Fender flats 50-100 too much for jazz neck?

[perutxo]

Hi,
The title says it all. Do you think the 50-100 fender flats would be too much tension for a jazz neck?
Thanks

[heavyfunkmachin]

NO, with propper truss rod adjustment it will handle it ok... it might be too much tension for your fingers thoug... they were for mine!

[Joe Smithberger]

Family Man Barrett always seemed to get along fine.

[hover]

I love a taut-feeling string, I feel I can get more feel out of them under my fingers...I appreciate the lack of "give". "looser" strings get too unruly for my technique, and I hate, hate, hate the "clang" of a looser string when you really dig in...fine for pick-style, but not when I play with my sausage link fingers....

I use Fender flats on my SX jazz, and D'Addario Chromes on my VM Jazz, and they both handle the tension just fine, and sound and feel fantastic.

[Liv3rman]

My Ibanez SR300 has a really thin maple neck like your Jazz, and run .50-.110 Rotosound flats just fine. Just make sure you set up your truss rod, action when you first restring, and you'll be fine.

[Itzayana]

I used Fender 50-100 flats for a few years and just switched to Fender 55-105 flats.
Not too much tension for the neck.
I really love the feel of these high tension strings. You can get the action really low and 64th note runs are clean and punchy.
Just feels so right to me.

[sigmafloyd]

Originally Posted by Itzayana

I used Fender 50-100 flats for a few years and just switched to Fender 55-105 flats.
Not too much tension for the neck.
I really love the feel of these high tension strings. You can get the action really low and 64th note runs are clean and punchy.
Just feels so right to me.

Wow - 64th notes? At what tempo?

[steve_rolfeca]

Originally Posted by Itzayana

...64th note runs are clean and punchy.

...And another guitarist decides he's ready to take up electric bass...

[backup]

Originally Posted by Itzayana

64th note runs are clean and punchy.

i still prefer this to "300bpm note runs are clean and punchy"

btt, high gauge strings (as long as they are 4 string sets) wrecking necks is a myth. you can put jamersons on jazz basses nothing is going to happen as long as you adjust the tuss rod.