Error in stringing...............

[DWBass]

Ok, I've been playing bass since the early 70's. Not once in all my years have I ever incorrectly strung a bass. About a month ago, I put new strings on my Lakland 5 string. I played it a few times and something felt off but I didn't pay it no mind. I happened to grab it last night and again, the A & D strings feel weird especially the D. Seemed to be higher than the rest of the strings. So I sight down the neck to check for a bow and I noticed the D string was fatter than the A. WTH??? I had the strings switched. Unfortunately I had cut the strings to match the posts but lucky I had enough length for the A string to reach the post and get 1 solid wind. Don't know if it will hold. Guess I'll have to buy a new set of strings. Gah!

I do have a couple of 4 string sets where I can use the A string if needed.

 

[Gorn]

I've done that, but noticed sooner than a month. These things happen.

 

[NoiseNinja]

I could totally see myself doing that, though I am quite certain I would notice my mistake already at the first tuning of the strings.

 

[nutdog]

gettin old

 

[LBS-bass]

At least you didn't snick off the end of the G string and wind it up on the E peg on an inline, like I did once.

 

[DWBass]

Thing is.....I always change 1 string at a time and I usually make sure I grab the right string to change. Yeah, I'm getting old.

 

[arbiterusa]

It's time for reading glasses. I started to have to look really hard at the strings I was putting on in my late forties, which was only a few years ago.

 

[nutdog]

I picked up a used acoustic/electric guitar to use for alternate tunings. New strings came in last week and I put them on. I hate changing guitar strings, those tiny unwound ones give me fits. Finished the job and realized I had grabbed the wrong guitar, an old non-electric beater. Now I have two guitars in open F. My brain is mush.

 

[michael_t]

This is one of the reasons why some companies color-code the ball ends, while others include small dice with numbers on them.

 

[DWBass]

This is one of the reasons why some companies color-code the ball ends.......

This! I typically use D'Addario's but I was gifted a set of SIT's which don't have the color-code ends.

 

[Deleted member 365158]

I blame 1 too many strings

 

[JRA]

i want to laugh, @DWBass, but i'm discovering every day how my 'oldness' is affecting everything in my life = a lot of 'stupid' mistakes and errors! but in this instance, i'm glad it happened to someone else!




ok, i laughed anyway.

 

[electracoyote]

45 years of stringing up all nature of basses and guitars, I'd be a liar for sure if I said I never did anything like that.

One wind on the A, Fender style headstock, I hope you have a string tree on that one.

 

[DWBass]

Weird thing is the string tuned up to pitch with no problem.

 

[DWBass]

One wind on the A, Fender style headstock, I hope you have a string tree on that one.

There is a string tree. I ended up buying a new set of strings. I really didn't like the SIT's anyway. Back to D'Addario's.

 

[butterfingers1]

Weird thing is the string tuned up to pitch with no problem.

That's really surprising, the unusual tensions should have been noticeable.

 

[JohnnyBottom]

What sucks worse is doing it mid gig after a string break.
Oh wait... ill be back in a minute for the second time of the night.

 

[Nephilymbass]

Ok, I've been playing bass since the early 70's. Not once in all my years have I ever incorrectly strung a bass. About a month ago, I put new strings on my Lakland 5 string. I played it a few times and something felt off but I didn't pay it no mind. I happened to grab it last night and again, the A & D strings feel weird especially the D. Seemed to be higher than the rest of the strings. So I sight down the neck to check for a bow and I noticed the D string was fatter than the A. WTH??? I had the strings switched. Unfortunately I had cut the strings to match the posts but lucky I had enough length for the A string to reach the post and get 1 solid wind. Don't know if it will hold. Guess I'll have to buy a new set of strings. Gah!

I do have a couple of 4 string sets where I can use the A string if needed.

I made that mistake once a while back. Was very rushed. Didn't even get the strings all the way on because I realized what I did before I was done and had already cut a string too short to go on the correct tuner. I had cut the d string mistaking it for a g string on a musicman with a 4+1 headstock. There was no hope of it reaching the d string tuner. These days when I change my strings I just change one at a time. The only exception is about once a year to every other year (depends on how much that bass gets played) where I remove the strings and give the bass a good cleaning and I'm so paranoid about making that mistake again that i haven't done it again.

 

[J R Knots]

Ok, I've been playing bass since the early 70's. Not once in all my years have I ever incorrectly strung a bass. About a month ago, I put new strings on my Lakland 5 string. I played it a few times and something felt off but I didn't pay it no mind. I happened to grab it last night and again, the A & D strings feel weird especially the D. Seemed to be higher than the rest of the strings. So I sight down the neck to check for a bow and I noticed the D string was fatter than the A. WTH??? I had the strings switched. Unfortunately I had cut the strings to match the posts but lucky I had enough length for the A string to reach the post and get 1 solid wind. Don't know if it will hold. Guess I'll have to buy a new set of strings. Gah!

I do have a couple of 4 string sets where I can use the A string if needed.

Shhhh!!!!!

Don't tell anyone.

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

Could've been worse.