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Vintage fender neck strings

#21
damos said:
Very Thin fingerboard !
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If your fingerboard did not come this way from the factory I suspect whoever planed it gave you the bungle my neck up fam special. Your fingerboard looks uneven the E string side looks like its had a lot more material removed than the G side, I usually only see them this bad on luck of the draw lemon necks on factory orders from china. Lighter gauge strings are better for nearly any neck in proper shape iregardless of vintage status, the less total pound of tension the neck has to deal equates to less risk of the necks shape deforming into a state that inpairs its function.
 
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No it’s a 68 Neck, not Chinese material
Thanks
 

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Ok so I think I know what youre asking. If youre hesitant to put high tension strings on the bass your best bet for nickel rounds is TI JAZZ FLATS or TI JAZZ ROUNDS. SUPER low tension both from playing and on the neck. Sound great too, even if theyre a little expensive. I have experience with both, I specifically really liked the rounds
 
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damos said:
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This possibility is exactly why I said "As long as the neck is in sound and basically original condition..." What you have there is very much not that.

That fretboard has been radically planned down. Even the black side dot maker at the 19th fret is showing through the top edge of the white neck binding.

That's not a string issue, that's a neck issue. If that were my bass I'd retire that neck.
 
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Hello
It’s the last and second planification and refretted of the fingerboard after that I know it’s time to change the fingerboard , but all is fine and no fretbuzz or dead note with this neck now!
 

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Yahboy said:
How about Dunlop Super bright nickel 40-100 give your vintage J a start ?

She has thinner hex core inside and thinner outer winding give you smoother playing feel and less fretted noise.

i been installed a set SBN 40-100 on my Bacchus jazz bass. Here is my personal favor low action setup.

Neck relief .010 on 7th fret check point.
Action 1.6mm E, 1.5mm A. 1.4mm D and 1.3mm G.

Medium plucking hand and no fret buzzing.

Tone are warmth, sweet, relax and crisp. Dunlop SBN are crispy version of DR Sunbeam to me.

If you able find a Pre-2010 Fender 7150XL , this bass string absolutely sound great on both J and P bass.

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The current Fender 7150s are just as good or better
 
#29
Root 5 said:
The current Fender 7150s are just as good or better
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I been bought a new 7150L (OEM by d'addario) compare to Pre-mexi 7150XL , both completely different in tonal and string playing feel. The new 7150 has rough string surface and pretty stiff , something like GHS boomer. Meanwhile the new 7150 has lower output level too.

I think you will say XL vs L are not fair, but the new 7150L are truly sitff.
 
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Yahboy said:
I been bought a new 7150L (OEM by d'addario) compare to Pre-mexi 7150XL , both completely different in tonal and string playing feel. The new 7150 has rough string surface and pretty stiff , something like GHS boomer. Meanwhile the new 7150 has lower output level too.

I think you will say XL vs L are not fair, but the new 7150L are truly sitff.
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I agree they are stiff
 
#31
Considering what has been done to your bass's neck? I'd have to agree with the "low tension" suggestions. I don't use them just for their low tension, but both the TI Jazz Flats and the Jazz Rounds might be a good idea. The La Bella Low Tension Flexible Flats? They're designed to feel like "normal" stiff flats, but their actual pounds-of-pull-to-tension is actually about 6 lbs. less than the TI Jazz Flats. High tension strings are what caused that neck's problem originally; if it were mine? I think I'd give it less tension to deal with...:cool:
 
#32
You could use high tension strings but down tune to spare a neck experiencing issues.
For example, two popular downtunings, BEAD and DGCF would give the neck a breather compared to E standard. You could get a 5iver set and get two tunings from the 5 gauges in the set. You would only need to swap out the 130 to the 105 to go from BEAD to DGCF
Here are Rotosound 77 monel tensions for a 34" scale in both tunings and the gauges

BEAD with Rotosound 77 Flats RS775LD
B0 - .130 / 41.13 lbs
E1 - .085 / 30.00 lbs
A1 - .065 / 32.92 lbs
D2 - .045 / 32.23 lbs
TT = 136.28 lbs
DGCF with Rotosound 77 flats RS775LD
D1 - .105 / 35.46 lbs
G1 - .085 / 42.30 lbs
C2 - .065 / 46.54 lbs
F2 - .045 / 45.59 lbs
TT = 169.89 lbs
By comparison a 34" slung with 45-105 typical rounds has 180ish lbs of TT.
Of course, as mentioned you can go straight for a low tension string like TI flats and stick to E standard. The TT of a set of TI 43-100's JF324 is around 140 lbs
 
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