<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Dave & Liszt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the Bass strings were dead after a = pitch-rise there's still the last ditch option of rolling them round a large-ish = bottle (need a bottle with a neck to hold it by) they often make a come-back = that way by the release of the crud in the interstices of the = windings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from Sunny Sussex</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G = (UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>