fonzoooroo Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Anyone know of any? Or something with silks that allow for oversize scale length? Reason for asking is I'm working on a mando bass, which is a 37 1/2" scale length. It came in with phos bronze acoustic bass guitar strings on. Sounded nasty - all tinny and top endy. I suggested electric flats, because if I fitted 1/2 double bass strings, the silk at the ball end would extend about 4" up the playing surface (It has a seperate tail piece, but close up to the bridge.) Snag with all the flats I've measured is the silk at the tuner end - it always seems to allow for a 35 1/2" max. scale length. (I've checked Ernie Ball, Fender, and Thomastik.) D'addario 1/2 rounds are silk-less, but I'd rather go for true flats. I'l point the camera at the instrument in the next couple of days and post on here - bit of an interesting beast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Here you go: Beautiful strings, my favourite by far & I've just checked mine on a P bass - there is 38"" before the silk top end, no silks at the bridge end. EDIT: Just noticed the last picture is of a Black Nylon string envelope but they're all the same length. HTH, Cheerz, John Edited February 20, 2012 by KiOgon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonzoooroo Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 You, Sir, are a star. Fantastic. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I can't see what John has posted a link to (as I'm at work) but might also be worth mentioning that Picato flats don't have silks and being a small UK company they may do custom scale lengths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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