Bass String Splice

[J Patrick Draine]

I assume you gave the hitch pin loop a twist to tighten the winding?
Sometimes squeezing the copper winding at its new end can help it hold 
onto the core wire. Some folks have used a drop of CA glue at that 
point with some success.
I generally favor a new string anyways -- it sure seems like one is now 
in order if the above suggestions don't help.
Patrick Draine

On Jul 5, 2005, at 12:35 PM, mps@usol.com wrote:

> Hello to all!
>
> This morning I spliced a broken single bass string on an old upright.
> Since the the wire broke relatively close to the copper windings, it 
> was
> necessary to remove some of them to be able to make the needed
> loop in the wire.
> All went well with the splice until I began pulling it up to pitch. It 
> now
> has "zero" tone to it. It sounds as though it is being dampened
> somewhere. (However, it is not!)
> Could it be that too many windings were removed and it is now new
> wire time?  (I removed about an inch of the copper)
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Mark
> Montbriand
>
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