<!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>I had to replace a bass string that snapped while my customer played on his 2005 Yamaha U1.</DIV> <DIV>I got the replacement string from the Yamaha company instead of  calling in the measurements to </DIV> <DIV>Mapes. The new string sounds very good -- it's a bichord string. Do you think it's a better replacement </DIV> <DIV>than a Mapes replacement, and if so, why?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>Flushing, NY</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>