especially if the guitar has a Floyd Rose. Breaks seem to depend on the strings. When I used daddario I basically bought an extra couple E strings for every set. With DR or Everly B52 they rarely ever break,even on those step and a half bends.

I can't remember the last time I broke a string but I think was while using a string winder on my electric12 string. I have been playing out with a trio and using my LT-1 a lot. That little beast begs to be bent.

[Silence Dogood]

I do monster bends on acoustic (with medium strings). I play it like it's an electric.  And I never break strings.

[StringPicker6]

Only time I broke a string in many, many years was when someone was teaching me a bunch of songs in different tunings, and after all the tuning changes I finally blew out the e string.  It was annoying yet also a bit exciting!  POW!!! 

[ducktrapper]

I bend acoustic strings too. Either way, I think it is generally the pick angle of attack that causes the breakage and not the bending per se.