Roto Trubass intonation problem

[markdavid]

Hi ,

Recently got a shortscale Epiphone EB0 bass and installed some Roto Trubass strings , these strings will not stay in tune or intonate properly at all which is puzzling as I have used them on longscale basses with no problems. At first I thought it must be the bass but in the interest of finding what was causing the problems I took the strings off and put a set of chromes on the bass , as soon as I switched to the chromes the intonation and tuning was perfect (after some minor intonation adjustments) . Is this problem common with tapewound strings or is it just the Roto tapewounds that suffer from this. BTW this was a spare set that I had for a longscale bass , I trimmed off the excess string before I put them on

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

They're thicker than regular strings, so you need to set the intonation at the bridge so the 12th fret harmonic gives the same note as you get when fretting at the 12th fret.

[BassBod]

I find them a bit strange as well (on a fretless, shortscale). I think its just a "characteristic" of these strings. I've used other tapewounds (LaBella, Status) and not had the same experience. Its not a big problem as the sound is pretty dull anyway, you just get used to it!

BB