speaking of Mapes

[Jon Page]

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At 11:11 AM 12/29/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>I installed a set of Mapes made bass strings yesterday. I had ordered them
>with a pattern consisting of two small pieces of paper, one with the hitch
>and bridge pins, and one with the agraffes (an agraph, as it were), with
>the speaking lengths of the first and last string on the bridge. They also
>got a list of core and wrap diameters, with a request to get as close to
>13mm bare end and wrap step lengths as possible.
>
>The strings arrived C.O.D., which surprised me (and quickly, which pleased
>me), with a notice that they no longer did 30 day net accounts, and
>requested a credit card number for future transactions if I wanted to avoid
>C.O.D. charges.
>
>When I chipped the strings up to pitch, they came in to a real pretty and
>quite adequately uniform 13mm on both ends. They CAN do it, but they
>apparently want them paid for up front if you insist on eliminating their
>safety margin.
>
>I don't know how long they have been doing this, but I thought I'd pass it
>on if anyone is interested.
>
>Ron N

GC has perfect termination lengths without the need to jump through hoops.

Jon
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