String through lengths

[Bob McAlister]

Now that’s a recollection from a real musician in the trenches!!!!!

Been sporting flat wounds from multiple brands & string thru bridges for nearly 40 years and the only broken string I've experienced was from a cue ball flying off a pool table which hit my Jazz bass [top mount btw] while on a stand during a break.

 

[michael_t]

Newbie question on the bass strings made to go through the body?

I was told this in a music store last year; The string length is one thing, the main question is find a manufacturer that makes a string that will not bend or break when going through the body.
Apparently the angle created by doing this makes the string weak in that position and they often break under tension.

Is this true ?

La Bella is the only company who explicitly warns against "thru-body" method, and the warning only concerns their Deep Talkin' Flatwound.

 

[michael_t]

I would think that the string manufacturers would address ball to taper length, but maybe there’s no room on the package...

GHS is the only company I know of who includes the info on the actual "winding length" right on the package on some of the models. They're also very clear about the winding length on their website.

GHS Pressurewound L7200, 37.25" WIND

 

[iiipopes]

La Bella is the only company who explicitly warns against "thru-body" method, and the warning only concerns their Deep Talkin' Flatwound.

And even at that, they make a version for thru-body stringing: 760FS-TB Deep Talkin’ Bass Flats – Standard 45-105, Thru-Body (labella.com) .

 

[Bob McAlister]

GHS is the only company I know of who includes the info on the actual "winding length" right on the package on some of the models. They're also very clear about the winding length on their website.

GHS Pressurewound L7200, 37.25" WIND

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Great at least one company is hep to our concerns!

 

[Isaac_James]

Great at least one company is hep to our concerns!

GHS make some great strings, I am a big fan of the Pressurewounds myself. They are a rather unique thing. The outer wrap is a round wire that's been rolled into a sort of oval shape, which puts them somewhere between flatwound and roundwound in feel and sound. This itself isn't entirely unheard of, SIT and Rotosound both make something in a similar vein. However on the GHS strings the wrap is also made of an uncommon material, an iron-nickel alloy called Alloy 52. I find that they settle into a sound rich in low-midrange, growly or snarly depending on how hard they're played. They last a good long while and are comfortable and reasonably pliable without being floppy.