Who plays 40-95 set?

[TheArchitect]

Standard tuning? Scale length? Thinking about trying an A - C tuning. Wo Der what others are doing

 

[michael_t]

Thinking about trying an A - C tuning.

A - C with 40-95? What scale length?

 

[TheArchitect]

34"

95 just a tick heavier than the 85 used for A strings in many sets

 

[michael_t]

34"

I play 40-95 in EADG on 34" scale. Can't imagine up-tuning them by five half steps; it's going to be VERY tight! I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[michael_t]

Using the Stringjoy Tension Calculator just as an example...

40-55-75-95 tuned to EADG:

40-55-75-95 tuned to ADGC:

 

[HaphAsSard]

34"

95 just a tick heavier than the 85 used for A strings in many sets

The problem is indeed not the A: it would be the C. In proportion, a .01" increase in diameter from a customary 030 to your envisioned 040 is quite a bit more than a tick (it would be like going from a 075 A to a 100 A, if you think about it). Assuming it doesn't break before reaching target pitch, or at the first heavy-handed pluck.

 

[TheArchitect]

Fair enough. Who is using this gauge? They seem pretty light for standard tuning.

 

[Passinwind]

Fair enough. Who is using this gauge? They seem pretty light for standard tuning.

I have a set of GHS Pressurewounds in those gauges on a 34” fretless, standard tuning. Not too different than the T-I Jazz Flats I used for many years previously. The PWs are a liitle higher tension, actually. Used to have the light Ernie Ball cobalt flats on the same bass for a while too, about the same tension as the PWs.

 

[bass12]

Close: 40-100 + 120. 35” and 34” basses. Standard tuning but at times I’ve tuned down a half step. I don’t miss the heavier gauges at all.

 

[80jazz]

Fair enough. Who is using this gauge? They seem pretty light for standard tuning.

I do sometimes.

A new bass gets 35-90 to start. Then I see how well it does with it.

 

[logdrum]

Get a DR 6 string set. It's not that much more from fret nation. If you know a local assassin, give him / her the E and B for their garrote.

The pull on the D and G strings will mess your neck. Going custom set costs more.

 

[Just Wrong]

Of the too many flatwounds I've tried, my favourites are the GHS Precision Flats 45-95 standard tuning.

 

[moon-bass]

I use a set of the Victor Wooten super lights on my Fodera YYS. They work great.

 

[micguy]

Fair enough. Who is using this gauge? They seem pretty light for standard tuning.

I use 40-55-70-95-130 on some of my basses (standard 5 string tuning at 24 inch scale length). The rest use Kaliums, which come in at 37-51-70-94-130. If you measure the actual diameter of the Kaliums (with calipers), they usually come in a thousandth or two smaller than the stated gauge. Both those sets work great at standard tuning - in the low to mid 30's pounds of tension. Your suggested gauges (as shown by the tension calculator) will be in the low 60's tension wise - that will be hard on your neck, and you may end up breaking strings at that tension - all depends on how thick the cores are.

A note on strings that are "too light - I like low tension, and a 130 B is about 35 pounds tension, which matches the rest of the set. Most 5 string sets have a 120 or a 125 for the B. That means rest of the set is at much higher tension than I like, and the B is lower in tension than I like. Floppy B strings are not a "bass" phenomenon - they're a string issue.

 

[smarthound]

I used to use Rotosound Swing Bass 66 double ball end strings in 40-95. Now most of my basses are strung 45-105, with two or three with 40-100.

 

[cxc]

I have set of Rotosound 40-95 on a 1991 SR800. Standard tuning. Work fine. Almost maxed out truss rod so trying to keep the tension down.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I have a set of Chromes (40-55-75-95) that is currently on my Guild B-301. I bought them in '03 and they have graced a few different basses since then.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I use a set of the Victor Wooten super lights on my Fodera YYS. They work great.

I bought a set of those to put on my old 2030GF (sig. strings on a sig. bass).

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

I use 40-95 for EADG. My basses are all shortscale.

 

[Dust2Dust]

Use the Top 4 from this