I did something dumb.

[Hawaii Islander]

I bought a set of Rotosound tapewound strings for my Guild Starfire II bass. Everything was going smoothly until I went to put on the new D string. I inadvertently measured my D string to the G string tuner and cut it too short for the D string tuner .

As a short term fix, I installed my old flat wound A string in the D string position. It sounds and plays fine.

Fortunately, these tape wounds will work on my Hofner Ignition bass. The cut D string reaches the D string tuner on the Hofner. I ordered another set of Rotosound tape wound strings for my Guild.

 

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good save.

 

[forrestlaw]

I did that once with a set of GHS strings. When I contacted them to inquire about buying a single string and explained my rather embarrassing mistake they just sent me a new one.

 

[Killing Floor]

 

[SemiDriven]

On the bright side, at least it was just doing one dumb thing instead of doing multiple dumb things.

I feel pretty good about myself when I can limit my dumb to one thing-per-day.

Nice salvage job!

 

[Guild B301]

Don’t have your mind on something else, when you are changing strings.

 

[Hawaii Islander]

Don’t have your mind on something else, when you are changing strings.

Never change strings while watching football. lol

 

[RNG1]

A really dumb thing would have been to just use the cut string on a different tuner where it would fit, don’t sweat it you’re among friends.

 

[Lobster11]

Don’t have your mind on something else, when you are changing strings.

Hand up if you learned this the hard way. The only time I've ever broken a string was while trying to change strings on my D. Lakin while chatting with my wife and with the TV on in the background. To make matters worse, the bass was pretty new to me at the time, and it has reverse tuners. Twisted the key the wrong way and... <snap>

 

[jeffb28451]

Good on ya! I would have probably panicked.

 

[Root 5]

I bought a set of Rotosound tapewound strings for my Guild Starfire II bass. Everything was going smoothly until I went to put on the new D string. I inadvertently measured my D string to the G string tuner and cut it too short for the D string tuner .

I’ve been there too! I was stringing a P bass with Fender 9120 tape wounds and cut the G much too short! Had to order a single and it was fine. Used a stainless steel G for a while waiting for new string!

 

[Root 5]

I did that once with a set of GHS strings. When I contacted them to inquire about buying a single string and explained my rather embarrassing mistake they just sent me a new one.

GHS is a great company. They take care of you.

 

[TNCreature]

I think everyone has done this.
The feeling is enough to make sure you don't do it again!
Glad you could repurpose the strings.

 

[superheavyfunk]

You know, you might find that you like your bass strung up that way if you play around with it long enough. I used to put flats on my E and A string and round and my D and G. I found it allowed me to get a great thump down low where I wanted it and a crisp snap up high when I needed it.

 

[lowphatbass]

I managed to do this before. In my case the string just barely reached and I could almost get 2/3 of a wrap around the peg...I wanted to run it but I couldn’t bring myself to do it...not only because was it a little sketchy but I was too prideful to show-up on stage being “that guy”.

 

[mikeyjm2]

I'm embarrassed to admit, but I've cut strings short twice. You'd have thought the first time would have been enough, but nope. I'm stubborn.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Silver lining .....
1. Find an old 5 gallon bucket
2. Find an old broomstick
3. Tie now too short D string to bucket and broomstick.
4. Start a jug band
Ta-da!!..... New bass day!
Your welcome

 

[Benj-jammin]

I think we've all done something like that in our day.....

 

[Peter Hess]

There’s a saying in the construction trade. It goes ‘measure twice, cut once’. Since applying this formula I have never screwed up a string.

 

[Ruknrole]

Google always has the answer...