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Post by DerAlex on Aug 15, 2018 11:42:27 GMT
I've got these Höfner strings on all my shot scale basses very good strings for a decent price. I recommend you to replace the stock strings immediately, do not even try them, they are absolute crap! What´s your opinion on using regular bass strings on a shortscale bass instead of buying the Hofner ones (which are 3 times as expensive as the MusicStore Fame ones for the 4 string basses)? |
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Post by JAC on Aug 15, 2018 12:06:46 GMT
The problem with using regular scale strings on a short scale is that the string outer windings are longer than the distance between the bridge and the tuning posts, so when you wrap the string around the post it can break the outer windings, causing the string to unravel or snap.
(And welcome to the world of bass strings, where a set of strings can cost more than a bass!)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 12:37:35 GMT
The answer is to divorce JAC. An ex came round the other day and happened to ask how many guitars I now had. I couldn't remember so sort of guessed at 22. "They look beautiful" she said.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 12:38:42 GMT
SubZero has this short scale bass LINK |
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Post by JAC on Aug 15, 2018 12:51:52 GMT
SubZero has this short scale bass LINKI've not heard much about the sub stuff, they do have some decent looking cheap stuff. Has anyone reported on quality over on the thin string side? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 12:53:17 GMT
I fancied one of those myself, I would have bought one by now if they were just 1.5" longer (and divorce wasn't so expensive nowadays  ) I like this finish:  Yep, that's a good look too JAC. Reminds me of those Maori jade carvings.  I know what's me though and I'd always regret passing up on a surf green shorty PJ. |
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Post by blablas on Aug 15, 2018 13:01:35 GMT
What´s your opinion on using regular bass strings on a shortscale bass instead of buying the Hofner ones (which are 3 times as expensive as the MusicStore Fame ones for the 4 string basses)? The problem with using regular scale strings on a short scale is that the string outer windings are longer than the distance between the bridge and the tuning posts, so when you wrap the string around the post it can break the outer windings, causing the string to unravel or snap. Exactly this. |
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 15, 2018 14:39:20 GMT
I like that Jade finish a lot too but I'd want it on a modern shape.
Regarding people changing strings often, there seems to be a divide between the thought that fresh string are the absolute best thing and the contradicting one that they are unnaturally bright and need some breaking in. I firmly belong in the 2nd camp, disliking the flashy zingy stardust effect about as much as the dead dull dumb frequency cut of old things.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 21:46:37 GMT
SubZero has this short scale bass LINKI've not heard much about the sub stuff, they do have some decent looking cheap stuff. Has anyone reported on quality over on the thin string side? I couldn't find any reviews yet. Think I will get the HB Shorty instead as most reviews seem positive. |
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Post by DerAlex on Aug 16, 2018 8:49:00 GMT
The problem with using regular scale strings on a short scale is that the string outer windings are longer than the distance between the bridge and the tuning posts, so when you wrap the string around the post it can break the outer windings, causing the string to unravel or snap. (And welcome to the world of bass strings, where a set of strings can cost more than a bass!) The string pricing is really weird - 55 EUR or more for a single set of strings is just plain crazy. Maybe I will stay with the 34" scale and get the bass basically for free in a few years (with the help of 5 EUR packs of FAME bass strings).  There seem to be a much more complicated decisions in the bass world than buying a six string guitar. |
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 16, 2018 9:37:26 GMT
You can get good bass strings from Fender for 15€. Flatwounds and tapewounds will be more expensive but they last forever.
I suspect normal, roundwound bass strings last for about half of forever. Brightness is not meant to be a quality of the bass sound, it's only something people can talk about and some fall to the illusion that what goes away is valuable and they must have it at all cost. A psychological phenomenon much more than the expression of a musical taste or an objective need.
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) plays flatwounds, by the way, not some extra-bright things to be renewed twice per gig. Carol Kaye, a pioneer of bass playing in the 1950s, played tapewounds and only got new ones when she got a new bass…
I never changed my strings and I got them used with the bass. I can turn the active EQ all up to crispy or I can cut the highs, boost the bass, pluck right beyond the neck pick-up and make it sound like a double bass. It's fun. I wouldn't worry about strings too much.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 9:52:01 GMT
every couple of years after thousands of hours of use. Also she played at the neck and stuck a wedge of felt across the bridge. Brightness not really her thing.  But she did use a pick. |
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 16, 2018 10:10:28 GMT
She was a guitar player. She plays Ibanez now  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 10:28:46 GMT
Does she still play an Ibanez LeoThunder ? I know she fell out with them (she falls out with everybody) and certainly doesn't endorse them any more. She seems, possibly with some justification, to feel she is undervalued and underpaid. Claims that she got little recognition, recompense or respect over her advice to Ibanez on amps and basses. Also claims they no longer make basses the way she likes 'em. I hope they make a nice one again soon or she's gonna be stuffed when she needs to change strings.  |
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 16, 2018 10:41:25 GMT
I don't know. All these tales of artists falling out with instrument makers sound the same. They fail to realise that they are not the gods they wish they were seen as and that manufacturers are running a business, juxtaposing names for mutual exposure.
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But she did use a pick.