An improvement on the Schaff bass-string twister/installer would be.....

[Ron Nossaman]

>> A small spring clamp also works quite well.  I keep one of those in my
>> stringing kit.  Small, so it takes up very little space.  Always
>> handy, always there.
> 
> Not so much use as the vise-grip if you want to twist the string, 
> though.  I use  a pair of 4" vise-grip type grips made in China that you 
> can get very cheaply.
> 
> JD

I seem to have lost track here - not surprising, considering 
it's me, but are we talking about replacing an individual 
string or restringing? Individual string replacement, pin-in, 
the Vise-Grip(s) or functional equivalent(s) work great. 
Restringing, the pin with the coil wound on is an ideal 
T-handle with which to twist the string (hitch engaged) before 
driving it into the block.

Just checking,
Ron N