<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bottomMargin=0 leftMargin=3 topMargin=0 rightMargin=3> <DIV>Last week I was tuning a Haines Bros. uprt.  I've had bass wires = break before, but this time one broke at the <STRONG>loop</STRONG> instead of = around the coil. ( I was sure glad that action was between the wire and me.) = Just curious - how often has this happened to you.  I can only recall one = other time that I've had this experience in 20+ years.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John R. Fortiner</DIV> <DIV>Billings, MT.</DIV></BODY></HTML>