Removing Bass Strings

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In a message dated 3/29/99 10:38:55 PM, you wrote:

<<said that he tried using them and ended up chipping the plate a lot
when the coil would break and slam down onto the plate.  Perhaps there's a
technique?>>

Brian;
 Yeah there is at least one :-)
When using the becket breaker you are trying to 'break the becket' not drive
the coil through the plate like a nail. All it takes is to angle the becket
breaker so the the lip is touching the becket, and with a small, 8 oz., hammer
'tap' the becket breaker lightly/moderately. The string will break and then
you can remove the pins, without scratching the plate, before the strings are
removed.  I back off the pins 1/4 to 1/2 turn before breaking beckets.
Jim Bryant (FL)