Thomastic infeld jazz flats string through?

[Garret Graves]

Hi all!
I have Fender American Standard basses that I would like to string through the body with TI Jazz flats. I would like to know if anyone has done this- do they fit, or do they come up too short coming through the body? I've used D'Addario Chromes and the 'long scale' are just a bit too short for string through and I needed to buy super long scale strings to fit! That made me angry. The silks would have been forward of the nut and that's not right. TI s are too expensive to buy only to find I can't string through and have me cursing and shaking my fist at the sky screaming 'WHYYY!' and collapse into a crying, whimpering fetal position. Anybody have experience with this?
Thanks in advance!

 

[ahc]

I've got TI flats strung thru the body on my 95 Am Std Jazz. No problems, and though it's been a while, I do believe they were regular long scale... not extra long.

 

[SeaBassTheFish]

Just took some measurements of mine on 3 basses. Interestingly, the length from silk to silk varies a little from set to set. But one thing that's consistent is that the E string is a little shorter, only about 35" (plus change) from silk to silk, while the others are about an inch longer. Silk on the ball end is approx one inch. These are very approximate measurements since I am looking at them currently strung up.

So my guess is that the E might be just barely too short to string though. IDK though because I don't have string-thru basses, so I don't know how much more string you need.
Good luck!

 

[Kael]

I used to have a fretless Fender J strung with some TI flats. I strung that instrument through the body and had no issues with the silks needing to be trimmed back.

 

[Garret Graves]

Thanks all- thanks for taking measurements Seabass! Looking so far like I'll do it, unless people start waving red flags I guess.

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Standard Long Scale should work...

JF324 = 36" Ball to Silk (Their Short Scale Set)
JF344 = 37" Ball to Silk (Long Scale)
JF364 = 39" Ball to Silk (Super Long)

 

[Garret Graves]

Standard Long Scale should work...

JF324 = 36" Ball to Silk (Their Short Scale Set)
JF344 = 37" Ball to Silk (Long Scale)
JF364 = 39" Ball to Silk (Super Long)

Thanks-According to that list it should- where did you pull that list from?

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Thanks-According to that list it should- where did you pull that list from?

The information is available for all on my website in my sig.

I measured them :-D

 

[Garret Graves]

The information is available for all on my website in my sig.

I measured them :-D

Fantastic! I'll be visiting that site today
Thanks

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Sweet!

They call the "Short Scale" set short scale when its really more along the lines of a longer Medium Scale set. Its a good thing the E string is flexible enough to go around posts!

 

[Garret Graves]

Finally got around to buying the Long Scale (standard size) and they fit great! Still too soon to judge the strings, but so far they have a great tone. They are low tension compared to the Chromes I've had on for the past 6 months.