Bass String Splice

[hubert liverman]

Hi Mark,

It strikes me that this is more metal fatuigue due possibly to repeated
impact at the incorrect tension. If you had to take an inch of the copper
winding off to splice, the partials will never sing and the string is dead.
Most strings that break during a tuning/pitch raise occur closer to the
pin...hammer technique and pressure bar/agraffe bearing points loom
important. Patrick is correct, replace the string. In other cases follow his
twist,crimp and CA. The results will be self evident,as well as the
solution.

Hubert Liverman
Opelika,Al

> I assume you gave the hitch pin loop a twist to tighten the winding?
> Sometimes squeezing the copper winding at its new end can help it hold
> onto the core wire. Some folks have used a drop of CA glue at that
> point with some success.
> I generally favor a new string anyways -- it sure seems like one is now
> in order if the above suggestions don't help.
> Patrick Draine
>
> On Jul 5, 2005, at 12:35 PM, mps@usol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello to all!
> >
> > This morning I spliced a broken single bass string on an old upright.
> > Since the the wire broke relatively close to the copper windings, it
> > was
> > necessary to remove some of them to be able to make the needed
> > loop in the wire.
> > All went well with the splice until I began pulling it up to pitch. It
> > now
> > has "zero" tone to it. It sounds as though it is being dampened
> > somewhere. (However, it is not!)
> > Could it be that too many windings were removed and it is now new
> > wire time?  (I removed about an inch of the copper)
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > Mark
> > Montbriand
> >
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