John Dorr wrote: > 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.) If you are considering twisting it at all, it will be because it's making an objectionable sound. There's no reason to assume twisting the string will fix anything when you don't know the cause of the problem, so you're already guessing. So try it, and when it doesn't do what you need, replace it. > 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? You're talking about forcing a junk string above an arbitrarily minimum performance threshold, based on a guess that twisting will do that, so do whatever... As long as you're thinking, what happens when the wrap tightens up and you put another turn in the wire past that point? Ron N
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