Strings are too short!

[Crapolla]

So I picked up a Cort bass that's strung through the body, imagine the shock when it came time to change the strings.....I can't find a string long enough! Anyone else ever come across this before?

~Brent

[knuckle_head]

If you're going through-body you need extra longs - they're out there.

[SLaPiNFuNK]

You usually need to pick strings the next length up from what your bass is with string through basses.

This situation does suck...

Which Cort do you have? It probably needs Extra Long Scale or Super Long Scale... (probably needs strings for 35" / 36" instruments).

[Porkbun]

IMHO its one of the worst things than can happen when setting up a bass. Truss rod is bad? Return it. Wire broke off? Resolder it. Action too high? Lower it. Strings too short?

[genericusername]

IME, you can string them through the bridge (you can, right?) and then in a few weeks they'll be long enough to sting through the body.

[Porkbun]

Originally Posted by genericusername

IME, you can string them through the bridge (you can, right?) and then in a few weeks they'll be long enough to sting through the body.

I have no experience with Corts, but on my T40 There were only holes on the bottom for the strings. Nowadays a lot of companies are making em like this:

[darkstorm]

Rotosound swing 66 regular long scale have fit every 34" scale bass Ive owned including ones I did string thru body.

[Crapolla]

I finally found some 36" super long scale strings by D'addario. Only had to call 5 different stores and talk to 3 techs that have never heard about super long scale strings!
Thanks guys!

~ Brent

[fretlessguy]

SIT makes thier strings to work with through body basses as well as GHS. D'Addario has super long strings for 35-36 inch scales, which will work as well.

[JTE]

Depends on a lot of factors. The scale length ONLY refers to the nominal distance from the nut to the bridge. The amount of string you need to cover the distances from the ball-end termination to the saddle, and from the nut to the tuning machines is another matter. So, stringing through the body, or a bridge like the 2-Tek, or a bass with a long distance from the bridge to the string anchor (like a trapeze tailpiece) means a regular long-scale string might not be long enough.

I know D'Addario long scale strings are designed for a 34" scale with a shortish distance from the saddle to the string termination. That means they won't fit a 34" scale string-through body instrument. The D'Addario Extra-long scale strings do fit most 34" with through-body attachements. My experience with other strings on Laklands, pre-EB StingRays, and Hamer Cruise Basses (one with 2-Tek, one with the Gotoh that offered through-body) is that DR, GHS, and Ken Smith regular long-scale strings work fine. In fact, most companie's long-scale strings work that way.

John

[49sfine]

Forget going to a local store - try the internet. I use JustStrings.com and they are great. They will answer questions via email too, which makes it easy. My Wishbasses are all string-thru and the actual string length is all over the map, but I have strings on all of them (16), so they are out there.

[Metaldood19]

go to juststrings.com and search for super long, or extra long. Should be able to snag a set for under 20. I'm using 6 string extra long scale prosteels for my stringthru 6