BEAD on a Fender Arodyne string questions ???

[Davyo]

Hi all,, new to the forum and this be my very first post so please don't rag on me to much for my dumb question.

Im going to be doing the BEAD on the new Fender Jazz Arodyne Im picking up this week and was wondering what string brands and sizes of strings might work best.

My goals with the BEAD is to do as little filing of the nut as possible and also try and maintain the same neck tension as the EADG so I can perhaps avoid all the neck and bridge adjustments.

Any suggestions for the forum newbie would be great !!!!

Thanks much in advance.

Cheers
Davyo

[Bassmingo]

maybe others can correct me on this, but i wouldnt attempt what you're doing without a nut adjustment and setup. i think its pointless otherwise. i dont know of any low b string that will taper on the nut end so you dont have to file it.

i think you'll have to bite the bullet.

[Thangfish]

Using thicker strings for a lower tuning doesn't mean higher tension. Strings differ in tension, but using different diameters for different note ranges is meant to keep tensions roughly the same.

I use DR Black Beauties on my J, and love the way they sound. They are fairly low tension.
I use the largest B string they have (.130). This means buying the B as a single and using the bottom 3 from a four string set.

You will have to file the nut and adjust the bridge for both intonation and action for the thicker strings. Neck relief might be ok as it is, but that's for you to judge. There is no way to do this that won't require adjustments.


Now go check out the search function. It's pretty limited and generally works poorly, but you'll figure out how to make the best of it. This subject has been covered a zillion times.

[emythefretless]

This subject has been covered widely, but the info you need is spread in lots of threads, and hard to find a thread that has enough input from different points of view. I was on this subject recently and bookmarked lots of pages, pm me for links if you're interested.