Re: {GEAR} Taper wound strings WAS Can anyone explain this?

#1 · November 21, 2003, 4:57 am

Posted by: rdo <rdo@...>

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:41:03 +0000, David Morison spake thusly:

>All of which is exactly why I don't like taper wound bass strings

I, on the other hand, don't use taper-wound strings for an entirely
different reason. A while back, I installed a set of the Dean Markley
Will Lee strings. Promptly broke three of them at the bridge. This, after
breaking a grand total of three strings in the previous 15 years!

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