I accidentally cut my B string too short, and it is only wound once around the tuning peg. Will this cause any issues? Do I need to go out and get a new set of string ASAP?
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String Winding issue! Show tomorrow, need help fast!
- Thread starter HappyPuppy1033
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AAARRGG ... I hate it when that happens. 
As long as it's on there tight you should be OK.
I'd pull on it a few times to make sure ... then take it around the block for a bit. (if you're still iffy about it ... go out and get another ... it never hurts to have extra strings
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As long as it's on there tight you should be OK.
I'd pull on it a few times to make sure ... then take it around the block for a bit. (if you're still iffy about it ... go out and get another ... it never hurts to have extra strings
).You say it's wound once? As long as it's not slipping or has any unusual sharp bends it shouldn't be problem.
I cut an E string too short once, and had about 1/2 a wound. It only lasted 3 years.
I cut an E string too short once, and had about 1/2 a wound. It only lasted 3 years.
It's wound maybe a little less than one, the groove in the peg is perpendicular to the headstock and the string comes out the groove (towards the inside of the bass), around the peg, and down the neck.
If it stays in tune it's fine. Stretch the sting a couple times, retune it a fewtimes and repeat till it stays in tune for a reasonable amount of play. I do this with my Ric all the time since the pegs are so short and narrow you have to cut some off, and sometimes its a little less than you planned. As long as it will loosen and tighten as much as you need it too to tune it and the thing isn't flopping all around your good.
I'd get your original B string handy for backup if you still keep them.
If you're one of those that cut the strings to take them off, I pity you.
In the future, as a reference; what I do is I unwind the old string, straighten it out, pull it tight along the new one and cut the length the same as the old so I don't ever have this problem. Then I have the old string, still, for backup if I break one. (Rare; but sometimes they do break.)
Go get a string.
If you're one of those that cut the strings to take them off, I pity you.
In the future, as a reference; what I do is I unwind the old string, straighten it out, pull it tight along the new one and cut the length the same as the old so I don't ever have this problem. Then I have the old string, still, for backup if I break one. (Rare; but sometimes they do break.)
Go get a string.
Every time I've ever restrung any bass it has been by measuring vs the old one and I didn't cut them off, but this time I did both those things. That's what I get for restringing in a hurry.
Oh no! 'String-siphoning!' 
Pshh. I did a dodgy restring the last time I changed strings and all my strings are wound around by weird amounts. One of those is only just round once. It is fine, it's been like this for a few months now and I have had no problems at all. It just looks funny, that is all.
