Dave Vader Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Once again I need a new set of flats for another bass project. Once again I have forgotten what length strings I normally get for a P-bass (don't buy them very often, they're flats, keep throwing the empty boxes away). Thought I'd get some status hotwires this time, so what length do I need for a top-loader P-bass? Is it Long, or Medium? (can't remember the exact names status give them, as the site appears to be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 medium or long should both be fine. There's not a lot in it really. It's when you go to proper long scale (35" and up) that you end up wasting hundreds of pounds on so called long scale strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1312560' date='Jul 22 2011, 11:47 AM']medium or long should both be fine. There's not a lot in it really. It's when you go to proper long scale (35" and up) that you end up wasting hundreds of pounds on so called long scale strings.[/quote] So I can get the £3 cheaper Medium scale ones and be okay on a standard scale P? I do hope that works.... Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Short scale 30" - mustang bass, danelectro longhorn Medium scale - 32" - Daisy Rock Elite, Some unusual Fenders - Stu Hamm (?) Long scale - 34" - Fender Jazz, Fender Precision, Gibson Thunderbird Extra Long - 35" - Lakland 5ers If you go for 32" medium strings on a Precision you *might* get away with it, and then the silks *might* go over the nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1312799' date='Jul 22 2011, 02:57 PM']Short scale 30" - mustang bass, danelectro longhorn Medium scale - 32" - Daisy Rock Elite, Some unusual Fenders - Stu Hamm (?) Long scale - 34" - Fender Jazz, Fender Precision, Gibson Thunderbird Extra Long - 35" - Lakland 5ers If you go for 32" medium strings on a Precision you *might* get away with it, and then the silks *might* go over the nut.[/quote] Thanks JLP, shan't risk it, Long Scale it is, need more than 1/2 a wrap on the Machine Head, and silks off the nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Might as well get long strings. You can always cut down strings that are too long but once they're too short then you can't make them longer again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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