How many winds around the tuner peg is not enough?

That E string looks just like the one on my J. I cut it a bit too short by mistake. The good news is no issue with it whatsoever (since Feb).

I wouldn't worry about it.

 

Well, you sure couldn't have any less, but I think you'll get away with it and know better next time. I try and shoot for 3 times around. We've all done this.

PS: ONLY tune UP; you never want to see it sharp on the tuner and ease back down to pitch. If you go sharp, back off enough to go flat and tune up to pitch. Always.

I once saved a bunch of money buying a used BB5000: Great shape, everything worked, but the tuning would creep flat a note at a time, like someone bending a vibrato bar down on a Strat. The Previous Owner had cut the strings so short, it made half a loop around the post and down into the hole ! When the guy asked how I liked it, I replied I liked it fine but no way was I paying their asking price: "Listen to This". I explained I'd have to take it to my guitar repairman, and I wanted money off to cover that. He never figured out what was going on, I saved a LOT of money on it, and naturally took it straight home, re-strung it, and it played and stayed in tune perfectly. Yippee ! ! !

 

Less than ideal, but should be ok.

I always save the old strings when I change, just in case I need something quickly in case of an emergency.

 

That's not a problem at all. It's the "A" string on Fenders that can benefit from three wraps.
It has nothing to do with it coming apart or slipping, but rather the extra wraps help with the break angle over the nut.
The "E" string already has a good break angle by virtue of its position on the head, and the "D & G" strings have a string button to produce the appropriate break angle.

 

Tune it up a full step. Leave it for a day or two. If it doesn't slip with 24% more tension (what a full step up does), then it'll very likely be fine at standard pitch and tension.

 

GHS strings in general are designed in a way once they're tuned up to pitch, they're very secure.

Here's mine:

Only one and a half wraps like yours...

 

Fyi...

I'm michael_t, not Michael T.

 

Give them another week or two.

 

The last bass I restrung was a Squier E7 Korean Bullet I found at my local pawn shop . I had a new set of TIs I’d been wanting to put on something-perfect candidate. I generally restring string one string at a time .

This time I thought no need to measure just cut the same as the ones coming off. All good except for the “g”. Same story-1 1/2 wraps. Doesn’t appear to be slipping and staying in tune. Still bugs me that I did it but not enough to put a new set on and don’t think you can buy single TIs.

Not as bad as my buddy who (and I warned him what I’d just done) cut his new set of Rotosounds flats “g” too short to even reach the post.

 

Yep. I’m with @quickfix on the A. Lesson learned for next time. Leave a little more. The string ought to hold fine.

 

Conventional wisdom for larger fender style tuners is three pegs past. Cut the e string at the g peg, and follow suit with similar lengths. I tend to do a bit more on the A to get a good break angle but three pegs is a pretty good rule of thumb.

 

You can definitely buy single TIs, even on Amazon if you look carefully. Bought a TIJF D string recently. Not cheap, of course.

 

I was thinking I’d only seen individual “b” strings for sale. Thanks for the heads up. Not seeing any issues so far with the g so I’m good. I’ll just be more careful next time.

 

The G&L is properly done, the Fender came out a little short, no issues, I wouldn’t sweat it!

 

Everybody has their preferences in this "How many winds?" area; I certainly do have mine. But, to answer the question "How many winds is not enough..."? I think I'd say that, personal obsessiveness and/or aesthetic considerations aside; it just depends on the string; how you put it on the tuner peg; and the tuner peg itself. There is no cut and dried answer. One wrap of a silkless nickel round on a small diameter Gotoh tuner might work just fine. One wrap of a flat with silk, around a big chrome Fender tuner, OTOH, might be totally inadequate. Like most things around here; it just depends... Personally? I'm kind of obsessive, and try very hard to always have three wraps on every tuner post - every time...