From Guitar World · · 1m 30s
A string snapped, so they jammed through the fix
Angine de Poitrine's tech restrung a double-neck onstage while the band kept playing, and the crowd lost it.
In brief
Angine de Poitrine's tech restrung a double-neck onstage while the band kept playing, and the crowd lost it. A broken string only kills a set if you hide it. Played right, the repair becomes part of the show. Originally reported by Guitar World.
Every guitarist's nightmare
A string breaking mid-gig usually means a scramble offstage and dead air. Angine de Poitrine hit that moment at Le Poisson Rouge in New York on September 9.
“Mid-gig string breaks are the stuff of nightmares for guitarists.”
2026's breakout weirdos
The microtonal duo have been the year's surprise act since February, built around a double-neck guitar now made for them by Godin.
They had a spare, and skipped it
Godin built guitarist Khn two custom models, so swapping in the backup was easy. They chose not to. The broken one stayed in view.
Restring in front of everyone
Khn's high E went, and the tech walked out in a head torch, calm and quick, working on the guitar while Khn laid squelchy riffs over Klek's drums.
“moving with a swift but calm efficiency”
Not one wrong note
Fiddly work on a double-neck could have killed the jam. It never wobbled, and no string was heard creeping up to pitch. The room roared when it was done.
“At no point is the jam interrupted by the sound of a string slowly rising to pitch.”
From sawed frets to Lifeson's praise
The band started by cutting frets into an S-type knockoff and grafting it to a bass. Now Rush's Alex Lifeson is among those praising the freak show.
The short version
A broken string only kills a set if you hide it. Played right, the repair becomes part of the show.
