Old Splice was ... Bass String Matching

[David Vanderhoofven]

Hi Alan,

If splicing, I try to use the same diameter core wire for the splice, or go 
up 1 size larger.  But, as long as it holds, that is what counts.

And for what it is worth, I have spliced a bass string with the knot in the 
speaking length, and by listening, I really couldn't tell that it had been 
spliced.  But I do try to avoid splicing in the speaking length.  I 
couldn't tell you what type of knot I use, but it holds!

At 04:56 PM 4/6/2005, you wrote:
>This was in a recent post: "If you still have the broken {old, thunky 
>bass} string try tying a piece of left-over core from your stock culled 
>from earlier re-stringing bass string jobs. It MUST be the same diameter 
>though BE WARNED!"
>
>I'm wondering what this tech's experience has been, and from the rest of 
>the list, too. There is no reason I know of for this statement to be true. 
>I have tied several with lighter gauge wire because it was all that I had 
>in the field. I know others do, as well. As long as the string can take 
>the tension, what difference would it make anyway? Or HEAVIER gauge, for 
>that matter.
>
>If the knot is in the speaking segment, I wouldn't try it. But in the 
>non-speaking areas, it has worked just fine for me. If making a dependable 
>knot with different thicknesses of wire is a problem, make a sheet bend 
>instead of the square knot.
>
>Alan R. Barnard
>Ready, Willing, and Able to be Wrong in Salem, MO