105 on a jazz bass

[dave11772]

Hello all -
I'm new here - greetings. Also new to bass. I was told never to put a .105 E string on a 4-string Fender Mexi jazz bass - not good for the thinner neck. Any truth to this? Thanks.
Dave

[ERMAL]

I've use .105, .107 and .110 on my 62 reissue Jazz without any problems at all but, as always, YMMV.

[tjh]

FIrst of all .... welcome Dave ... secondly, MIA Jazz's come from the factory with .110TW's ... I have a STB (string thru body that I do use the .110's on, but on my top loaded Jazz either .100 or .105 ... may want to chek with those using that Geddy Lee though, that is a VERY thin neck

[DavePlaysBass]

If the neck needs truss rod tweaks quite regularly with 105s on, you might switch to 100s. But I am not sure you would say NEVER but 105s on a jazz neck.

Dave

[TeeMartin]

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I somehow doubt the extra 5mm makes a difference.

[SuperSnake2012]

I use Rotosound Swing 66's on my Jazz bass (.45-.105) and it works great. My bass is actually strung .40-.105 because I messed up the G

[improvpwnd]

Originally Posted by dave11772

Hello all -
I'm new here - greetings. Also new to bass. I was told never to put a .105 E string on a 4-string Fender Mexi jazz bass - not good for the thinner neck. Any truth to this? Thanks.
Dave

What?! No..

[Crabby]

I had 40-100's on my MIM Jazz bass and it played like butter. Swtched to a set of Regular Slinkies (50-105) and the tone was nice but the truss rod did need tweaking to get the neck set up right and after that, I found the bass to feel kind of stiff and not as enjoyable to play.

I love beefy strings but for this bass, I am going back to a light guage. Just picked up a set of Blue Steel 45-100 to try on this bass.I expect they will be just right!

[punkbass479]

i'm using 105-50 gauge strings, and it's just fine. i can see where that guy is coming from, but thats not always the case. anyway, if you drop-tune, heavy strings are better than thin ones. i reccomend d'addario EXL160 or EXL165 strings.

[nad]

Originally Posted by TeeMartin

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I somehow doubt the extra 5mm makes a difference.

5mm would make a HUGE difference.

I have a .105 E-string on my j-bass. Generally I prefer .100 but the .105 feels better. More booty.