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Old 01-04-2006, 10:43 AM
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need a 38" flatwound string

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I have a Soundgear 5-string, 34" scale. I am in the middle of adding a four inch extension behind the nut on the B-string to drop to A. The reasons being that I like A, but the string gets too loose, and I also want the string to appear on the fingerboard like a B-string. Just think of one of those extensions that the double bass guys do. It's similar. I figure I need roughly 4 to 4 and a half inches extra (to be determined).

So I need a flatwound .130 gauge, 38" scale string. I have been reading a lot about the Chromes and how well they sound and it sounds like something I could use. But the largest scale they go is 36. If I go with that, how much silk will I have on the fingerboard?

I would also be open to another set that I can dig into, has punch and is relatively bright as long as it is a flatwound-5 set.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 01-05-2006, 04:29 PM
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If you like the sound of Chromes, you could probably just burn or cut off the silk. I know I loved the Chromes I had on my SR 5'er.
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Old 01-06-2006, 10:11 AM
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I actually got this figured out the other day. I went to the store to get their last set of long Chromes 50-105 with the intention of special ordering the .132 superlong later. The guitar tech actually had a superlong and confirmed that there would be enough excess to not have silk on the fingerboard.
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