<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Hi Paul:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    I had the same thing happen on a S&S "M".  Install a new bass string and within a week or two I had to retune.  This happened several times within the space of a month until I discovered the loop on the hitch pin end of the string was slipping!  It made it impossible to keep the tension on the string up to pitch as it kept getting longer and longer.  The string maker S----F, replaced it with no question.  Can't remember if it was a universal or not, but in this case it wouldn't have mattered.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>