. D’Addario’s flatwound strings are equally fabulous, although for some they sound a little bright and they are slightly higher in tension. Rotosound Scott. For the SG’s I’ve found the Labella Deep Talkin’ 760FHBB (Beatle Bass) to be the best choice if flatwound is your preference. Can I use flat wound strings (it has an under saddle pickup)? Compare that to the length of the traditional long-scale basses (34″, made popular by the legendary Fender Precision Bass) or the less-common 32″ medium-scale (such as the Eastwoo… If you have a 30.75″ scale bass, or a bass like the Hofner Violin where the tail-piece is some distance from the bridge saddles, you’ll need to use MEDIUM SCALE strings otherwise the wound part of the string won’t reach past the nut. short short scale. I was so bewitched by this guitar that I spent my last money on it. Get the best price on Short Scale Basses at Guitar Center. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hopefully Scott can confirm this. The Thomastik JF324 are for 32″ scale. There's a problem loading this menu right now. In the early days of electric basse… I can’t thank you enough for prolonging my career. The problem was that the nut was to high. 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By all means fire some across – I’d be very happy to check them out!! Having not brought a set of bass strings for 15 years and not brought any short scale ones for well over 25 years the choice and the range in price has been a little overwhelming. Recently discovered your basses via Ebay and was intrigued. I use them on three short scale basses. You get a long-scale type tone from a short scale bass with these. A Hondo Alien from the mid ’80s (this is a headless “paddle” bass with aluminum neck – a copy of the Kramer Duke) superb sustain, but it doesn’t give you a really deep sound; a Jack & Danny bass, a model made as a sample for the Musikmesse Frankfurt which is not officially sold in Germany (yes, this is my main instrument), and a Career bass I bought used as a backup for only 30,– €, this one sounds good but is not as good to play as the others. That’s a really useful review! For a darker more vintage-sounding flatwound you might be better served with LaBella, Thomastik or Pyramid. I checked the intonation and it was very slightly out, but not enough to produce such a bad sound. But was looking advice on strings, some places say bridge replacement can help too, although the size of the body might not take a badass for example, or fender hi-mass. You can see that playing a Fender short scale bass resembles playing a long scale with a capo on the second fret. http://intl.fender.com/en-AT/accessories/strings/, http://www.aquilacorde.com/modern-instrument-sets/modern-instrument/2813/short-bass-one/?lang=en, http://www.hofner-guitars.com/guitar-accessories/guitar-strings/bass-strings-contemporary.html. Gauges: 40, 60, 80, 100 Bass - Steel - Medium Scale - 4-String Set These flatwound bass strings provide a clear, solid fundamental and superior tonal versatility—rolling off your bass’ tone knob takes you from a modern and articulate punch to the deep, mellow thump flats are famous for. While the 34″ scale is now considered the standard, it wasn’t always so. Namely, this set: The La Bella 760FS-S are flatwound strings, which is my preferred bass string winding type (much easier on the fingers). I’ll put the Piccolo Chord Shape lesson on my to-do list mate!!! Under the bass string section of our website, we categorise our strings into ‘short scale sets’, ‘medium scale sets’ and so on. Hope this is helpful and good luck. For example: the Hofner Violin Bass is a 30" scale bass, but with the bridge, it actually requires a set of strings with at least a 34" winding length, which depending on the string brand, is considered medium scale. D’Addario Gauge unknown at present. Pyramid For one thing, short-scale bass guitars sometimes use a slightly heavier string gauge than their long-scale brothers, which imparts a thicker tone. I bought a whole selection but the first ones that arrived were a medium scale Rotosound swing bass set. Greetings from Germany. I was bass player once during my early stage being a string musician, but now I'm a lead guitarist by now. There’s a hot rail pick up and a new wiring loom on order so that just leaves strings. And they do look VERY cool!! Whilst I quite love Rotosound’s long scale strings, their short scale offerings suffer with terrible overtones, particularly the low E. It’s so bad that if you fret an A at the 5th fret on the E string, it simply sounds out of tune. Well in truth they sounded ok. I’ve just fitted a set of their PSD BASS 99 (Piano String Design) to one of my SWB-1’s and they sound