Balls Quote by John Petrucci

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

For decades, I've used flatwounds everywhere - studio and live. I prefer the punch and the fatness of a flatwound string. I played wires…

— Cliff Williams

I was actually very surprised after using some plastic necklaces on the strings, as the sound was very bright. Sometimes I just put something…

— Volker Bertelmann

I always break three or four guitar strings per show and fling them at the audience.

— Eddie Rabbitt

These days I can really get the strings to snap if I want.

— Steve Hackett

My first stringed instrument was a cigar box banjo where I cut and turned the pegs and strung the wires myself.

— Carl Sandburg

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore…

— Eddie Van Halen

I like to start by wiggling my fingers on top of guitar strings.

— Zacky Vengeance

It's great if you can afford to carry a string section on the road with you, but most people are used to the idea…

— Todd Rundgren

As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

— Adam Jones

I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it 'til my fingers bled.

— Bryan Adams

I don't believe that heavy strings make it all that much bigger-sounding. If anything, it can mess up your fingers, and you can get…

— Steve Lukather