Bafflegab Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Morning all I’m excitedly awaiting a Squier Mustang bass that I bought on here yesterday, haven’t had a new bass day in a long time so that’s gonna be a highlight I have a barely used set of a Labella flats that I was going to put on it straight away, but on thinking about it properly, these are short scale and I’m not sure if they will fit the mustang, any idea if I’m right there? I've also read somewhere that Labella flats aren’t suitable for stringing through body, so it sounds on both counts like I might need some new flats. Any recommendations? I like a light gauge, these Labellas are 37-96, and my D’Addario rounds on my other shorties are 40-100 Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 La Bella make a set of flats specifically for Mustangs. I've had them on a couple of mine in the past and can't fault them. Not the cheapest, but you only buy them once 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Yup I second the La Bella Mustang Flats. Cos mustangs are strung thru the body you need to have medium scale rather than short scale strings, and the La Bella Mustangs are designed perfectly for the job. They sound ace too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bafflegab Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Thanks both, what is the tension like on those? Reasonable match for the rounds I use? Edited June 6, 2020 by Bafflegab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Bafflegab said: Thanks both, what is the tension like on those? Reasonable match for the rounds I use? I'd say out of all the flats I've had on Mustangs, the La Bellas felt the most 'right' to me. Tension was just about right, the E had definition that wasn't there with other flats I'd tried. Can't help with rounds though, I haven't played with any for about 25 years 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 23 hours ago, Bafflegab said: Thanks both, what is the tension like on those? Reasonable match for the rounds I use? I find the tension on the Labellas really nice but then I also use slightly heavier gauge strings generally - 105-45 on long scales. My mustang is currently wearing d’addario roundwounds, medium scale, 110-50 gauge which when combined with the shorter scale actually feel really comfortable. It had very light gauge strings on when I bought it - 95s or something - but I couldn’t really dig in on those. Sorry thanks just muddied the waters hasn’t it! Its definitely worth trying the Labella mustang flats as they’re designed with that bass in mind, and they do feel and sound just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I really liked Thomastik JF-324s on my MIJ mustang, but when I got my JMJ, the stock fender 9050L stainless steel long scale flats on it were so good that I bought a set for the MIJ as well. They're higher tension than the TIs and are deep and punchy without sounding wooly or dull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) I got a set of La Bella medium scale flats from Bass Direct. Edited March 24, 2022 by kevin_lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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