Wanna try some pure blues, I'm mostly a flats man but would like to try them on my short scale bass. They don't make a short scale set, alternatives?
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Pure blues but short scale
- Thread starter drewphishesp
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I would also love to see a pure blues short scale set.
I usually end up with sunbeams on my shorties
I usually end up with sunbeams on my shorties
GHS Balanced Nickels. God's gift to short-scale bass players. That is all I play on my 30" travel bass. They are, as the name implies: balanced string-to-string and up the neck. Not thuddy or twangy. Proper tension for the shorter scale. Big, round tone that mellows into that organic goodness of the "golden era" Fender flats. Relatively inexpensive; they last a long, long, time. I played a set through two of my party band's annual trips to Mexico on the Pacific coast, where the salt air kills other strings. Yeah, I changed the E-string, but that was more about me than anything else.
From DRs own packaging:
"ROUND core wire, by definition, has no edges. Hex core has 6. So, at DR we flatten the round core wire to create an anchor for the wrap wire to grip the core wire.
We flatten a small section of the core wire at a spot that should lie past the nut at the top of the fingerboard, and between the tuning machines of your instrument. This flat section provides an anchor for the wrap wire to grip the core wire. You should be able to feel this flattened area between your fingers as you touch the end of the string opposite the ball end.
Without the anchor the string is likely to unwind, go "dead," and fail to intonate properly.
If you need to cut or trim your strings between the anchor (the flattened section) and the ball end...carefully and severely bend, or "crimp," your string as illustrated. The severe bend (crimp) will provide an anchor for the round core.
In some instances properly installing the strings and then cutting or trimming the excess wire will suffice to avoid wrap wire coming loose from round cores."
"ROUND core wire, by definition, has no edges. Hex core has 6. So, at DR we flatten the round core wire to create an anchor for the wrap wire to grip the core wire.
We flatten a small section of the core wire at a spot that should lie past the nut at the top of the fingerboard, and between the tuning machines of your instrument. This flat section provides an anchor for the wrap wire to grip the core wire. You should be able to feel this flattened area between your fingers as you touch the end of the string opposite the ball end.
Without the anchor the string is likely to unwind, go "dead," and fail to intonate properly.
If you need to cut or trim your strings between the anchor (the flattened section) and the ball end...carefully and severely bend, or "crimp," your string as illustrated. The severe bend (crimp) will provide an anchor for the round core.
In some instances properly installing the strings and then cutting or trimming the excess wire will suffice to avoid wrap wire coming loose from round cores."
