jimbaby Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Hi I would like to try a set of flats on my Bronco bass, the Status site offers hotwire strings for £17.99 delivered but which ones would I choose for length. The confusion has been caused by my local shop who only stock long length flats and said they would be O. K. on my bass which is shortscale. Regards Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 (edited) [quote name='jimbaby' post='995106' date='Oct 20 2010, 05:16 PM']Hi I would like to try a set of flats on my Bronco bass, the Status site offers hotwire strings for £17.99 delivered but which ones would I choose for length. The confusion has been caused by my local shop who only stock long length flats and said they would be O. K. on my bass which is shortscale. Regards Jim[/quote] The chap in your local shop is lying to you - possibly out of ignorance. Maybe he's a guitarist rather than a bass player, so has no idea of the mechanics involved. 34" flats can unravel at the tuner if the wound part goes around the peg (which it will for the E & A strings and probably the D). The effect will be even worse with a small diameter tuner like those on a bronco. You want 30" flats. My favourite strings - TI short flats are 32" so are only good for a string-thru shortie such as a mustang, not a US musicmaster, bronco or danelectro. You want 30" flats. If you can't get your brand of choice, look at LaBellas - their short flats are available in different gauges and are very nice. I even got some which were made specifically to the ideal spec for my danelectro longhorn. Most shops that actually do have short scale flats will most likely have rotosound ones. I hate those - they're terrible. Edited October 20, 2010 by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Rotosound tru bass black nylon covered flats are available in short scale and they are very nice and smooth - much nicer than the standard rotosound flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaby Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 Hi Thanks for the replies lads, much appreciated, by the way, the last strings I bought were D'addario xl flatwound chromes, now these were regular light gauge long scale (these were the ones the guy tried to sell me for the bronco as well, that's all they have), anyway I restrung a Squier p-bass with them, and while I love the sound, they are at a lot more tension than the strings they replaced, I would also like to avoid that. Regards Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 The rotosound tru bass are quite low tension, but larger scale than TIs. Their sound is deep and old skool, no good at all for zing or clank, but great for reggae, blues and soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaby Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Hi Redstriper those rotosounds could be just the job, I have found that the Status strings are 32.75 inches, if I can be permitted to mix metric with imperial, and the price I quoted was wrong, they are £13.99 delivered, sorry if I caused any confusion. Regards Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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