{"id":6238,"date":"2014-09-16T07:23:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T12:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=6238"},"modified":"2014-09-16T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T16:34:53","slug":"how-to-measure-the-right-amount-of-string-to-clip-when-installing-new-bass-strings-on-fender-style-headstock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/how-to-measure-the-right-amount-of-string-to-clip-when-installing-new-bass-strings-on-fender-style-headstock.html","title":{"rendered":"How to measure the right amount of string to clip when installing new bass strings on Fender-style headstock"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Tokai Hard Puncher bass shown because we hardly see these things anymore. Got one? <\/em>Submit it for bass of the week<\/em><\/a> if it’s in good shape. Trust us, <\/em>they sound pretty darned good<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Installing a new set of bass strings is not an exact science, however it is amazing how many players do not<\/em> know what you’re about to read below. So before you say, “How to string up a bass was the first thing I learned!”, others don’t have the benefit of that knowledge and have been guessing the whole time how much string to clip on a string change.<\/p>\n

The majority of bass tuning posts have open slots on the top, and at first glance, this can be confusing with new strings, because how much should you clip – especially if there are silk-wrapped ends?<\/p>\n

It’s actually easy if you know the “two-peg” measuring method. When using strings with silk-wrapped ends, the goal here is to try and make them line up as close as you can like this:<\/p>\n

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Note before continuing: These instructions assume you have a standard 34-inch scale length Fender-style (whether made by Fender or not) bass guitar, it’s a 4-string bass, and the strings used are roundwound or flatwound.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the 4 string (low E)<\/h3>\n

\"4-string\"
Put string through bridge as you normally would
Pull up to 2-string peg (2 pegs after 4-string peg)
Clip string after peg
Wind up normally in the 4-string tuner<\/p>\n

For the 3 string (A)<\/h3>\n

\"3-string\"
Put string through bridge as you normally would
Pull up to 1-string peg (2 pegs after 3-string peg)
Clip string after peg
Wind up normally in the 3-string tuner<\/p>\n

For the 2 string (D)<\/h3>\n

\"2-string\"
Put string through bridge as you normally would
Pull up to 2-string peg, wrap around<\/em> back to 4-string peg
Clip string after peg
Wind up normally in the 2-string tuner<\/p>\n

Why wrap around? Because there is only 1 peg after the 2-string peg position. To compensate for that, you pull up to the 2-string peg, “wrap back” 2 pegs to the 4-string peg to get your 2-peg measurement, then clip the string there.<\/p>\n

For the 1 string (G)<\/h3>\n

\"1-string\"
Put string through bridge as you normally would
Pull up to 1-string peg, wrap around<\/em> back to 3-string peg
Clip string after peg
Wind up normally in the 1-string tuner <\/p>\n

The same applies here just like the 2 string. There are no pegs to count forward, so you wrap 2 pegs back to the 3-string peg and clip there. <\/p>\n

Is there any chance of overwrap or underwrap?<\/h3>\n

If it’s a standard 34-inch scale Fender style headstock, no.<\/p>\n

You will typically get 2 to 3 wraps around the tuning post. If using strings with silk-wrapped ends, those ends should line up nicely on the headstock when tuned to pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Tokai Hard Puncher bass shown because we hardly see these things anymore. Got one? Submit it for bass of the week if it’s in good shape. Trust us, they sound pretty darned good.) Installing a new set of bass strings is not an exact science, however it is amazing how many players do not know … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}