D addario bass strings 35" scale?

realbadgroove · #1 11-25-2009, 04:15 PM

So my modulus TBX 6 which is my main bass these days is a 35" scale bass and I love the D addario nickel XL strings which are pretty much what I play on most of my fretted basses but the E and B strings tapper before the nut on the mod. Does anyone know if they make longer scale strings and if not any Ideas on similar strings that are 35" scale. Thanks

dystopiate · #2 11-25-2009, 04:21 PM

They make superlong scale strings. Their literature says that their longscale strings will fit a 35" scale, but it's simply not true.

fretlessspence · #3 11-25-2009, 04:32 PM

Yep, I have to special order superlongs for my 35" scale elricks.

p-bass · #4 11-25-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dystopiate

They make superlong scale strings. Their literature says that their longscale strings will fit a 35" scale, but it's simply not true.

I used to have no problem stringing thru the body on my MIA Fender Precision Bass with the Long Scale D'Addario XL Nickelwounds,but not anymore. Now I have to buy the "Super Long" set.

metalbob · #5 11-25-2009, 06:24 PM

I ues D'addario EPS170-5sl pro steels on all my 35" basses no prob the have to say super long scale

realbadgroove · #6 11-26-2009, 01:51 PM

Maybe Im just a tard but I cant find the super long strings anywhere, does anyone have a link, I looked on there website and didnt see them. Also I use nickel because its not as hard as the frets and thus gives you less wear

Arthur U. Poon · #7 11-26-2009, 02:16 PM

I prefer nickel wound so I use the XL170SL's on my Q4 and the XL170-5SL's on my 35" Lull 5-string.

SS or Nickel, just look for ths "SL" and you're good to go

ErnieD · #8 12-30-2009, 12:45 AM

Well this threads abit old but in case OP or others have not found the Super longs. I just ordered a nickel set of the Super Longs from Music 123, MF shows em to be in stock as well. They both had em for 23.99 a set, 5 strings.

I emailed a old ad to Music 123 and asked em to beat or meet that price, the ad was quite expired actually but went for it. They emailed back they'd sell em for 18.00, not bad. I paid less than 5 bucks to ship so I got em for $23 n change.

Saved me about 4-5 bucks and a very good price on these strings even at their asking price, I feel. Both MF/M123, I know they're the same warehouse, show em in stock as of yesterday, when I ordered, they shipped today. Cool.

Funkturnal · #9 02-03-2010, 01:43 AM

I have the same problem. I have a 35" Yamaha TRB6PII which I got last year. I haven't been able to find a super long scale 6-string sets from D'Addario, but I thought it was just hard to find them in Japan where I live. So I've been buying their super long 5-string sets, and buying C-strings individually. (Basically, it's only the B and E strings that need to be "super long" in the case of the TRB. The A - C strings work fine with just the "long" scale".) It costs me a fortune here though... like over $50 a pop.

Incidentally, they have a "ProSteels" version of what I'm looking for.
http://www.bassemporium.com/item.php?sku=EPS1706SL
I wonder why they don't make them super long for the regular EXL line of strings.

I've been playing D'Addario strings for so long, and this was never an issue with my old TRB5P that was a 34" scale. Now I don't know if I want to make the switch to another brand, but the mix and match approach feels strange too. I guess I could try the ProSteels, but I heard they are really bright.

tom once dead · #10 02-03-2010, 01:52 AM

I have the same problem. I use the pro steels, and there isn't a super long scale pro steel set. Sometimes I use papper under the nut, otherwise I just get the green slinkys.