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Was the string wound going over a part of itself?
I would always put the absolute minimum possible wind on a locking tuner, unless - often with the G - you really need to increase the break angle at the nut. I pull the string through the tuner until it’s tight before locking.
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That never happens with conventional/vintage tuners.
So I put a couple of winds on, since the locking mechanism is irrelevant to me...
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If I for example, slacken the strings, take the neck off to get at the pickguard etc, then re-attach neck and tune up again:
With vintage tuners I can do this multiple times without any problems.
With locking tuners, the strings tend to break - very often.
That tendency is less if I have a couple of winds around the post.
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Regardless of the locking mechanism type, each string is gripped by the application of pressure via a hardened steel surface. This invariably compresses and fatigues the string. (The old PRS "wing collar" machineheads leave two kinks approximately 4mm apart.)
In attempting to re-tightened old strings, the temptation is to realign the compression/fatigue spot with the locking mechanism. Unfortunately, this invites new compression and fatigue at a slightly different angle to the original locking point, weakening the string exponentially. It is doomed to break.