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8 String Bass Completed


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Beautiful work.  A couple questions - What's up with the string windings on the lower strings in this pic:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/geo...ss/DSC06543.jpg

The windings seem to start a 1/2" off the saddles.  Is this normal? Does it affect the sound?

And is there an alignment issue with the low B string?  It seems to be nudged off to one side in this pic:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/geo...s/HackBass1.jpg

Thanks a lot.

The B string looks to be over as it has no tension on it in that picture and isn't sitting on the saddle properly.

The strings are Labella supersteps. Apparently the exposed core is supposed to help intonation of the heavier gauge strings somehow. I first tried them on my F Bass BN6 hat came with them and I just love them. Unfortunately I can't get them to fit my Dingwall bass (37" B ).

Edited by Geoff St. Germaine
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