Reducing the need to retune as often after changing. Which also works, but a little stretching and they hold tune from the start.
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I’m with you.
On my ukuleles some of the strings are nylon and if you don’t stretch them after a restring you are in for some serious retuning issues.
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Thanks for the reply. I thought that you meant there was another reason for stretching the strings.
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Like I mentioned in another thread, some people swear by stretching, some people swear at it. I’m in the swear by camp.
As far as finely crafted stupidity, obviously Airplane and the first Naked Gun. Also, I think that Mystery Men and Airheads are very underrated.
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Mystery Men is a movie that my wife and I love to watch over and over again.
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Ya I do about the distance of 2 tuning posts on my fenders or about the width of my palm which gives 3.5 - 4in; that gives me 2-3 wraps around the post. On a 2+2 or 3+2 with smaller posts I might cut it a bit shorter. You can always cut it shorter if it’s too long, you can’t cut it longer if it’s too short 
I also kink the string at 90 degrees before I cut it to prevent any core-winding separation. The strings have a hex core so the might be unnecessary but they have to go down the hole in the post anyway so it also makes that easier 
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Just a quick follow up. I put the D’Addario NYXLs on my Fender Player Jazz Bass today. I watched the Mark Smith - Talking Bass video again for review. My second string change was easier than the first. The NYXLs sound brighter and seem to have a bit more pop than my old original Fender strings. This gives me even more range in sounds from the bright round wound sound on my Fender Player to the warm mwah flat wound sound on my Squier fretless.
Thanks again for all the encouragement and advice.
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Excellent choice, very good (IMO the best roundwounds.
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I put the set I had on the Fender Marcus Miller and they really sing on it, for what the tone of that bass is.
Generally I dig GHS Boomers, but not in this case.
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lmao same here! Classic
Today I took off my Squier’s strings, gave the fretboard a good cleaning and polishing, and I put new strings on. The video and advices above were very useful, as this is the first time I changed strings.
I have a question, and I’ll direct it at @howard, since we have similar climatic challenges, but anyone here feel free to answer!
It’s a cold winter here, and because of our central heating, the air humidity has been between 28 and 34%. Temperature indoors are 23 °C degrees (it’s temporarily necessary, otherwise the humidity condensates on the windows).
I had to remove all the strings to give the neck some treatment and conditioning, so the neck tension certainly changed. I would have to adjust the truss rod anyway, because there is more forward bent. But, how long after putting on the new strings should I make adjustments?
I’m thinking of tuning it first, and wait some time (some hours) before making further adjustments, because probably it will take some time to settle.
What do you normally do under these conditions? Low humidity, removing all strings, doing fretboard care, restringing? How long should I wait to make further adjustments?
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Plenty of good videos as you can see.
If I can do it, you can do it.
Seriously, I have a hard time changing a light bulb. 
Other than that, you might want to consider GHS black tapewounds, smooth as silk, perfect tension, amazing tone, and they look great!
I was a big flatwound fan until I discovered them, now I’ll never buy another set of flatwounds.
(Just remember one thing, because I’ve seen some instruction videos where they don’t mention it. Flatwounds or tapewounds, bend before cutting.)
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I would say that so long as you give the stings a good stretch then you can do the setup straight away. I have a downloaded copy of the Music Nomad Fender P bass setup presented by Geoff Luttrell. It’s an excellent and thorough coverage, some bits of which you can probably leave out (and is not really specific to a Fender P Bass).
In the video the first thing they tell you to do is replace the strings and throughout the video Geoff Luttrell keeps stretching the strings, saying he always does this with new strings.
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Right after is fine - but do some GENTLE string stretching or the setup will move a bit while they stretch (answer from an anal engineer). But - no waiting needed.
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I usually give it a couple minutes but really the truss rod and other tension changes take effect much more quickly than people realize. A few hours is overkill. I put the strings on, tune up, then adjust it. Then wait 1-2 minutes and check it again. I would probably wait 10 minutes tops.
Also don’t forget to give the strings a quick light stretch after you put them on; it will save retuning later.
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Thanks for the advice! I appreciate it! 
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