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30” short scale Strings


Tony baloney
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What kind of sound are you after and what kind of tension do you like?

Sustain is not really a string thing, more down to the bass - check all the neck, bridge and tuner screws are nipped up tight...  😉

Strings for shorties vary a lot - more so than on long scales.

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I bought a cheap Ibanez TMB-30 short scale bass to jam with but it sounds too tinny with little sustain - I’m used to messing on our bass players  fender jazz - 

Should I go for a heavier set of half rounds to get a bassier sound? Anyone else got a similar setup can recommend what they’ve used?

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Did you buy the Talman new? 

The Talman sounds just like a Precision using the P pickup so shouldn't sound tinny compared to a Jazz. 

I bought a new one and put GHS Boomer piccolo strings on and put the strings that came on the Talman onto my crappy old Kay that I restored. The Kay has about the most clear, bell like sustain of any bass I've owned and doesn't lack bottom end with those strings so it shouldn't be them, if they're the originals. 

That aside I've got D'addario short scale half rounds on my Danelectro Longhorn and it sounds and feels great. Plenty of bottom end but enough bite in the top end. I have the long scale version on my Rick and they sound amazingly similar. 

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On 14/02/2021 at 19:31, Tony baloney said:

I bought a cheap Ibanez TMB-30 short scale bass to jam with but it sounds too tinny with little sustain - I’m used to messing on our bass players  fender jazz - 
Should I go for a heavier set of half rounds to get a bassier sound? Anyone else got a similar setup can recommend what they’ve used?

Someone on another bass forum sold a set of the Ibanez Dynamix p/j pickups which is what is used on the Talman, Mikro and Mezzo basses and he measured the DC resistance and they measured around 6.5k for the P pickup and just under 5k for the J pickup so they are underwound compared to pretty much every p/j set out there which may be why they sound tinny, I am swapping out the pickups on my Mezzo when I get the chance as they are not the fullest sounding pickups

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