Comments | bass_players: Kill me. NOW

mbrsart in bass_players

Kill me. NOW

Oct 11, 2008 17:10

I was going about the normal task of changing bass strings. It went smoothly. Until, that is, I tried to clip the excess from the E string. Why? The G string (brand new) got clipped with it. Now I'm going to eat $10 and get a new string. Which probably means I'll have to take this set off and leave it here since I'm leaving THURSDAY for the gig and ( Read more... )

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gurzil October 12 2008, 03:44:21 UTC

I know it is a dirty guitar habit, but I weave excess strings around the headstock, regardless of how messy it might look. Paranoia.

Good luck.

mbrsart October 12 2008, 03:53:14 UTC

My bass (Fender) is designed for the string ends to be shoved down into the center of the post, and therefore I have to cut excess string ends before threading the string If I tried the ole weave-the-excess trick the strings would pop out. But thanks anyway. (Next bass I get I'm replacing the tuners so that I don't have to do this ritual clipping.)