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I guess I should have clicked through just to see where they were selling those at I just thought because it was on their website they probably sold them direct but definitely not but I'm glad you found one
In any case, thank you for trying to help!
I had a similar thing happen to me once except it was not that I cut the string too short. it was that I had a Burr on the G string tuner in my Fender US precision. I was stringing it up with a set of LaBella deep talking flats and right when I had the g-string almost up to pitch it must have hit that spot on the tuner just right cuz it broke the string. I was able to locate a single g-string but when I got it the silk was a different color. That was about 10 years ago and the strings are still on there just now getting broke in LOL.That's what I was expecting! I thought the next step would be "Add to cart and that'll be $9.99 shipping".
The thing is, even if as a string manufacturer you kept a few sets loose for people to buy singles from, just the storage, shipping, and admin labour is dealing with such likely few orders would make it not profitable. The few companies that do offer singles in bass strings would probably do it at a loss simply for the customer service goodwill they gain from it.
I havent seen em for sale as singles, but then again, no shops near me stock singles at all. Bummer about the cut! Friendly tip for the future; dont cut em at all, and if you absolutely have to, make a sharp bend about an inch below where you are going to cut, before you cut. This will "mark" the cut so to speak, and also help prevent the inner string from slipping, creating a "dead" or "rattling" string.
Even that DR guide could have been made a little clearer.Did you mean " ... make a sharp bend about an inch ABOVE where you are going to cut, before you cut. " ? Like this: Proper String Installation | DR StringsI havent seen em for sale as singles, but then again, no shops near me stock singles at all. Bummer about the cut! Friendly tip for the future; dont cut em at all, and if you absolutely have to, make a sharp bend about an inch below where you are going to cut, before you cut. This will "mark" the cut so to speak, and also help prevent the inner string from slipping, creating a "dead" or "rattling" string.
Also, I always forget that making that bend really only applies to round core strings, and not always! Like the DR page says, sometimes they flatten that section out for us.
) spot should remain part of the string (as opposed to being removed with the cutting), and serve as a new "anchor", as defined by DR, for the winding.
Even that DR guide could have been made a little clearer.
The cut is to be made *between the crimp and the (tuner-ward) end of the string*. Whether you call that "above" or "below" is up to you. The point is that the crimped (...crimpen? crump?
By the way, where the factory-made anchor is situated is hard to know, especially with single-wrap, untapered strings (as guitar strings and bass high C and G strings are), hence the possible need for a crimp.
