D'Addario Chromes

[ras52]

Right, so I got my lovely new fretless :-) but it has roundwounds on it. :-( Having tried TI Flats and Fender 9050s on other basses, I think it's time I gave Chromes a try.

But for a "standard" 34" scale, do I need "medium" or "long" scale? The D'Addario website gives lots of info about tensions but I couldn't see info about scale (possibly due to blindness, stupidity or both).

Help!?

[thumbo]

You'll need D'Addario Long Scale for a standard 34" - most of my basses are 34" scale and I've been using D'Addario long scale strings for several years. Just to double check though, what bass are you putting them on?

[thumbo]

Short scale strings are generally for 30" scale.
Medium scale - 30.5-32.
Long scale 32-34. (these are what you'd expect to put on a standard scale 34" bass)
Extra long 33.5-36

[ras52]

Thanks for the fast response - so they're ECB81, EBC82 etc - the ones [i]without [/i]a letter (S, M, SL) at the end.

[url="http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound"]http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound[/url]

The bass is a Roscoe Century Standard 4

[Jondeeman]

[quote name='ras52' post='1165479' date='Mar 17 2011, 10:07 AM']Thanks for the fast response - so they're ECB81, EBC82 etc - the ones [i]without [/i]a letter (S, M, SL) at the end.

[url="http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound"]http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound[/url]

The bass is a Roscoe Century Standard 4 [/quote]

Wow, those things look stunning. Have you any pictures????

[thumbo]

That's correct, you want the ones that don't have any abbreviation on the end.

Congrats on the bass purchase by the way, they look like great basses.

[ras52]

Thanks for the help, folks.

Chromes duly ordered...

..Roscoe porn to follow