I did a stringing for a small dealer once. Everything looked and sounded good the evening I finished the stringing. Brought the action home and made a few minor repairs to it and return the next day. Slid the action in and I got a "Thunk, wunk" sound out of a whole bunch of bass strings! Yikes! Was musing this problem, when the "dealer" wandered in the shop. I asked him if he had done anything to the strings. Answer: "no". Hmmm? After some conversation and a little quizzing, I managed to get him to admit that he was out in the shop, after I left, admiring the job, while sipping his evening wine. You guessed it, he spilled the wine! Where? On the bass strings! I tried all sorts of things to get them to come back to life. To no avail. Solution: another set of bass strings! Best Regards, Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) I'm never lost, because everyone is telling me where to go. <G>
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