Get The Twist Out!

[PaulMacCnj]

Just passing something along...

I was playing my Spector 5'er last night and was working on a bassline that includes using the G string quite a bit. I noticed that these notes had a strange "mwah" sound and a rather quick decay. Since I recently changed the strings, I figured it was worth a try seeing if their was a twist in the string. Being that the Spector bridge is top-loading, I was able to loosen the string and remove it from the tail end. Sure enough, there was a 1/2 turn twist in the string. I loaded it back into the bridge, tightened it back up to G and what a difference it made. No more "mwah" and the sustain is back. Easy job that took less than a minute to do and resulted in 2 hours (last night) of playing enjoyment!

[Jazzdogg]

Another ringing endorsement of top-loading bridges!

[Cristo]

I don't see why this isn't possible with another bridge. If you loosen the string enough, you can twist the ball at the bridge easily. So once it is loose any stored torsion in the string (if it is rwisted) should relax.

[Jazzdogg]

Originally Posted by Cristo

I don't see why this isn't possible with another bridge. If you loosen the string enough, you can twist the ball at the bridge easily. So once it is loose any stored torsion in the string (if it is rwisted) should relax.

You can either way. Just a little faster and easier to make string changes and adjustments with a top-loading bridge.

[PaulMacCnj]

I was learning a song tonight on my Fender Precision. Part of the bassline is playing the G string high up on the neck. There was that horrible twisted string sound again! As Cristo posted, you don't need a top loading bridge to take the twist out. All it took was loosening the string until it had a bit of play at the tail. Then I just pinched the string at the nut and ran my fingers along it to the bridge. The twist came right out. A quick tune up and all back in business with a much better sounding G string.