Munurmunuh Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 My TRBX is fitted with Chromes It's on sale, and not selling, I suspect because flats really don't suit this two-thin-humbucker three-band-eq active bass (they sound good with the neck pickup on passive, so they were good for me until I got a bass more in line with what suited me, but beyond that, naaaah....) If I were to have the Chromes taken off them, would it be possible for them to be fitted to a trad P headstock, or once strings are trimmed for a 2+2, is that out the question? As I look at the photo once again, this seems a really dumb question. Perhaps a better one would be: what bass with a 2+2 headstock would Chromes suit? 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrixn1 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: If I were to have the Chromes taken off them, would it be possible for them to be fitted to a trad P headstock, or once strings are trimmed for a 2+2, is that out the question? Depends on how long or short they have been cut. I have some Fender flats which were originally cut for a (5-string) G&L 2500 - a 3+2 headstock - so the G string is very short. But it stays on a 4-string P bass with just 1.5 winds. It was slightly reluctant to be strung up initially; but once there, it's stable - no tuning issues, it's never fallen off, etc. Quote what bass with a 2+2 headstock would Chromes suit? 😅 An amber ATK 300. Edited September 18, 2021 by jrixn1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 There is a way but it isn't pretty. Just graft part of another string on to make the length you need. Fold a cm or two from the end of of each part so you have two sharp Vs. Obviously, this needs to be where you won't hit the string tree or be wrapped around the machine head post. Link them together, then use some thread to close the Vs, locking the two parts together. Just wrap the thread around, you don't need to do anything fancy. It'll hold in tune, no problem at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 something ive done before which you may or may not want to try is to take a small bit of string and knot it to the end of the other string using this knot https://www.animatedknots.com/sheet-bend-knot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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