Strings for Short scale

[patman]

Considering changing the string on my Danos...right now they have real sweaty Ernie Ball roundwounds on them...

Have used Chromes (too high tension to slap--too artificial sounding in the midrange) and TI Jazz flats (loved everything about them except I kept breaking strings because they are 32 inch scale and had too much stuff wrapped around the tiny little posts) Dadarrio nickel rounds (liked slinkies better)

Am open to rounds or flats--they need to be lower in tension and relatively flexible to do what I do.  They attraction to flats is that it would be nice to put 'em on and leave them for a couple of years.

I'm throwing it out to forum just because experimentation is so expensive...

Was considering GHS Precision flats or ?  Maybe the real light Labellas? or Roto Trubass?

If I get slinkies again--it'll take weeks to get 'em to sound good.

Any ideas??

[leftybass]

Have always had good luck with GHS Precision Flatwounds, not GHS Brite Flats tho'. I use LaBellas on my Hofner, they work great, haven't tried them on any of my other shorties. Rotosound Trubass I love 'em, only possible downside is your nut slots may have to be widened for them to fit.

[ramone57]

I generally buy D'Addario EXL160S Short Scale 50-105.  shorties are hard to come by at most of the local shops except these. 

[leftybass]

Even here in Austin where everyone plays guitar, short-scale bass strings are not easy to find, that's why I use www.juststrings.com

[patman]

leftybass,

Do you use the 96-39 set of Labellas on the Hofner?

What are pyramids like?

[leftybass]

Nope, I use the heavier set, I dont know the guages off the top of my head. I dig 'em.
Pyramids I used for years and they were OK but became absolutely impossible to find, dealers I'd been getting them from since forever were telling me they couldn't get them anymore, so that's when I took a chance on the Labellas and now won't use anything else. They're very punchy all over the neck, our soundman sure likes them, he was always having trouble with the Pyramids, when I'd play high up on the D and G strings the bass would get lost in the mix, and so he was having to use a ton of compression on the bass channel, but no more.

[leftybass]

Here 'tis:

http://www.juststrings.com/lab-760fhbb.html

[Pilgrim]

I've had good luck with flats in general, but Labella Deep Talkin' flats have always been a cut above the rest!

[Saf]

+1 I like them really good on my shorties.

[ilan]

I have four shorties and all of them wear Fender Nickelplated Steel 5250XL's. I wish I could find a long scale set that sounds this good.

[Dave W]

Are the 5250s different from the nickel plated 7250s in some other way besides scale length?

[ilan]

Assuming they are identical in materials and structure, still the scale length and different tension (.040 on a 30" scale) should make them sound different, right? Maybe I should have written, I wish I could find a long scale set that on a long scale bass will have the same tone and feel as the 5250's on my short scales. Especially after they mellow down. Does that make any sense?

I should just go out and get some 7250's, in 34 years of playing bass I have never tried them (it's always been Roto's back in the day, DR's, or TI's).

[lowend1]

I have four shorties and all of them wear Fender Nickelplated Steel 5250XL's. I wish I could find a long scale set that sounds this good.

+1 on these

[leftybass]

+1 on these

How's the tension? I dont know why but I've always thought Fender strings had high tension.

[lowend1]

How's the tension? I dont know why but I've always thought Fender strings had high tension.

Had them on a EB-3 ho that I sold recently. Tension was fine for me, and I generally like a flexible string.