Ok, ok, ok. I got it. I understand. Finally. My brain has so many ways of "twisting" things spatially, that I finally figured out WHAT you guys are saying about CW or CCW being the same from either end. I won't tell you what got me on the wrong path thinking about it, because it was erroneous anyway. I finally drew it all out on paper and looked at the paper from each end figuring out what I was effectively trying to do. NOW I finally understand truly which way to twist a string. Thanks for the enlightenment. Thank you all for your patience and persistence. I can be a knucklehead, obviously! NOW... another question or two... Why does it sometimes (not always) seem to make things not change or even WORSE to twist a string? Maybe they were twisted previously and further change is no help? Or harmful? (Yes, I twisted them before today's serendipitous moment, but I twisted them BOTH ways, to check to see if either way would improve sound.) Second question: if twisting from the loop end, which I imagine is what everybody does on an OLD string you're trying to improve, shouldn't you go in whole turns rather than half turns? Seems like half turns change the bends in the wire through the bridge pins. Or is my thinkin' stinkin' there?
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