Tiny nuts?

[JJMotown]

Some new flatwounds have fairly long silks at the ball end, which go over the saddles on my fender bbot bridge, causing them to sound very dead. I saw Duck Dunn had the same issue, and put some small nuts at the ball end of his strings which sit against the heel of the bridge, extending them enough so the silks don't go onto the saddles.

 

Does anyone know what size nuts will allow the strings with silks at the ends to fit through?

 

 

Like this:

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by JJMotown

[Chiliwailer]

1 hour ago, JJMotown said:

Some new flatwounds have fairly long silks at the ball end, which go over the saddles on my fender bbot bridge, causing them to sound very dead. I saw Duck Dunn had the same issue, and put some small nuts at the ball end of his strings which sit against the heel of the bridge, extending them enough so the silks don't go onto the saddles.

 

Does anyone know what size nuts will allow the strings with silks at the ends to fit through?

 

 

Like this:

 

 

I think a 105 string is about 2.6mm, so maybe try M3 size - I think that’s 3mm, but could be M4 🤔 I bought M2 recentlly, they were 2mm. At least that hopefully gives you something to go on. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Chiliwailer

[vbance]

I have heard people say they've cut the silk back with a scalpel...may be an option.

[AndyTravis]

21 minutes ago, vbance said:

I have heard people say they've cut the silk back with a scalpel...may be an option.

I’d avoid that as it might foul the Flatwound wrap…please don’t ask me how I found that outZ

[JJMotown]

2 hours ago, vbance said:

I have heard people say they've cut the silk back with a scalpel...may be an option.

I've tried that before. Sometimes the silk is intertwined into the string at manufacturing, making it difficult to remove. 

 

I've ordered what I hope is the correct nuts to do the job.