Alsoā¦The threads are worn down; I wonder if they forced it during installationā¦ I donāt have the right Allen key to tighten it.
Oh, I see. Hmmm ā¦ thatās really not much. To me it does not look good - but that doesnāt say anythingā¦
Not sure if thatās the cause for your issues - but always a good reason to get new/proper strings! Iām sure that you willl get a lot of advise on new strings here 
You should always have about 12cm string remaining, measured from the peg.
A helpful video:
EDIT @Evil_Morty - were the strings installed by professionals???!
That looks s#cky-s#cky! But usually there is no reason to touch that screw during installation. So: WTF!!!
I also donāt see it as a cause for your issues, as long as it is not totally loose.
Nut and bridge are ok?
If so, it is either the winding of the strings around the peg or the tuner itself can move under tension (unlikely but possible). Or the string itself s#cks! What is it?
You donāt happen to live near Hamburg/Germany? I am fascinated by your issue
Nah sorry, Iām in France. And as a good French man, rigth now Iām confused and pissed off !!
Iāll change strings tomorrow evening, I donāt have spare set @home.
Nut and bridge ok yes :-/
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nahh by me unfortunatly ^^
Fetchez la vache!!
OK, I just had a second look at your string winding. Can you make two pictures of the peg, so I can see the winding - one in open and one in closed position?
Reason: in the open position, there is even less string around the peg. And that COULD be an issue!
And: before you get new strings, search this forum. There are many great discussions about strings here. Might as well get some perfect ones (depending on your bass and music taste).
not sur I get what you mean, open/closed position of the hipshot and pics of the strings around the peg ?
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Nothing specific to hipshots here but this is from the Sire Marcus Miller Manual available at: Congratulations on your new Sire! ā Sire USA
They recommend enough length to wind three times around the peg.
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I understand, I messed that up. Iām sorry to bother with this newbie error/mistake, But I thank (all of) you for your patience.
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Open
Closed
So you can see if the string is āhanging by a threadā in the open positionā¦
More windings = more āstabilityāā¦
Donāt be sorry!
a) Itās always interesting to solve issues b) we learn ourselves through this c) now the next one will find this thread and avoid the mistake c) and itās better than a discussion about sustain or tone wood
Also: it MIGHT be the issue, but it also might not. But itās lilkely that it is ^^
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Hmmmmm ā¦ I would be very afraid to loose an eye when playing
Change the strings and then letās hear what happens!
PS You could put the A string on the E tuner, just for fun, and see if it behaves better! Itās longer, so you should have more windings.
Thank you for the time you spend reading my messages and asking me to perform actions to help me resolve this situation.
I ordered strings via Amazon( 1ā¬ with gift cards) 'cause I wonāt have time tomorrow to go to my music store ; i know you said to be patient and asked about that on the forum but for the purpose of the test I need to know ASAP if itās solving the issueā¦to be continued
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I thoroughly enjoy stuff like that, now worries
Which strings did you order? I am not an expert, so itās just curiosity!
You can do the A=>E test now
I took DāAddario- EXL170 - Light, 45-100 - LONG SCALE ^^
Iāll see 2morrow, Iām afraid to be dissapointed if changing A => E doesnāt work ^^
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Ah, I have the EXL170s on one of my short scales. For the price they are good!
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I tell u 2morrow, again, thank you . 'nigth
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OKā¦ So it seems that it was INDEED the shortness of the strings that made the Hipshot malfunction!
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