Available Short Scale Sets

[bassburner]

Your spreadsheet has Dunlop stainless steel flat short scales with a winding length of 32.75". I use them and the distance from ball end to beginning of silk is 32.25". This is why no non silked string winds onto the G tuner on a Mikro. This wouldn't be the case if ball to silk was 32.75". The taper doesn't begin exactly at the start of the silk but it is definitely not a 1/2" beyond the silk start, if by winding length you are meaning ball end to taper start on non silked strings. The distance from the back of the bridge to the middle of the G post on a Mikro is 32.36". You can see no non silked string on a .045 Dunlop SS flat winds onto the post after being tuned up to standard tuning G2View attachment 5080262View attachment 5080266
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Updated. Thanks

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Generally speaking, it is the target tension, whatever that is, that goes in the numerator, not necessarily the shortest. If, for example, the known tension values are for 34" and you want to know the tension at 35", you need to multiply them by (35/34)^2.

Of course, it is rarer to know tensions of a shorter scale set, when wanting to install it on a longer scale platform, because more often than not it doesn't even fit there. But still.

I just put SSL as the numerator and LSL as denominator because it was topical, but it could indeed be a larger number numerator than the scale length denominator

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Updated. Thanks

A gentleman and a scholar.

 

[HaphAsSard]

Generally speaking, it is the target tension, whatever that is, that goes in the numerator, not necessarily the shortest. If, for example, the known tension values are for 34" and you want to know the tension at 35", you need to multiply them by (35/34)^2.

Of course, it is rarer to know tensions of a shorter scale set, when wanting to install it on a longer scale platform, because more often than not it doesn't even fit there. But still.

(Ugh. I meant "scale length", not "tension".
...I miss infinite edit!)

 

[Prodigus Filius]

(Ugh. I meant "scale length", not "tension".
...I miss infinite edit!)

I never noticed that bit he he. Bottom line, if your known tension relates to a longer scale and your 'want to know tension' relates to a shorter scale, you put shorter as numerator and longer as denominator. If on the other hand your scale length is longer than the scale length for which you know the tension, you put the longer scale length as the numerator and the shorter scale as the denominator. As you point out without using a zillion words like I am prone to do he he

 

[HaphAsSard]

As you point out without using a zillion words like I am prone to do he he

Brevity is not typical of me either!

 

[manchego_eggo]

its been a while, but ernie ball has since released their group flats and cobalt flats in short scale sets.

I believe Daddario discontinued the half rounds

 

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[markjazzbassist]

I wanted to update this list as i've been using it a lot recently to find strings but have found it's very outdated. I've gone only with what the company offers on their official website and have removed a lot (sadly ). Please let me know if changes are needed. Order is most offerings to least

LaBella
- Black Nylon Tapewound
- Deep Talkin’ Flatwound
- White Nylon Tapewound
- Low Tension Flatwound
- Beatle Bass Stainless Rounwound
- RX Nickel Roundwound

Optima
- 24K Gold Roundwound
- 24K Gold Maxiflex Roundwound
- 24K Gold Unique Roundwound
- Unique Chrome Roundwound
- Chrome Roundwound
- Chrome Flatwound

GHS
- Balanced Nickels Roundwound
- Bass Boomers Roundwound
- Brite Flatwound (Groundwound)
- Precision Flatwound
- Pressurewound

Pyramid
- Gold Nickel Flatwound
- Nylon Tapewound
- Black Wires Coated Stainless Steel Roundwound
- Stainless Steel Roundwound
- Pure Nickel Roundwound

D’Addario -
- XL Nickelwound Roundwound
- Chromes Flatwound
- Nylon Tapewound

Dunlop -
- Nickel Wound Roundwound
- Super Bright Roundwound
- Stainless Steel Flatwound

Ernie Ball
- Cobalt Flatwound
- Group Flatwound
- Super Slinky Roundwound

Rotosound
- Swing 66 Steel Roundwound
- Jazz 77 Monel Flatwound
- Tru Bass 88 Nylon Tapewound

DR Strings
- Hi-Beams SS Roundwound
- Sunbeam Nickel Roundwound
- Legend Flatwound

Hofner
- Roundwound
- Flatwound
- Nylon Tapewound

Thomastik-Infeld
- Jazz Roundwound
- Jazz Flatwound

Dogal
- Jaco Carbon Steel Flatwound
- Traditional Vintage Flatwound

Gibson
- Stainless Steel Flatwound
- Brite Wire Roundwound

SIT Strings
- Power Wound Roundwound

Stringjoy
- Nickel Roundwound

Curt Mangan
- Nickel Wound Roundwound

Picato
- Stainless Steel Flatwound

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Galli

Jazz Flats
RSB Nickel rounds
AB Acoustic Bass
MSB Steel Rounds
Saturnino Nickel Rounds
Black Nylon tapewounds
Synthesis Nickel rounds


Pitbull

Nickel rounds

 

[Prodigus Filius]

MTD
Nickel rounds
Stainless rounds

 

[HaphAsSard]

Thomastik-Infeld
- Jazz Roundwound
- Jazz Flatwound
[...]
Curt Mangan
- Nickel Wound Roundwound

Both Thomastik-Infeld and Curt Mangan "short-scale" sets are actually medium-plus: 35.5" ball to silk and 34.75" ball to taper, respectively.

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Newtone

Diamond rounds nickel plate or stainless
Platinum rounds nickel plate or stainless
Shorties rounds nickel plate or stainless