<HTML>In a message dated 3/8/03 2:19:24 AM !!!First Boot!!!,= orchman@attbi.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My question is, what is this ph= enomenon? What causes it and how does one know how much if any twist to put in when putting them on the hitch pins? Thanks all! Steve Borgstrom </BLOCKQUOTE> Steve First, are you sure you twisted the strings in the right direction? T\The tw= ist shoul be in the direction of the coil of the wire. Second, not all bass strings need to be twisted. I have had several instance= where the strings sounded better without a twist. The only way to tell is w= ith the experience you had. Wim </HTML>