Kinky (string related)

[Hemisaurus]

Never seen this happen before, the string has become (semi)-permanently kinked. It still tunes up, but gradually drifts out, and the kink makes nasty fret buzzing. Figured I'd take a pic before I change the string. Little hard to see as the kink is directly over the fret.

[bass sic]

Damn you fret hard.

[Corey Y]

I've seen it happen before, but usually from some extreme accident putting pressure under the string (like it falling off a stand) or some mishap while changing strings. You've got to change it, once they're bent like that they're pretty well fucked.

The only way I could see that happening from fretting is if you were fretting behind and in front of the fret at the same time, with really high action on really big frets.

[justinhedrick]

if i leave the strings on my crap-o-caster for a long time, it will eventually do that. we are talking months and months of daily playing, which never happens any more.