<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>  Hi Ron</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>  I totally agree. Double wrap etc. However bearing problems can occur when retrofitting these loops to an existing bridge where the bearing load was designed for the twist style loop, which lays quite a bit lower than the German loop which, sits up higher on the hitch pin.  </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>    Also Something to consider when bridge caps are being replaced...... one needs to Decide up front to use them & set your bridge height accordingly..... &  uhh....not as an after thought.  amhIk</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The standard M scale at A 1 has a speaking length of 124 cm. With the standard 1.5 mm core and a wrap diameter of 5.6, nothing much is going to happen down there with the stock spec', regardless of how good or otherwise the sound board might be. I'd suggest a re-scale with something like 1.3 or 1.225 for the core with a double wrap taken up to around 6.0 or a bit more. If you double loop the eyes as well you'll get it cracking (I'd better mention that a shorter version of the standard old twisted eye will go pretty hard as well, if you use vertical hitches with it - uncle Ron N is a big fan of that approach).  But talk to Jim A as well. He's capable of firing a few ideas at you.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ron O.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>