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[heymelbs]

I've noticed that there is not a lot of string break at the nut on the Ashbory.  The G string did not have very good sustain, and I noticed that if I wound the string from top to bottom on the tuner vs. bottom to top (like it was when I got the bass) that the sustain came back and that there was a much fuller sound.  Before making this adjustment, I thought that the G string was just weaker because it was smaller.  There seems to be more break on the E and the A strings because they are much larger in size to begin with.  It's probably more of an issue on the lower two strings.  I thought about tying a string around the neck and the strings just above the nut - has anyone tried anything like this to ensure proper string breakage?

[RoadRanger]

Yah, I've always wound all my instruments top to bottom with the first wrap above the string end and the rest below - I've not needed a knot in the machine end that way. Did you reverse wind your "E" to get in to stay in the nut better?

[Brock]

Some of what has been mentioned is in the User Guide, which I recommend (of course I do, I wrote it!):
http://www.largesound.com/ashboryarticle/general/userguide/

Capos have been used before just past the nut, but I think just having the strings leave from the mid point or lower on the tuner spindle is sufficient.

As mentioned by RoadRanger (and it is in the User Guide too), the E can be reverse tuned. I do that with mine.

-Brock

[heymelbs]

I'm still trying to understand the advantage of the "reverse wind" technique..

[Brock]

There are two key advantages to the reverse wind on the E coming to mind:
1. It makes the string pull more straight, greatly lessening the odds of accidentally pulling the string from the nut while playing.
2. It lessens the distance from where the string leaves the tuner to nut.

-Brock

[heymelbs]

I rewound the strings making sure that the string was on the bottom of the spool, and it doesn't seem to be an issue anymore.  I'll keep the reverse wind in mind for the future, but being a an old guy like me it's hard for me to think about such a drastic change.