What a great idea,for some strange reason when I fit a set of new strings I put the old ones in the packaging that I have just opened,keeping them as "spares".Having never broken a bass string this is stupid. I will be delighted to send you some strings,and will pm you for the address. Even more annoying is the fact that I visited Cuba this year and enjoyed the local music unaware of the problem that musicians were facing.Thanks for bringing this to the forum. Cheers Eddbass