splicing bass strings

[Stephen Airy]

One thing I have noticed is that even though my
strings are 88 years old, my low bass (mainly E8 or
D#7 and lower) sounds better than in my mom's
less-than-5-year-old Young Chang PG-150)

--- Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> wrote:
> > I should think there was a tad more mass in the
> copper per knot unit section.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> 
> Depends on core and wrap gages, and how much wrap is
> removed. In practice,
> I can't say I've noticed any tuning differences
> beyond the usual mismatch
> disconfrugalties found in a lot of new strings. That
> is, unless a whole lot
> of wrap is removed. As far as practical
> considerations go, Tony's list is
> more realistic, so there's probably no need to work
> up a copper per knot
> unit section formula. I do like the term though. <G>
> 
> Ron N


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