Double Bass bass tuneing peg help or maybe cutting help?

[wpc1996]

Basically I thought my strings were dieing so I attempted to change strings and realized I didnt know where to cut it at so I guessed and Im happy I was able to get high beams for 15.

well I cut to little then i cut to much so I goofed. Like 1st it looked right where I cut, but then I had to many wraps, then I had 1 wrap

are there bass tuning pegs that have string through instead of in if that makes sense. Like guitar tuning pegs. Or where do I have to clip the string before I put it in on music man basses. (Im using a sub now currently saving for stingray tho)

 

[robobass]

Wrong forum. We don't cut our strings here.

 

[GretschWretch]

Or, as traditional jazz musician Eddie Condon put it, "The boppers flat their fifths; we drink ours."

 

[Steve Swan]

In the normal course of playing, I never cut metal strings on bass guitars with standard scale lengths or on doublebasses. Gut strings are a different kettle of fish, though!

 

[Don Kasper]

Basically I thought my strings were dieing so I attempted to change strings and realized I didnt know where to cut it at so I guessed and Im happy I was able to get high beams for 15.

well I cut to little then i cut to much so I goofed. Like 1st it looked right where I cut, but then I had to many wraps, then I had 1 wrap

are there bass tuning pegs that have string through instead of in if that makes sense. Like guitar tuning pegs. Or where do I have to clip the string before I put it in on music man basses. (Im using a sub now currently saving for stingray tho)

"Measure Twice, Cut Once"...the old carpenter's motto.

 

[robobass]

Slow Newsday? On slabs and guitars I cut AFTER I've strung them up. I've only cut upright strings when I was fitting standard lengths to a fractional bass.

 

[Jake deVilliers]

With the Fender pegs you need to cut the strings first and pop the cut end into the hole in the top of the tuner. Not a big deal but it takes some practise to get the right down-bearing on the low E string.

 

[GretschWretch]

I personally *never* cut now on electric basses; but when I did, I would run the string I was loading 2" beyond the next higher peg (e.g., for the E string I would play out to the A peg plus two inches and then cut). But I like solid witness points through the nut, which means I want to have string wrap right down to the peg ferrules.