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

[John Formsma]

Hey, it's probably me off track again. I'm used to it. <G>.

I was talking about replacing individual strings, and thought the post
to which I responded was about keeping the string on the hitch pin
whilst getting the rest of it to tension. Someone had mentioned using
the vise grips to twist, then clamp the string to the pin.

I've always used the bass string twist tool to put a twist in the
wire, then a spring clamp to hold it in place.  I like the smooth
surface of the clamp, and that it doesn't tend to mar the pin paint.
If I think of it, I will try the vise grips, but so far the other tool
has worked well.

JF

On 8/7/07, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:
>
> >> 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
>