strings for roscoe beck bass

You need to ask for "Super Longs" - the best I used were D'Addario Slowounds - noticably better sound than anything else.

There is a problem with RB5s though, that is known about by Fender and is one of the reasons I started visiting forums like this one.

So - when they spray the paint for the finish, some of it gets in the holes that go through the body for the strings. On mine (and others I learned) the paint had built up to be so thick that I couldn't get a B string through.

But there is a very simple fix - just use a small screwdriver and scrape away the paint on the side of the hole for the B string on the inside of the body - being careful of course not to scratch the finish on the outside!!

Seriously it is very easy to do and before I could get no B strings to fit through, but after it was easy!

 

I have a Roscoe Beck also and I have never had that problem. If you keep having that problem just string it thru the bridge. I have done it both way's just to see if there was a difference, I must say there was none that I could tell. I have strung T.I's, Dean Markey's, High beams all thru the body.

 

You need Super Longs - Longs don't always work.