Epi EB-0 strings

[Mo Boogs]

I took a $99 Epiphone EB-0 I bought in Craigslist, upgraded the pickup to a nice D’addario bucker, removed the treble resistor and put in the 69’d diodes and got two things I need:

Strings for short scale bass? Is there such a thing? And flat wounds or rounds for Jack bruce tone?

SG bass volume and treble knobs. Where’s the cheapest place to get those? I gotta get rid of the crappy chrome ones that came on this.

 

[ajkula66]

Rounds vs. flats is a matter of personal preference. To me, these basses have enough bottom as it is so I'd go with rounds. But if you're after Bruce's ton, flats are - along with a few other important pieces - the way to go.

DR Hi Beam are my current preferred SS rounds.

 

[Mo Boogs]

Rounds vs. flats is a matter of personal preference. To me, these basses have enough bottom as it is so I'd go with rounds. But if you're after Bruce's ton, flats are - along with a few other important pieces - the way to go.

DR Hi Beam are my current preferred SS rounds.

Do flats add more bottom? After installing the shotke diodes and running direct into my V-4B with the gain cranked or into my VT bass into any amp I’m nailing that JB tone. Do they sell shorter strings made for shortscale Basses? The reason I ask this is because some longer strings, particularly the ones on my bass are tapered at the end so if I shorten them to prevent big coil wraps the normal thickness of the E string doesn’t fit in the string hole in the tuner.

 

[ajkula66]

Hi Beams that I've referred to are short scale. You can also go with GHS, D'Addario, Ernie Ball, Ken Smith, Rotosound, Fender...all of them offer short-scale rounds.

I'm not a flats player so my take is that of you're happy with the rounds in your current setup, leave it as is.

 

[Ukko]

Jack Bruce used SIT Stainless Power Steels (50-105) in his later years. He was a SIT endorser.