Small problem with LaBella "deep talkin'" flats

dj150888 · #1 05-14-2009, 07:02 AM

Ok, so I got them this morning(5 string set, 128 gauge B), excitedly ran to put them on my Warwick and I hit a snag. The B string won't fit on the winding post! Anybody had this problem before and is there a quick fix? They were pretty expensive and I'd rather not waste them!

dj150888 · #2 05-14-2009, 07:54 PM

Nobody?

jasper383 · #3 05-14-2009, 08:20 PM

How won't t fit?

Is it too wide to fit down in the hole in the tuner? I had an Ibanez 5 string bass, and the TI Jazz Flat B string wouldn't go down into the hole. I kept the string longer than I normally would have, laid the string across the slot then wound it over itself a few times. It looked messy, but it held.

dj150888 · #4 05-14-2009, 08:22 PM

As in it won't fit in the slot at all :S

MNAirHead · #5 05-14-2009, 08:28 PM

Jewlers files to the pole piece.

dj150888 · #6 05-14-2009, 08:54 PM

I was hoping for something that didn't involve taking a file to my relatively new bass

dmusic148 · #7 05-14-2009, 09:06 PM

The silk covered part won't fit?

JustDavid · #8 05-14-2009, 09:07 PM

Try squishing the B a bit with vice grips so it's slightly oval. Then fit the narrow dimension into the slot.

dj150888 · #9 05-15-2009, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmusic148

The silk covered part won't fit?

Aye, its crazy, never seen it happen before!

**lowendfriend** · #10 05-17-2009, 05:15 PM

Are you using the tapered B Labella?

In any event, I just strung my Corvette with Sadowsky .135T and found when I cut and then bend the right angle for the piece to put in the post, you need to be careful to make it a pretty perfect 90 degree, straight and flat and then I pinch the very end into the tip of the pliers and then twist clockwise with some pressure to smooth out the cut, wrapped end. Then it should go in.