Joe, That wasn't the case in this instance. They were wound in a clockwise direction. Terry At 10:10 PM 6/18/98 -0600, you wrote: >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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >
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