Does "Long Scale" mean 35" ONLY??? Or "not-short-scale"?

[Zapp]

all of a sudden I have string-purchase angst... So my bass is just a regular 'ole 34" scale.
GHS seems to only issue their "Heavy" Boomers in "long scale".
Am I going to run out of cloth/fabric ??? or does "Long Scale" in stringspeak just mean they're not for a "short scale" bass??

this is embarrassing... I been playin' a long time and still am ignorant

[lunarpollen]

Long-scale is standard parlance for 34-inch-scale bass strings
Medium = 32 inch
Short = 30 inch
I think they use "extra-long" to describe 35 and above

[JTE]

Originally Posted by lunarpollen

Long-scale is standard parlance for 34-inch-scale bass strings
Medium = 32 inch
Short = 30 inch
I think they use "extra-long" to describe 35 and above

Yep, that's been standard industry terminology since at least 1973 when I started hanging out too much in music stores.

John

[Zapp]

ok. thanks guys.
that's what i figgered but needed to be sure