Fender Mustang Strings

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Well the answer is kind of apparent but still strange.

Since the string through bkdy bridges can mess up or unravel the silk I used the D string for tasting.

Here's the string on my Mustang body/Bronco neck bass. I dyed the silks as I have in the past, hate the bright green color.

Anyway, you can see the small sharpie mark at the nut.

So I took it off and measured it, 32 1/2 and not 32 3/4 as labeled on the package. But it works.

Pit it on the stock Squier Mustang. Not the same position, you can see the sharpie mark.

Body dimensions, ferrules, bridge measurements all check out. Very weird to wirk on one and not the other. So for now I stay with 2 basses with flats and 2 with GHS nickels.

 

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Love it when you type a message on your phone and then notice the mistakes past the allowed edit time.

 

[HaphAsSard]

Love it when you type a message on your phone and then notice the mistakes past the allowed edit time.

's just how it wirks sometomes.

 

[iiipopes]

Glad you found it out. I would contact @Jon Moody and send him all the pix you posted to see if you can get a warranty replacement.

 

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Glad you found it out. I would contact @Jon Moody and send him all the pix you posted to see if you can get a warranty replacement.

Not familiar with this person, aside from being a member here is he affiliated with GHS?

They work on 2 of my parts basses but they are clearly shorter than the packaging indicates and don't work on the bass I intended them for. My mistake for dying the silks before measuring, didn't even consider there being issues. So can't return them.

 

[iiipopes]

Not familiar with this person, aside from being a member here is he affiliated with GHS?

They work on 2 of my parts basses but they are clearly shorter than the packaging indicates and don't work on the bass I intended them for. My mistake for dying the silks before measuring, didn't even consider there being issues. So can't return them.

Jon Moody is head of R&D at GHS.

 

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Jon Moody is head of R&D at GHS.

Ok, that makes sense. We've mentioned him with quotes now so he should be alerted. I will respond with any info if asked.

Thanks @iiipopes

 

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Jon Moody is head of R&D at GHS.

I did message him, as I said I don't expect a refund but more a heads up if anything.

So now I need to find some strings that are similar to the GHS BPN's for this oddball Mustang.

 

[iiipopes]

So now I need to find some strings that are similar to the GHS BPN's for this oddball Mustang.

La Bella Mustang thru-body flats:
760F-MUS Flat Wounds for Through Body 30″ Scale

 

[HaphAsSard]

I did message him, as I said I don't expect a refund but more a heads up if anything.

So now I need to find some strings that are similar to the GHS BPN's for this oddball Mustang.

Just put them back and leave 'em to stretch for a while. Put a pencil or similar under them at the 1st fret, so that they're raised over the nut and the silk doesn't get caught at the slots while stretching. Tune them up a half-step to (slightly) accellerate the process.

 

[Jon Moody]

They work on 2 of my parts basses but they are clearly shorter than the packaging indicates and don't work on the bass I intended them for. My mistake for dying the silks before measuring, didn't even consider there being issues. So can't return them.

That's definitely a bummer. The silk is applied by hand, so while they do their best to be as accurate as they can every time, reasonable tolerances are still built into the cycle. And it's usually about +/- .25" which is what you're seeing here.

That said, you can still reach out and see if they'll be able to help you out.

Jon Moody is head of R&D at GHS.

Was.

My last day was Friday. I loved my decade there, but I found a job locally that has some growth opportunities that I'm fairly excited about.

 

[iiipopes]

That's definitely a bummer. The silk is applied by hand, so while they do their best to be as accurate as they can every time, reasonable tolerances are still built into the cycle. And it's usually about +/- .25" which is what you're seeing here.

That said, you can still reach out and see if they'll be able to help you out.




Was.

My last day was Friday. I loved my decade there, but I found a job locally that has some growth opportunities that I'm fairly excited about.

Jon, congrats and best wishes on your new position.

 

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La Bella Mustang thru-body flats:
760F-MUS Flat Wounds for Through Body 30″ Scale
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Thanks for the suggestion but I tried a set if those and found them to be high tension and very dark sounding.

Just put them back and leave 'em to stretch for a while. Put a pencil or similar under them at the 1st fret, so that they're raised over the nut and the silk doesn't get caught at the slots while stretching. Tune them up a half-step to (slightly) accellerate the process.

Interesting but that seems like a long distance for any string to stretch. If you look at the photo it's almost 1/2 the distance of the first fret. Thanks though.

That's definitely a bummer. The silk is applied by hand, so while they do their best to be as accurate as they can every time, reasonable tolerances are still built into the cycle. And it's usually about +/- .25" which is what you're seeing here.

That said, you can still reach out and see if they'll be able to help you out.




Was.

My last day was Friday. I loved my decade there, but I found a job locally that has some growth opportunities that I'm fairly excited about.

Thanks for responding anyway.

 

[HaphAsSard]

Interesting but that seems like a long distance for any string to stretch. If you look at the photo it's almost 1/2 the distance of the first fret. Thanks though.

I'm looking at it, and the only stretch required would be for the silk to clear the nut. A few millimetres, then, and strings do stretch that much. Do the other three strings sit differently?

 

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I'm looking at it, and the only stretch required would be for the silk to clear the nut. A few millimetres, then, and strings do stretch that much. Do the other three strings sit differently?

No the winding is 32 1/2 on all the strings and sit at roughly this point in the first fret. But the same strings fit on my other Squier Mustang body.

I'm not as confused that the winding us shorter than indicated on the package, mistakes happen. Why they work on one Squier Mustang and not another is far more perplexing.