awesome! http://www.hofner-guitars.com/guitar-accessories/guitar-strings/bass-strings-contemporary.html The set I used was the La Bella M42s – http://www.labella.com/products/m42/. So many questions. The tone of the open strings was ping, ping, ping, thud. I cant find anything on the subject! They sound very pure in tone and have good tension. Looking for informations about short and medium scale basses I found this page and Your SWB model, which seems to be very interesting too. They never do. This is the ideal taper-length for most 29″ and 30″ scale basses. Very helpful information – thanks. Some manufacturers seem to simply make their strings shorter or longer depending upon the scale whereas others use a thicker core for their short scale strings. If the speaking length of the string is wound around the post, the string may then be prone to breakage. This is utterly ridiculous. If you like Rotosound strings then my advice would be to try using long scale Rotosounds a gauge higher than you’d use on long scale and cutting them down about an inch from where the silk wrapping starts. But since GHS came up with their balanced set of 44-106 I’ve been using them exclusively. Here's the most important info any bass player needs to know about our strings, which is our string length winding (scale is a useless term, especially when stringing through the body like with a Mustang bass or a Fender that strings through the body): Short Scale - 32" Winding. Quick View. 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I tried a set of these a couple of years ago. Would you have any string recommendations for a Gibson SG short-scale (30″) bass? Yesterday I video-reviewed their round-wound Super Steels. You really helped me out. GHS Like to hear how you feel about DR short scale strings. The range of dedicated short scale bass strings available is relatively limited, although there are thankfully still enough to suit all of us! advice! Will I have to get a Mustang? I am trying to make my mind up about flat wound strings for a Tanglewood TW15 Baby Bass 26.75″ scale, came across these new Short Bass One strings made by Aquila and wondered if you had tried them? . Extra long scale is longer than 34”. , Please send me an email on scott@shortscalebass.co.uk and I’ll send you my mailing address…, Need flatwound & Brite flats for a Jaguar VM short scale bass.Suggestions please. m). What am I going to do? Short Scale Bass Guitars A short scale bass guitar somewhat bridges the gap between a conventional guitar scale length and that of a full bass. Any recommendations on the best flats to go on a Gretsch Junior Jet? Add to Cart. I prefer the short scale, I play a mid scale 32″ at the moment. Do you have plans for a 5 string version at all? Maybe you have the same problem? It’s a client built one Scott , black passive. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Which gauge could You recommand for playing with a pick? Bass strings on a short-scale are under less tension that on a long scale so if you’re used to using say 40-95 on a long scale, you may need to go up a gauge to 45-100 to get the tension back to where you like it. Not a bad choice if nothing else is available – WAAYYYY better than Rotosound’s short scale strings. DBFS45125M. Finally I have some time to catch up on here. As the scale length increases, the … A quick but important note – some manufacturers produce short-scale bass strings that only work on 30″ scale basses. Short-scale basses have usually a 30″ scale length or a bit more, but always under 31″. I think they sound close to the Fender electric strings and they are really good. Thanks. Their flatwounds have a great vintage tone and a nice feel. Another one to try from GHS is their Balanced Nickels. http://www.aquilacorde.com/modern-instrument-sets/modern-instrument/2813/short-bass-one/?lang=en. Damn, sorry forgot to say…great, honest advice regarding string selection…..thank you! Designed to fit 30.5" scale basses, the string length is 48" with a taper at 32.5". I like your style!