bazzbass Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 21/01/2019 at 21:29, TrevorR said: My trick was always to bend the bit of the string where the bare wire goes round the ball end at a 45 degree angle so that the ball end didn't get trapped on the bottom of the bridge peg and ping it out. I can't believe it took this long for someone to post a pic showing how to do it. Apparently a picture DOES tell a thousand words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 but the OP describes the problems he had from doing this. If you try my modification, those are alleviated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I always just feed the string down the hole and make sure the peg has the groove facing forward. Never had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 20/01/2019 at 21:06, hubrad said: Ball end bass strings, use whichever you prefer. The trick, as with acoustic guitar, is to get the ball alongside the pin once it's through the soundboard, so the pin acts as a toggle rather than holding the string in by friction. Initially fiddly, but once you get the hang it becomes second nature. see my mod, you don't need to get the hang of anything except putting the pin in the right way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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