WHUFC BASS Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 As per the title, is it me or are they a lot more expensive than normal strings. Let's face it, it really is just a longer top string and shorter bottom string. Just surfing Google shopping and have found this: D'Addario XTB45130 Bass Strings: £37.99 Newtone Diamond Bass for Multi-scale instruments: £39.53 Spector Set of Five Multi-Scale Electric Bass Strings: £43.00 D'Addario Pro Steels 45-130 Stainless Steel Long Scale: £49.99 D'Addario NYXL32130SL Bass Set: £49.00 Strings Direct Custom Set Multiscale 5-String Bass Guitar Low Tune: £49.99 Pyramid Multiscale 5 string Bass Set: £53.00 Jeez ... would kind of put me off buying a multi-scale bass with them prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Strings of all types have got mad expensive. The bog standard dunlop flats I have on my P have more than doubled in price since I bought them a few years ago. I haven't checked but I suspect you'll find that those sets aren't much more expensive than the equivalent standard ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 As above, seems like string prices are all over the place currently. Had I known I'd have stocked up pre-brexit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 On 14/01/2023 at 13:03, WHUFC BASS said: As per the title, is it me or are they a lot more expensive than normal strings. Let's face it, it really is just a longer top string and shorter bottom string. Just surfing Google shopping and have found this: D'Addario XTB45130 Bass Strings: £37.99 Newtone Diamond Bass for Multi-scale instruments: £39.53 Spector Set of Five Multi-Scale Electric Bass Strings: £43.00 D'Addario Pro Steels 45-130 Stainless Steel Long Scale: £49.99 D'Addario NYXL32130SL Bass Set: £49.00 Strings Direct Custom Set Multiscale 5-String Bass Guitar Low Tune: £49.99 Pyramid Multiscale 5 string Bass Set: £53.00 Jeez ... would kind of put me off buying a multi-scale bass with them prices. I'm just not going to change the strings on mine. Ever. The Ibanez EHB1265MS comes with D'Addario EXL170-5SL on it - £38 from Thomann. The standard length strings are £33. Measuring up the B string on the Ibanez, it's about 37" from the ball end to where the taper is. That seems to be the same distance as ball end to silk on the Elites on a headed Warwick Thumb. So a standard set of Elites may fit on the Ibanez. I'll check it out when I next do a string change on one of the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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