35" scale strings for 4 string bass

I'd still like to know the 35" scale 4 string bass we're talking about here. Partly because I like them and always keep an eye out for one.

 

Any long scale set should work. I buy 4 string sets for.my 5 string and order a single low.B its 35" scale Spector

 

maybe @B-Mac meant to restring his 35" bass(es) with 2 pcs bridge like Tune-O-Matic with tail piece separated very far away or maybe with Bigsby Tremolo bridge?

 

good luck with your instrument collection, your string quest, and your relationships!

 

It is legal, I started by being popular with chicks as a backdoor man in high school.
It’s when you get older it loses its charm.

 

A 5 string set isn’t any longer, it just has one extra/thicker string.

Unless you’re using a bass with a string through body, just about every single long scale set on the market will work for a 35” scale bass.

You may not want to go XL scale at all: you’ll likely end up with an E string that still has a full diameter winding past the post, which will snap the string as it tries to wrap around the post under tension.

 

Some long scale strings have 36.5" winding length, which might not work for some 35" scale bass, even for stringing on top of bridge. Couple that I'm aware of are GHS and Elixir Strings.

I have an Ibanez BTB which needs 37" winding length strings to clear pass the nut (string on top of bridge only, no thru body option). It came with Elixir NPS strings Extra Long Scale (38" winding length) and when I had wanted to change them to Elixir Stainless Steel set to get brighter tone and still retain their smoothness and longevity due to their Nanoweb coating, turned out they had the Stainless Steels version only in Long Scale (36.5" winding length), thus I had to choose other brand of stainless steel strings for this bass.

Then when I looked at GHS strings, with their Progressives and Super Steels as possible choices, the gauges that I like (basically 45-105 and 130) were only available in their 36.5" winding length. They haven't made all of their long scale sets to their latest 37.25" winding length.

 

Lot of talk about winding lengths. Too bad this information seems to be top secret and never included by the manufacturers. Instead it's a hog-pog of labels which mean nothing.

 

I've been playing a Ibanez BTB200 35" scale for close to 3 years. Strings have never been a problem, I've been buying long scale, all different brands. I put several wraps on the post coming from the the guitar side of things habit.

 

Good to know, my post is amended.

 

You said "Baloney Buns."
Now I know what to call My next band!!!

 

Don't most 4 string sets work for 35?

 

It is available, but often you have to visit the official brand's product page and hunt for the info.

 

GHS is one company who's been diligently working on changing it, although they're not completely there yet. Some of their packages do include the info on the winding length.

 

I think the OP has things backwards - the issue isn't gettin strings to work with 35 inch scale basses, it's getting them to work with 34's. Strings that I buy nowadays all seem to be made to accomodate 35 inch scale length. On my basses with Fender style headstocks (4 in line), I have gone to adding a string through option to the E string so that I don't end up winding the fat part of the E string around the tuner.

 

I understand what you're saying...

For most manufacturers, "long scale" USED TO mean 36.5" in winding length, but some have gone to 37.25" in recent years in order to make them fit more basses with different scale lengths (34" vs. 35") and stringing methods (top-load vs. thru-body).

I personally haven't had any issues using strings with 37.25" winding length, but one set of strings I use only come in 38". That means the E string is about an inch too long to properly fit on my Fender P bass top-loaded.