I did see the string spec on the website but on the fender web store or doing an Internet search, I can not find the 7250ms strings. I only saw 5250 short scale strings. Hmm, maybe they just put long scale strings on it.
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The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club
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I saw one up in a store today. Didn't play it but it was light as a feather.
Always have used the 45-100 sets, so 100 gauge E string.
Heh. Almost all my players are in the 6 - 7 pound range. It's always a shock when I pick up my 11 pound Stingkitty.~
These days, I would say/do the same about ANY lightweight bass.
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Let me start off by saying I consider myself a beginner and I joined talk bass to try and gain knowledge on all things bass. My first instrument is guitar but I’ve always wanted to play bass. So jere I am in my late 40s and since quarantining started I decide to give this a real go.... Now when I contacted Ernie Ball at the beginning of August about using the EB reg slinky shorty strings on the mini p they said the EB shorty string may not be compatible b/c they were designed for a 30.5” scale. So I assumed you couldn’t use those or long scale strings on a shorty. If I use longer scale strings Is there anything different I need to do when putting them on? Also I’ve heard people comment on you tube videos about people not wrapping bass strings correctly. Could anyone Please enlighten me? Thank you
What they're talking about is the fat part of the string - the winding - being too long, and wrapping around the tuner post.
Some people don't mind the winding wrapping around the post, some do.
Some strings don't like having the winding wrapped on the post, some it makes no difference.
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The irony is that in those particular gauges, D'Addario Chromes DO come in short and medium scale as well, and even in 'Super Long'.
But try to find a walk-in music store [even the big ones like L&M] where they are hanging on the rack !
Again, there is still no respect for bass players, after all these years !
Rodney Dangerfield must have been a bass player in another life, and/or wherever he is now.
I have gotten so that if I want to buy bass strings lately, I order them online, as having a local store source them would usually cost me more for the product, plus anywhere from $12 to $30 gas (not 'GAS', but gasoline, hehehe
) to go to get them when they reached the store.If I wanted Chromes, I might shop here :
D'Addario ECB81S Short Scale Chromes Flat Wound Electric Bass Strings Regular Light 45-100
Examine the pulldown to see how many variations there seem to be, that these folks carry.
And sometimes they waive shipping to Canada on orders $35 USD and up.
Another decent place is here :
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I have shopped at both places, and so far, so good, though there are some strings which only one or the other carries.
Each claims to be able to do special orders too, if they already carry the brand which you want.
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Are you referring to a model of bass which Sting plays/played, or to a MM Stingray ?
I sit down to play now, after during 2016 'coming out of retirement' from playing, but even so, my Ric 4001 feels heavy these days, at somewhere between 9 and 10 pounds, if it is the same as most.
Part of why I came to TB was to look into new lighter gear, both instruments, amps, and speakers, and I have learned plenty here.
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That' crazy !
Were these actually mass-produced, or was this a customized bass ?
And your cat is napping.
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I picked it up used for €35... it was already plaid when I got it. I redid the headstock decal, and added stickers. Details in this thread :~
That' crazy !
Were these actually mass-produced, or was this a customized bass ?
And your cat is napping.
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The Hello Kitty Bass Project
actually it was rerouted recently and fitted with a pair of fender 70s vintage jazz pickups, and it sounds wonderful. my husband's planning to make it a new pickguard either this or next weekend
yeah. the EQ we used and the duncan pickup didn't totally fulfill my desire for a stingray sound, and after i bought my husband a squier 70s classic vibe jazz bass, i fell in love with the tone. i have shoulder issues, so i can't always play long scale basses, and there was the mikro... the fender vintage '70s pickups are so good, and we replaced the pots and caps - and that jazz sound is a great contrast as most of my basses are PJs.
if they still make the short scale stingray in a few months, i'll grab one. if i have ergonomic issues, we'll drop the pickups and all the guts into another mikro or maybe a bronco
Got it.
Will wait for the Mikro Stingray then
if i can comfortably play the short scale sterling ray, i'll just leave it; otherwise, mikros have been very good to me
