ras52 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Right, so I got my lovely new fretless :-) but it has roundwounds on it. :-( Having tried TI Flats and Fender 9050s on other basses, I think it's time I gave Chromes a try. But for a "standard" 34" scale, do I need "medium" or "long" scale? The D'Addario website gives lots of info about tensions but I couldn't see info about scale (possibly due to blindness, stupidity or both). Help!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 You'll need D'Addario Long Scale for a standard 34" - most of my basses are 34" scale and I've been using D'Addario long scale strings for several years. Just to double check though, what bass are you putting them on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Short scale strings are generally for 30" scale. Medium scale - 30.5-32. Long scale 32-34. (these are what you'd expect to put on a standard scale 34" bass) Extra long 33.5-36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thanks for the fast response - so they're ECB81, EBC82 etc - the ones [i]without [/i]a letter (S, M, SL) at the end. [url="http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound"]http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound[/url] The bass is a Roscoe Century Standard 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondeeman Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 [quote name='ras52' post='1165479' date='Mar 17 2011, 10:07 AM']Thanks for the fast response - so they're ECB81, EBC82 etc - the ones [i]without [/i]a letter (S, M, SL) at the end. [url="http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound"]http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound[/url] The bass is a Roscoe Century Standard 4 [/quote] Wow, those things look stunning. Have you any pictures???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 That's correct, you want the ones that don't have any abbreviation on the end. Congrats on the bass purchase by the way, they look like great basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thanks for the help, folks. Chromes duly ordered... ..Roscoe porn to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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