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<DIV><SPAN class=859023921-06042005><FONT face=Arial>This was in a =
recent post:
"If you still have the broken {old, thunky bass} string try tying a =
piece
of left-over core from your stock culled from earlier re-stringing bass =
string
jobs. It MUST be the same diameter though BE =
WARNED!"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=859023921-06042005><FONT face=Arial>I'm wondering =
what this
tech's experience has been, and from the rest of the list, too. There is =
no
reason I know of for this statement to be true. I have tied several with =
lighter
gauge wire because it was all that I had in the field. I know others do, =
as
well. As long as the string can take the tension, what difference would =
it make
anyway? Or HEAVIER gauge, for that matter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=859023921-06042005><FONT face=Arial>If the knot is =
in the
speaking segment, I wouldn't try it. But in the non-speaking areas, it =
has
worked just fine for me. If making a dependable knot with different =
thicknesses
of wire is a problem, make a sheet bend instead of the square
knot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN =
class=859023921-06042005>Ready, Willing,
and Able to be Wrong in </SPAN>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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