Les Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I've got an old Mustang, it was my first real bass and I've owned it for 30 years. It hasn't gigged for at least 20 years but I fancy giving it a blast in my newish band. What strings do you use ? And also I use quite light roundwounds on my Stingray and I like them. Can you get away with light strings on one of these or does it lose a bit of bottom cos' it's short/medium scale, whatever it is. ta muchly Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I have Thomastik JF324 flatties on my CIJ reissue mustang. They only come in a floppy light guage so they are very fast & easy to play. They sound perfect - deep and huge. If anything the short scale makes them slightly darker sounding than comparable 34" strings on precison as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 +1 for TI JF324 flats (on a Musicmaster). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I don't have a Mustang but if I did it would be wearing TI JF324s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Thanks for the info guys. Never really been in to flats but I might give them a go if thats the consensus. One more question. Were am I going to get a case for it ? Too big for a guitar case and it rattles around in the Stingrays case. I've had a quick trawl through here and on the net but apart from the fender one at 170 dollars had no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 [quote name='Les' post='586045' date='Aug 31 2009, 08:38 PM']Thanks for the info guys. Never really been in to flats but I might give them a go if thats the consensus. One more question. Were am I going to get a case for it ? Too big for a guitar case and it rattles around in the Stingrays case. I've had a quick trawl through here and on the net but apart from the fender one at 170 dollars had no luck.[/quote] If you give the TI flats a go and don't like them you might well find someone here to take them off your hands. I can't help on the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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