>Ed et al-- > My experience with prestretched nylgut is that it resumes its >previous relaxed length to a great extent. As I explained in a >previous post, I had a treble break near the bridge, leaving enough >string to retie it and re-use it. In the short time it was relaxed, >it lost any previous length it had gained under tension. It took, >as with a new string, several days to "settle in" to a stable >condition. Fortunatley I do not perform, or this could be a >disaster! :^(
Really? The same as a new one, eh? Well, then maybe it would be good to have a pre-stretched nylon or gut on hand then. I just keep all my old strings. But of course the treble is the one that usually breaks and needs to be on hand and that's the one I never have. cheers, -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
