splicing bass strings

[Ron Nossaman]

>I agree, you should have no trouble splicing in the speaking length - just
>don't go peeling copper windings off to make room!
>
>Terry Farrell

Bless me Father, for I have peeled. What the heck (there's that word
again), if the bass string "duplicators" can do it arbitrarily, why can't I
do it in the interest of practical expedience? Why wouldn't the extra mass
of the splice in the speaking length offset the removed winding mass and
leave you about where you started?
 
Ron N