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Restringing the Warwick...

5/22/2013

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While jamming with the Warwick to Little Feet's "Let It Roll", the D string broke.  I wasn't slapping but I was into it and I guess was playing pretty hard.  I haven't boiled my strings like I did when I first started out (stupid, I know), so I wasn't expecting any breakage.  The strings aren't that old so I am thinking its a defect.  No biggie really but it called for a re-stringing.  As I didn't have any flat wounds, I had to use round wounds - and boy are they bright.  The bass sounds like a steel piano now.  And as I look at the remaining bass string packs I have in my gig bag, I can't remember what I put on.  

After I removed the old strings, polished the brass frets with steal wool, applied bees wax to the body and neck, I noticed the B string bridge adjustment was loose.  The spring (red arrow) is loose and not under too much pressure.  The string holds it in place but I don't like that its loose.  I suppose I will take it in to get fixed.  I'm thinking maybe time for an overhaul - but then what else can I have done to it?  I've had a tech work on it every few years so the neck is still good and the electronics still sounds killer.

I have been thinking about a bass ramp too.   Maybe an overhaul and a ramp installation?

I'll see how these new strings feel and sound in a band setting and decide either to keep or replace.
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