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Old 10-29-2006, 09:28 PM
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Either for my electric or acoustic (non-upright) basses. I really want to find a compatible set of gut (plain or wrapped) strings, but there's two problems:

Scale length: The electric is 35", and the acoustic is 30". I'm pretty sure Double-Bass strings would be too long, so what else would work? Cello strings maybe?

And the other is with the string ends. Most orchestral strings have ball ends right? How big are they exactly? Are they smaller with Cello strings, like maybe they would fit into a standard top-load bridge?

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