Silks lining up

You can't change the position of the silks by altering the number of winds. The only way would be to space them between the back of the bridge and the ball-end with a spacer. If you silks line up, it's a happy accident due to the brand of strings and the distance between your tuners and the nut. I agree, though, it does look great!

 

It's called OCD. I don't have it. I have never even noticed if they have lined up (or not) before. It has never crossed my mind. I have never ever noticed on another player's bass. I have never even noticed if they HAD silks.

 

You CAN'T "make" them line up. Whether you use 1 winding around the post or 5 windings, the tension at pitch determines where the silks will line up - even at that, the difference is minimal. By the way... OCD is a GOOD thing. I helps to set and maintain STANDARDS!

 

It is never going to be exact. The silk is wound by hand and it can be a little short or a little long. I have seen some companies vary as much as an inch!

 

I didn't make the effort to do it (and wouldn't ever try), but on the A,D, and G strings of my VM P, the silks of the GHS Precision Flats just happen to line right up. I suppose the silk on the E would as well if it weren't wrapped around the tuning post.
Something I would never have thought about if it weren't for this thread.

 

lol

 

My GHS precision flatwound silks line up perfectly on my ESP B404SM. I was actually pretty surprised. Keeps my OCD happy

 

3234718, are you trimming them?

If you use a razor blade, you can get any silks at all to line up when the strings are all at pitch.

 

But if you really have OCD remember that over time the strings will stretch ever so slightly, and different thicknesses at ever so slightly different rates, so if the match now they might after being on the bass a while...

 

The strings I use (DR Sunbeams) don't have silks, so it's never a problem.

 

Sigh: Fial

 

Man, that fretless Smith is a fence post!

 

Play so great that you blow everybody's mind, then they won't notice the silks.

 

Silk wrapping is the most unsightly thing you can do to a set of strings. I don't know why anyone makes strings that way. Get strings with no silk, and you won't have this issue.

 

I worry about skils before silks...

(Yeah I know it's not a perfect anagram)

 

So if you weren't trimming the silks, exactly how were you getting them to line up?