String-thru, or not. What's the tone diff?

String throughbody, it puts a bit more tension over the saddles giving the striss a bit more tension, which makes them less floppy

 

why not try it out and see for yourself?

 

Putting your strings through the body also makes the breaking angle pretty small... If you look at strings that anchor in the bridge, they are almost flat over the saddles. Through body, they have a much smaller angle, and I think that would cause the string to be more prone to breaking.

My bass is top load only, and even if you could put them through the body I still wouldn't for that above reason.

 

I have tried both on my Fender Precision 5, and I must say the difference was much less than I hoped or anticipated. Actually I don't think I heard any. I started stringing the bass through the bridge only because I have only broken one string in my whole life and that was the E-string on the Fender. I believe it was because of strains I put on the severely angled string bend over the saddle when I was doing intonation adjustments that caused the string to weaken and then break.

 

There is already a very long thread on this.

 

No, it does not.

THere have been threads about this before. Look them up (both of you).

 

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74171&highlight=string+thru+not