Twisting new bass strings

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Terry 
It might have been the strings were wound left handed, or counter
clockwise.
When this happens  I usually take the string off and try the other
direction of twist.
Joe Goss
You know your on the level if your bubble is in the middle


> 


> 
> It had always been my understanding that bass strings should have one
full
> twist when installed. That is the way I re-installed the set on which I
had
> the problem. (They were not new strings) Unfortunately one full twist
caused
> a buzz in many of them. A colleague of mine suggested that bass strings
do
> not necessarily require a full twist. Perhaps only a half twist, or even
no
> twist was required. I decided to try no twist at all and it worked. If
the
> windings are tight to the core, there should be no buzzing even without a
> twist. As a general rule, I put one full twist when installing bass
strings.
> I don't know why the twist caused a buzz in that particular set.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Terry Beckingham
> 
> 
> At 12:31 PM 6/19/98 +1000, you wrote:
> >List,
> >Just finished reading Ray Hopland's and Terry Beckingham's articles on
Bass
> Strings on page 10 and 12 of the April Journal.  The thrust of both of
these
> articles is that there is no need to put any twist at the hitch pin when
> installing new bass strings.  In fact twisting a new string proved
> detrimental in the case of Terry's article.
> >
> >As the string maker that I get my bass strings from always includes a
> little note indicating to give the strings a twist when installing, I am
> interested in the list's opinion on this matter. 
> >
> >Regards,
> >John Woodrow
> >Sydney, Australia
> >
> >Email:	John.Woodrow@aus.dupont.com
> >
> >
> >
>