Lubricating V-bar

[David Boyce]

"David,
You misunderstood my comment.
Brush the schmutz off the v-bar-pin where the new string will occupy. NOT
the entire set.
Best wishes,
Tom Driscoll"

Ahh, sorry Tom!  I did in fact clean off the two bits with a rough cloth 
before fitting the two new strings.  But my concern was less for the new 
string then for the old ones, and the idea of the WD40 "spot lubrication" 
applied to all the bass strings at the V-bar was to try and help prevent any 
more of the old ones breaking.

Best,

David.