And does the metal portion on the E string reach the tuner? Only the fabric portion of the string should wrap the tuners, or so I have been told, and the metal should not wrap the tuners. In my case, as in the picture, the E string is simply too long to do this. I have a set of LaBellas on another bass and the metal portion on all strings ends at the same 5/8" past the nut.I have a set installed on my 74 pbass, they fit fine… from your picture I’m not sure what is going on.. the stings should be installed like this