itu Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I have not started to calculate, in case someone has: I prefer 40 - 100 sets for a 34" 4-stringer. How much longer should the scale be, if I used the same set for BEAD under similar tension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 To have the same tension with the same gauge strings you would need to add another 5 frets worth of neck. That would put the octave at B on what was the E string. The distance from the 7th fret to the bridge on a 34" scale bass is 22.5". Therefore your B-D bass with the same gauge string at the same tension would need a scale length of 45" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Thank you, Sir, very good, this sounds very reasonable. I was on the right track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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