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View Poll Results: What gauge? | |
.120
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.125
|    | 7 | 14.00% | |
.130
|    | 22 | 44.00% | |
.135
|    | 18 | 36.00% | |
Even larger!!! (.140+)
|    | 1 | 2.00% |
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12-11-2007, 09:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada) | | | B string for a 34"
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Just wondering what gauge B string you folks use for your 34" scale?
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12-11-2007, 09:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee | | | 130
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12-11-2007, 09:31 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | | .128 |
12-11-2007, 09:45 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | I use a .118 low B on my 34" scale 6 & 7 string basses.... my 5 has heavy flats though. |
12-11-2007, 09:49 PM
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Luthier of Michael Wayne Instruments, Shop Manager ChromeDomeMusic | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cincinnati OH | | | .135 ia pretty good if you do not have a dedicated flat bass. Otherwise about .130 is plenty for a B IMO.
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12-11-2007, 09:50 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pensacola, Florida | | | I use a .130 & I tune to Bb or A
Plenty tight.
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12-12-2007, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | no carrots. .118 here. |
12-13-2007, 01:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO | | | 0.128 Taper La Bella HRS is my favorite |
12-13-2007, 01:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC | | | I really like the LaBella Hard Rockin' Steel 128 guage. Good solid fundamental pitch, no warble, plays in tune. |
12-13-2007, 01:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | .130 here. I'd say that .125 is plenty tight enough for most folks on my bass, but I tend to like my string tension just a tad higher than normal.
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12-13-2007, 01:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Novato Ca. | | | .120 DR High Beams or .125 DR Fat Beams |
12-13-2007, 11:03 AM
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Owner; Knuckle Guitar Works & Circle K Strings | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle | | | fwiw - a .120 has 28.5 pounds of tension, a .125 has 31.5, a .130 has 34.5 and a .135 has just over 36 pounds.
By comparison a .080 A string has 42 pounds.
My preference is to have around a 10 pound shift in tension from loosest to tightest. And while I find that I still prefer the feel of looser strings on bottom, I also prefer no more than a two to three pound difference from one adjacent string to the next.
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12-13-2007, 03:27 PM
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12-15-2007, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada) | | With there being the .128s, the two .118s, and that one guy with the 115, I think I should have added some more options to the pole. 
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12-15-2007, 03:11 PM
| | | | .135 on my fretted basses, .132 on my fretless. If D'Addario made a .135 Chromes string, I'd be using that. |
12-15-2007, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Zagreb, Croatia | | | 135 or more
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12-16-2007, 12:23 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dragoon419 With there being the .128s, the two .118s, and that one guy with the 115, I think I should have added some more options to the pole. | Actually, that's why I didn't vote.
.128 |
12-17-2007, 02:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: NZ | | | Only recently got my first 5-string. Came with a .125 -- but I'm much happier now I've re-strung with a .130 on the B. Tighter, punchier.
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12-17-2007, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada) | | | Is there a big tightness difference between a .130 and a .125? Cause I've been considering switching over to a .125 B.
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12-17-2007, 10:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | im using a .125 DR Highbeam on my TBC
i'm a stickler for tight B strings, and it does the job handsomely. It doesnt feel overly loose OR overly tight. It blends well with the other strings
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