….. Any chace of a video discussing chords shapes especially in relation to Piccolo Bass? or recommendation? The description from D'Addario says that these strings will fit a 32" scale bass. They’re extremely enthusiastic and passionate about what they do, and they seem to genuinely care about their customers and were so helpful answering any all my questions. especially the e string needs the tension to sound well. Hi Scott, I recently bought a passive bass and got some D’Addario EXL160S Short Scale Bass (50-105) – they are too short by about 2cm the taper comes to halfway to the first fret! Im looking strings for a five-strings short scale bass of 30′, any idea? GHS Brite Flats Half Round Bass Strings Medium Scale Set - 4-String 49-108 Medium 3065. Michael, They usually do – just be careful if you need to wrap the thicker part of the string round the post. The most obvious reason to play a short scale bass is its physical size. I second that! Long Scale - 37" Winding Keep your eye on the blog, or maybe ‘like’ the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/shortscalebass/ to keep up to speed with it’s progress. I’ve just taken delivery of two Fender Mustang Offset P/J Basses, new 2016 models. This has been a really helpful blog post. Pure, solid lows with beautiful bell-like highs!!! The sets i tried were pretty low-tension and sounded bright & zingy. I have (very) cheap Harley Benson Short scale P bass in the mail, which I intend to modify and string up as a piccolo……….should be fun! These qualities can be rare today so hats off to GHS! Am I the only person here?! https://www.amazon.co.uk/GHS-5500-44-Regular-Medium/dp/B002NLW4HG. I believe most of the prejudice towards short scale basses comes from the 40-90 sets they usually come with. LaBella Very strong but not overpowering mids make for very musical and articulate playing, even with the tone rolled right off. Probably the best strings I’ve ever had. Thanks for advice about not nuclear picking on shorties anyway, I often do it on guitar and long scale bass , hello, I have GHS Bassboomers on it. The medium scale Jazz is like putting a capo on the first fret of a long scale. I don’t know why Scott picks and chooses but doesn’t answer all these questions, but that’s not important. Scale Lengths Scale Lengths Inches. DBFS45105. La Bella 5-String 750T-B-M White Nylon Tape Wound Bass Strings 50-135, Medium Scale £69.99 £58.33 RRP £80.95 £67.46 | Save: £10.96 £9.13 Buy View Add to wishlist I also own a Supro bass Huntington II. View full product details My own gear is a long scale custom p-bass and sometimes I use a 5 string short scale Ibanez. Nothing special, good-enough, not as bright as others. Your bass has re-energised my playing, it feels so comfortable. My gratitude and thanks for a great review. They’re a bit longer than most SS strings, since the “Beatle” Hofner (and the many knockoffs) are usually a 32″ scale, but I’ve had no problems with the fit (although I’ve replaced the stock 3-point bridge with a Hipshot Supertone). . many thanks I’ve got a set on order as we speak so will report back when fitted and tried. Website – http://intl.fender.com/en-AT/accessories/strings/. D’Addario’s round-wounds are the most consistent and pro-sounding short scale roundwounds on the planet imho! The second set of strings to arrive were the TI Jazz round wounds. I have yet to check out the other three sets, but these Super-Steels have very quickly become my favourite round wound strings!! This doesn’t work on Danelectro basses sadly due to their tiny little guitar-style tuners. However, where possible, we make every effort to include the speaking length of each set from the ball end to the start of the silk winding or taper (where some strings … Our Short Scale Nickel-Plated Steel Roundwound have a taper at 32″ from the ball end. They will fit a large majority of "short scale" basses, including the Hofner Beatle Bass or other basses with a trapeze style tailpiece. I am a long time guitarist but a few days ago I had an opportunity to play 95′ korean Fenix SH, 30,5 scale. I soooo wanted the bass to work for me, and whilst I loved the feel of the bass, and the Rotosound strings, the ‘out-of-tune’/overtone thing was driving me nuts and I was very close to selling the bass on ebay!! Choosing the right strings is CRUCIAL to getting a good result from your short scale bass! I currently have four sets of GHS bass strings sent by the company for me to review. All the best to you and yours, Jon, Any suggestions? Nigel. Hi Scott I recently purchased a short scale ’76 Rickenbacker 3000 bass, and I’m looking for the best flatwound strings to use? Some basses, especially 5-strings, are 35” scale. I’m working with a local supplier to have stock of them very soon. What a difference. They used to be called ‘Hard Rockin’ Steels’ but are now just Stanless Steel Roundwound. The E string sounded dead all over the neck, and chords were just horrible. Hi Mel, The next best string IMO for the SG are the SS D’Addario Chromes in 45-100 or the medium-scale Nylon Tapewounds in 50-105, provided you don’t mind the black strings. Even though this is a "Short Scale" instrument, "Short Scale" strings would have been too short … Short Scale Bass UK © 2020. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I love em, always liked short scale for my wee hands. I guess get another short scale bass. 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