In regards to any tips I can offer:
*Changing strings is an excellent opportunity to clean your fretboard or wax your bass.
*Make sure you wind them so the string comes down on the inside of the post.
*Wind from top to bottom.
*Make sure that the grommet (not sure what it's called... the little metal bit at the end of the string) is fully in the bridge slot before you finish tightening.
*In terms of clipping them off... I find that leaving too much length is better than too little. In one case you have more string on the post than you want, in the other case you have a string that you can't use.
* Use a pencil to mark the inside of the nut to help the strings glide over that area a little more.
* You will need to re-tune your bass tomorrow and probably the next day as the new strings stretch.
That's all for now.
