Sadowsky flats trough the body

[Emibass]

Any experience?

I´ve just strung my bass with this strings last night and though I didn´t had time to play it long, they play good and love the tone.

My concern is about the stringing trough the body thing.

[Turnaround]

I found them to be too short for through-body stringing. It was the G string on a 4-inline headstock that was the problem.

[Emibass]

Actually I had to cut them a little...

My concern is not about the lenght, is about if strung trough the body can break them.

Thanks!

[pickles]

With flats, through body is generally not a good idea. Through body also provides almost zero benefit compared to through-bridge, assuming your bass can be strung either way.

[Emibass]

It can be strung on top too. Actually I wanted to string them on top but than I realised the ferruls were dropping out sadlly (I hope fender will fix this....construction error) and for this reason I strung them trough the body.

[CapnSev]

Certain flats can go through the body, but I wouldn't try it with Sadoskys. They are made by LaBella, and LaBella specifically states that their flats will break if strung through-body.

I have the Sadowsky flats on my P5, and the only string that I dares put through-body was the tapered B.

[Emibass]

Originally Posted by CapnSev

Certain flats can go through the body, but I wouldn't try it with Sadoskys. They are made by LaBella, and LaBella specifically states that their flats will break if strung through-body.

I have the Sadowsky flats on my P5, and the only string that I dares put through-body was the tapered B.

Mine didn´t break yet, hope they don´t but I want to know if they will.

What did you do with the ferruls on your bass????

[Emibass]

Roger Sadowsky answered me this so if he says so than it´s so:

Originally Posted by Sadowsky
As long as the proper length of string clears the nut, it is fine.

Roger.

[CapnSev]

Originally Posted by Emibass

What did you do with the ferruls on your bass????

Nothing. They haven't fallen out, and if they do, I'll smear a little wood glue on them and put them back in.