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<DIV>Terry and John:</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm curious why it is so important to string makers that they each and every one over time has said that their particular strings don't need a twist in them, when in fact in each and every case in my experience, a single full twist has improved the sound of the string from it's untwisted condition. Actually, I don't wonder at all, of course. James Arledge, Danny at GC, and a few others, are really terrific scale guys and high-end, consistent string makers. What's the big deal with a twist? It only makes sense to me to do so unless there is a provable reason not to. What would that be? Does James read this list? Could he chime in here? Do you guys know?</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 08/03/07 17:17:32 Central Daylight Time, formsma@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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This is correct. He mentioned this in his class at KC this year. <BR><BR>JF <BR><BR>On 8/3/07, Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> If I'm not mistaken, Arledge suggests that no twist should be put on his <BR>> bass strings. <BR>> <BR>> Terry Farrell <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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