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<DIV>Do you charge for your splicing attempts that fail? :-)</DIV>
<DIV>Any repair that I consider my self an expert at I charge for, if I'm
learning or experimenting and it fails, I might eat it.</DIV>
<DIV>Fenton</DIV>
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<A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 18, 2008 3:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Failed string splicing --
charge for time?</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Joe And Penny Goss
<<A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With the concert use and distance. I would not
replace the string, but alter the damper head to control
sustain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have never been able to splice a Yamaha bass
string. The swedge seems to be too close to where the knot is,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and the string breaks again every time. But
still I try to splice.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Joe,</DIV>
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<DIV>The strange thing about it was that the damper worked without needing any
modification.</DIV>
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<DIV>I should have mentioned before that the splice was above the pressure
bar. The string broke at the tuning pin.</DIV>
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<DIV>Do you charge for your splicing attempts that fail? :-)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>-- <BR>JF </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>