<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16450"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have encountered this problem several times on the top two single bass strings with some Yamaha models. I still see this on new Cable & Nelson models made by Yamaha to this day. I often lower tension, remove the coil and back the pin out a couple of turns while doing the warranty tuning to avoid future trouble. Why they don't instruct their stringers to do this at the factory is a good question. The dealer always covers my expense and provides new strings.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Brian Johnston</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nova Scotia</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>