I once had some Chromes, I forget now if they were the long or super long, put on my KSD fretless 35" scale. A tech was doing a setup so I asked him to put those new strings on for me. When I went to pick it up he told me the B string cloth was touching the low C area, like you it did not clear the nut. He said he took a razor blade and trimmed the cloth winding. That portion of the string was still playable so it was OK. I picked up some DA'd XL 170 nickels for my G&L L2500, strung thru body the B was too short so I had to string the B on the bridge, I dont notice any difference sonically.
And I just picked up some Super Long Chromes that I was going to put on my 55-02 but I am reading here on TB that stringing flats thru bridge could make them come unwound in the bridge area because the bend thru body could break open the winding, least I believe thats what I read. So now Im thinking of taking the Super Longs back and just using the longs thru bridge stringing. Now last year I did string some Chromes thru body on my 55-01, did not have a problem then, but Im thinking the Super Longs may be too long. I'll check it this weekend, but at 47 bucks if I open em they wont let me return em. Eat alota yardbird y'all.
