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Folks,you know all the hassle when installing new strings on an Ashbory bass..(?)  The certain rewinds/re-do's when the strings tied end keeps getting in the way of proper winding around the tuning pegs...sooooooooooo...I wonder....has Fender ever considered a change in design(obviously up till now ..not!)or will ever? maybe...mold the string ends in a ball shape big enough to hold in place on the pegs of course...what you guys think? :?:

[gerrit]

The knotted strings give you more flexibility for your own tuning. In particular if you are gowing low into a bead type tuning.

My observation is that the issue of the d and g string goiung out of tune is the extreme streach in the string. This is apparent if you look at the coils around your tuner. the early coils are thick, the last oones are thin like the string along the fretboard.

the going out of tune is caused by the tension in the string wrapped around the tuning peg preading to the less tense part.

My E and A strings have two coils around the post. My G has four even having shortened the string by a good inch ( 2.5cm). It needed a lot of tension just to get it on the tuning peg, I also tried to add tension to the early coils by pulling in the string and a generous amound of slyde-rite for lubrication. It is just now getting stable after a week.

On by steal string guitars (bass, acoutic, electric) I rarely have more than one coil around the tuning pegs. they very rarely go out of tune more than a few cents, which is usually due to atmospheric changes, even with new strings.

the point is you tie your knots so you have the shortest string for the tuning you want to play in. This gives the easiest and most stable tuning.