Old Splice was ... Bass String Matching

[Ron Nossaman]

> Try making a tuner's knot with a piece of rope, making sure you tie it 
> just like us tuners do it, and then try to pull it apart. Let me know 
> what you discover.
> 
> Playfully,
> Tom Cole


Long ago and far away, I found that it doesn't work worth a damn 
with rope, but tie the knot with something of openanartery 
stiffness, and it works very well. It is, incidentally, a thief's knot.

Ron N