double ball, 5 string, high c, flats

pierce · #1 02-26-2004, 08:47 AM

hello.

i have pulled my hohner bva (5 string steinberger copy), out of the closet, and started experimenting with it, but i'm not keen on the Roundwound low B string set that's on it. i want to restring it with flats, and from e-c.

i am having trouble finding strings that will meet these exact requirements. (e-c, flatwound, double ball end). does anyone have any suggestions? I would also consider the steinberger string adapter, if i could find one. music-yo (gibson online) seems to be eternally "out of stock", and the mighty-mite site doesnt seem to have a steinberger section anymore.

any suggestions?

btw, although i prefer d'addario chromes, i am not picky for this experiment, any strings that match my needs will do.

thanks.

Trevorus · #2 02-26-2004, 09:20 AM

Good luck. That is going to be a HARD find. The string converter would probably be best.

notduane · #3 02-26-2004, 09:36 PM

Status (Graphite) seems to have a variety of double-ball sets available --
round, flat, ½-round, and tapes in 4,5, and 6'r sets. You'd probably have
to contact them though, for an E-C set

I've tried their "regular" 4-string tapes. They're about midway `tween
LaBella and Rotosound tapes, tone-wise

Figjam · #4 02-26-2004, 09:45 PM

Yay Hohner, even though im probably selling mine to TB member Radio Kaos 64, its a great bass. I dont know what im going to do with the money i get for it though...

pierce · #5 02-27-2004, 12:38 AM

they at least have a 6 string option, so i can get my high c

. plus their retro-active basses are sooo d@mn sexy. reminds me of those basses that they made for trace-elliot.

( "Hey! Gibson! Quit buying up all these companies and then letting them go to h3ll!"

) ie. trace, steinberger, tobias, etc.

figjam, buy a zeta crossover bass, and make me jealous.

Godslave · #6 12-16-2011, 07:58 AM

I have a Hohner B2V that I bought in Norfolk, Va., in 1988 that came strung as a tenor bass (EADGC). The only strings I have ever been able to find for them are GHS Bass Boomers roundwound light. I wish Rotosound made them, and I wish I could get extra lights, but when you buy a novelty bass, as I like to do, you sometimes have to boil your strings!

SLaPiNFuNK · #7 12-16-2011, 10:43 AM

LaBella makes Flatwounds for double ball ends... They also have a Low-B available, but they need to be made to order basically... I happen to know someone who has them