Rogue VB100 string/brdige issue

[thelimey]

Under recommendation I got some LaBella 'violin bass' flatwounds for my Rogue VB100.
The Rogue stock strings have tiny ball ends so the LaBella and other strings I have tried don't fit into the end of the trapeze bridge (they stick out the back)
Any one else had this problem? Find any solutions?
I was thinking I could get the Hofner trapeze bridge from E-Bay if it fits strings better.

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

There really aren't any "bass" strings with small ball ends besides Fender Bass VI strings (which may be too long for that) and Schecter Hellcat.

What part keeps the strings from passing through? Is boring out the holes an option?

 

[thelimey]

trust me the stock strings on the VB100 have ball end which are about half / 3-4 the size that on regular strings (I owned one of these basses before and had the same issue.
The trapeze has a circular hole at the bottom which you feed the string through and everything except the stock string doesn't seem to go through. When I had this bass before I used Fender flat wounds and two of them popped into the bridge under tension and the other two sat outside.
I ordered a trapeze bridge for a Hofner, hopefully that'll work.

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

I am not saying that it is not true that your bass strings have small ball ends. But usually the ones that do are made specifically for the manufacturer when they release the instrument and are not available in the resale market.

 

[thelimey]

Another Talkbass user on another thread told me you need use Rotosound flats, apparently they have a smaller ball end which works,

 

[daveman50]

Another Talkbass user on another thread told me you need use Rotosound flats, apparently they have a smaller ball end which works,

Not sure about this. Be careful about which set you buy. I don't think the short scale strings are long enough for this bass.

 

[thelimey]

You need medium scale (learned this lesson before).

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Rotosound flats have the same size ball ends, however the tail end is a little thinner than say D'Addario Chromes...

However, the Hofner flats have a tapered tail end even thinner than the rotosounds...

 

[thelimey]

I also posted this on another thread, I swapped the tail piece on the Rogue with a Hofner version and the strings fit on the bass with no issue.
I started playing with the Rogue tail piece and realized there are two nuts on top, when you unscrew them it slides the decrotive part of the tail piece back exposing the holes (allowing strings with larger ball ends to be fitted)
On the bright side I prefer the way the Hofner one looks.

 

[Stdjazz4]

Under recommendation I got some LaBella 'violin bass' flatwounds for my Rogue VB100.
The Rogue stock strings have tiny ball ends so the LaBella and other strings I have tried don't fit into the end of the trapeze bridge (they stick out the back)
Any one else had this problem? Find any solutions?
I was thinking I could get the Hofner trapeze bridge from E-Bay if it fits strings better.

FYI it is still made this way.

Mine happened to pop in when I began tuning it.