Nice to see how the advice keeps coming in! I've bitten the bullet now; phoned the luthier AND Picato (who ONLY make hex-core strings, apparently...!) and we've all agreed to go for broke with a 40/60/80/100/130 set-up....God help me, I'll need ruddy G-clamps to press that lot down.....!
With a 35" scale length,
Picato are making me some strings with a 1/2" longer full-diameter windings than usual, to take care of going through the body.
I'll let you know how I get on....!Nice to see how the advice keeps coming in! I've bitten the bullet now; phoned the luthier AND Picato (who ONLY make hex-core strings, apparently...!) and we've all agreed to go for broke with a 40/60/80/100/130 set-up....God help me, I'll need ruddy G-clamps to press that lot down.....!
To "Bassmandan", the 35" is the scale length and Picato are making me some strings with a 1/2" longer full-diameter windings than usual, to take care of going through the body.
I'll let you know how I get on....!
An answer.....a concensus....!!!??? 
