tension gauge

Ive seen many warped neck and just curious why most of the warped neck bows on the E string side? despite of the stronger tesion of D and G string..?

I have to setup my bass for classical solo playing, for my degree…. I looking for nice low tension solo strings, my bass has 108cm scale, so I like to avoid stiff strings…. I’m a long time Pirastro fan, I tired allmost all of they strings, but didn”t try Perpetuals, how are the bow response of...

Hi all! Just swapped the Gibson flatwounds I had on my early 70s musicmaster bass for a set of sunbeams (45-105, only gauge available in short scale). The Gibson were the 40-95 set and felt and sounded almost identical to Daddario chromes, with the same exact gauges as the ECB80 set (worthwhile...

The question: If I am building a custom string set from singles, how can I find out the correct gauges to use in order to have uniform tension across all the strings? The background: I just bought a cool 4-string custom "bass" (piccolo? alto?) with a 30" scale. It came with strings that look...