Long Scale Strings on Short Scale Bass

[King Tut]

I have a set of long scale Thomastic Jazz Flats that I want to put on a Bronco. Any reason I can't cut them to length and use?

[obbm]

I recently put some on a 25-inch scale bass however I modified the strings first:

Cutting them to the overall length to suit the instrument
Putting some heatshrink onto where I wanted to outer winding to end to seal it, just behind the nut
Pealing back the outer layers until I had a size suitable for winding onto the tuners

Worked a treat.

however I suggest you first try it on some old scrap strings.

[3below]

I use the very same strings on several short scale basses. Particularly impressive (to my ears) on my SG bass.

[Grangur]

On a Bronco you might be ok as the tuner heads have a large spigot. If you have small tuners there's no way you'll be able to get the E string round the spigot.

[timhiggins]

I have some long scale Ernie ball flats on my bronco and the E string was to fat to get in the hole in tuning peg but i managed to get it to hold
by just hooking it in gap and winding around as normal ,once a few turns have gripped its fine ,holds tuning and plays nicely ...
i would say just dont cut strings to short .

Edited November 25, 2016 by timhiggins

[King Tut]

I stuck em on no problems :-)

[rmorris]

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I recently put some on a 25-inch scale bass however I modified the strings first:

Cutting them to the overall length to suit the instrument
Putting some heatshrink onto where I wanted to outer winding to end to seal it, just behind the nut
Pealing back the outer layers until I had a size suitable for winding onto the tuners

Worked a treat.

however I suggest you first try it on some old scrap strings.
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I have to ask - what bass is that at 25 inch - shorter than a Strat ???

I have a neck under 30 inch so am genuinely interested. :-)

[obbm]

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1480289803' post='3183188']
I have to ask - what bass is that at 25 inch - shorter than a Strat ???

I have a neck under 30 inch so am genuinely interested. :-)
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It's a Westfield. They are no longer is business. With a set of shortened flats it sounds remarkably good as those who saw it at the SE Bash can testify.