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10-17-2007, 05:31 PM
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Can anyone point me to some inexpensive stainless steel strings for the afterburner I. I'm pretty sure that standard strings won't work with it being 34''-37" scale bass. And dingwall strings are just way to expensive! Does anyone know if D'addario Prosteels will work? |
10-17-2007, 05:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada | | | GHS Super Steels in Long Scale Plus will fit. I can't remember the pricing; I ordered my set in singles from juststrings.com.
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10-17-2007, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by sha975  Can anyone point me to some inexpensive stainless steel strings for the afterburner I. I'm pretty sure that standard strings won't work with it being 34''-37" scale bass. And dingwall strings are just way to expensive! Does anyone know if D'addario Prosteels will work? | i have some extra new set of dingwall string that i can sell for less if you want.just pm me |
10-17-2007, 05:46 PM
|  | passionate hack | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malone, NY/ Montreal, Quebec | | | Check the forum on the Dingwall site-there's an extensive thread about other string options for the super long scale.
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10-17-2007, 07:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | | I think DRs will fit, though I never tried them when I had my Dingwall. |
10-17-2007, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada | | | Oh yeah, Ken Smiths will fit too.
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01-15-2008, 12:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | What color iis the silk on Dingwall strings? I just traded for an AB I and am wondering if it has the regular strings on it. The ones on there now look yellow from the photos. |
01-15-2008, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe | | | there is no silk on the Dingwall strings
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01-15-2008, 12:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Houston, TX, USA | | There is a bunch of threads on Dingwall guitars webforum on alternative strings.
Heres one http://www.dingwallguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11
I believe a standard Xl string sets will fit the E-G, but you'll need a special XXL B string |
01-15-2008, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | Is there someone online that carries the Dingwall Voodoo strings? I have been playing an Stingray 5 with LaBella flats for the last few months. I think I would like a touch more growl, but not the full out rounds-on-a-jazz bass twang thing. Would the Dingwall strings get me there or should I be looking at something else?
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01-15-2008, 01:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe | | | I've not tried Dingwall strings on "Conventional" basses because the E and B strings will have the full thickness of the string wrapping around the post. The growliest (but not twangiest) strings for a SR5 are the MTD stainless steel strings (and I've tried most of the strings out there)
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01-15-2008, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East Tenn in the hills! | | | If you want to use DR strings, you have to get the HighBeams LMR5-45 set. Most stores do not carry them. A standard set of DR's that claim to fit 37.5 inch scale will not fit the AB I. All the DR's I have tried, came up being an half inch short on the B string. Only the LMR5-45 High Beams fit, the B string is a 40 inch scale string. |
01-15-2008, 04:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | Fullrange - sorry, I am looking for string suggestions for the Afterburner I have coming. The Stingray reference was just to give you an idea of what I am working with now (Pre-Dingwall). The bass apparently is shipping to me with a mixed set of strings. It looks like a DW B string with something else on the other 4. It would be great if I could order a fresh set of strings to arrive when the bass does next week. I would like to try the Dingwall set, but I am not sure where to get them. It looks like I can go to Juststrings and get an extra long set of Chromes, but I don't know what other options I have. |
01-15-2008, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | FCM3 - it looks like most of the trials on that thread are inconclusive or negative except for the Chromes. What are you guys using? |
01-15-2008, 04:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: arlington va | | | I like nickel strings on my ABI, but the brands I've tried also come in stainless. D'Adarrio XLs in extra long scale work; I've had great luck with Smith compressors, which have stayed on my bass for a while now. The length of each are fine for a dingwall
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01-15-2008, 05:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | PB+J - The compressors look interesting. What gages do you match with the .125 B string? I assume you have to order a single 38" B to go with a 4 string set? |
01-15-2008, 05:56 PM
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01-16-2008, 03:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: arlington va | | | I just called Ken Smith and asked them to send me a light set with a 38 inch B string. They were very friendly about it
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01-22-2008, 09:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | PB+J, can you use the standard length for the other 4? Juststrings.com sells the 38" B string as a single. |
01-23-2008, 05:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: arlington va | | | I tried buying the 38s from juststrings and they weren't long enough--they should have been, but they weren't. I ordered a regular long set and an extra long B and the wrapping went past the nut, over the fingerboard.
Try calling Ken Smith--they are very friendly, they understood exactly what I was talking about and they sent me several sets for a very good price
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