Can't find strings that fit to bridge ! ( Spector )

[bassforce]

My friend has a Rebop, it's a great bass but ... He cant find strings that would fit to the bridge. The problem is with H string.

He tried bunch of d'addarios, recently he bought DR Lo-Riders and ... guess what? :/

Wchich strings do you use in your spector? Which strings would fit?

[dean owens]

the H sting? what kind of tuning do you got going on?

to answer your question... i have a 5-string rebop and i use d'addario exl170-5 long scale with no problem.

[PaulMacCnj]

I had the same problem with a few different string sets. I just use a pliers to gently flatten the B string windings so that it fits in the bridge tail. I've never had a problem with the strings because of this.

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by dean owens

the H sting? what kind of tuning do you got going on?

to answer your question... i have a 5-string rebop and i use d'addario exl170-5 long scale with no problem.

man i laughed so hard.

[Versatek6]

Originally Posted by dean owens

the H sting? what kind of tuning do you got going on?

German traditional notation.

H means B

B means B-flat

i.e. Bach's "H-Moll Mass" = "B-minor Mass".

[dean owens]

why? is it only B? and why H? is a D and I? i'm not being sarcastic. i honestly have never heard of this. i just thought that he typed H on accident because the H and the B are close to each other on the keyboard.

[Ampeg SVT]

Originally Posted by bassforce

My friend has a Rebop, it's a great bass but ... He cant find strings that would fit to the bridge. The problem is with H string.

He tried bunch of d'addarios, recently he bought DR Lo-Riders and ... guess what? :/

Wchich strings do you use in your spector? Which strings would fit?

I would recommend getting a set with a taperwound H, by taper I mean when the winding of the string is tapered over the bridge but is normal over the pickups and neck.

Or you can get a set with a smaller H string.

[j.kernodle]

5 string spector legend here. I use .125-.045 Hi-Beams with no problems. strange...

[DGbass70]

I used......Sadowski's(Black Label) w/tapered B 45-130 gauge
I use Ken Smith Burners w/tapered B 45-130 gauge,also i had a Rebob that i used La Bella Slappers that were 45-128 gauge.

[RicPlaya]

I played Low Riders exclusively when I owned a rebop 5, best sounding string for that bass and seemed to tame those EMG's and added some nice low end. I do remember having to be careful with the ball ends of the strings sitting the the bridge saddles correctly, but I never had a problem not fitting. It was a little touchy, but always worked. Some pics may help if you could post them.

[dnarock]

I have had to drill and pollish the saddel to fit my B (140)

[Versatek6]

Originally Posted by dean owens

why? is it only B? and why H? is a D and I? i'm not being sarcastic. i honestly have never heard of this. i just thought that he typed H on accident because the H and the B are close to each other on the keyboard.

I swiped this from Wikipedia - I couldn't remember all the details as music history classes were a long time ago.

As for name-letters beyond G, they were there for a while. In the 6th century, two octaves covered the typical vocal range. The natural minor scale was most prevalent, which is an Aeolian mode, or comparable to an A-minor scale (WWHWWHHW), which is why our notation starts there instead of the note we call C (the Ionian mode, or major scale).

The chromatic scale was a later invention, which necessitated different notation. A better explanation than I can give of all this follows:

History of note names

Music notation systems have used letters of the alphabet for centuries. The 6th century philosopher Boethius is known to have used the first fifteen letters of the alphabet to signify the notes of the two-octave range that was in use at the time. Though it is not known whether this was his devising or common usage at the time, this is nonetheless called Boethian notation.

Following this, the system of repeating letters A-G in each octave was introduced, these being written as minuscules for the second octave and double minuscules for the third. When the compass of used notes was extended down by one note, to a G, it was given the Greek G (Γ), gamma. (It is from this that the French word for scale, gamme is derived, and the English word gamut, from "Gamma-Ut", the lowest note in Medieval music notation.)

The remaining five notes of the chromatic scale (the black keys on a piano keyboard) were added gradually; the first being B which was flattened in certain modes to avoid the dissonant tritone interval. This change was not always shown in notation, but when written, B♭ (B-flat) was written as a Latin, round "b", and B♮ (B-natural) a Gothic b. These evolved into the modern flat and natural symbols respectively. The sharp symbol arose from a barred b, called the "cancelled b".

In parts of Europe, including Germany, Poland and Russia, the natural symbol transformed into the letter H: in German music notation, H is B♮ (B-natural) and B is B♭ (B-flat).

In Italian, Portuguese, Greek, French, Russian, Flemish, Romanian, Spanish, Hebrew and Turkish notation the notes of scales are given in terms of Do - Re - Mi - Fa - Sol - La - Si rather than C - D - E - F - G - A - B. These names follow the original names reputedly given by Guido d'Arezzo, who had taken them from the first syllables of the first six musical phrases of a Gregorian Chant melody Ut queant laxis, which began on the appropriate scale degrees. These became the basis of the solfege system. "Do" later replaced the original "Ut" for ease of singing (most likely from the beginning of Dominus, Lord), though "Ut" is still used in some places. "Si" or "Ti" was added as the seventh degree (from Sancte Johannes, St. John, to which the hymn is dedicated).

More of an answer than, "Why do you cut the ends off the ham before you cook it?"

[Amitio]

I just thought he typed it wrong as G is right next to H on the keyboard!