One thing about gut strings.... when using a 4th course, or larger diameter, all one has to do is to stick the string through the peg hole. None does not have to make a knot & kink it.
ed At 06:43 PM 7/16/2009, Sean Smith wrote: >Another trick is to never cut the bass fundamental whatever its length >and wrap the remainder around the pegbox (I saw Jacob H. do this years >ago on his 6-c). Be sure that most of the peg grip comes from a few >wraps and not the knot/fold/kink through the peghole. When it comes >time to reposition the string hang it w/ a slight weight to undo the >fold (it's inevitable) for a few days taking care not to let it unwind. Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
