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(More customer reviews)I picked up a set of these strings from JustStrings for $28.91 so I could restring my wife's Fender Mustang. I sure felt like an idiot when they came up WAY too short. The Mustang is a 30" SHORT SCALE bass guitar. Am I missing something here? The only thing I can come up with is this: the string routing on a Mustang is through-the-body so D'addario might want to check this out and realize that their strings don't fit all short scale bass guitars. What a waste of time and money. I hope my review keeps you from making the same mistake I did. I hardly ever post a review but I thought ya'll had to know.
UPDATE: (2/20/10)... I emailed D'addario explaining the problem and they quickly responded with the following: (pasted verbatim)
(quote) "You can't always tell which strings you need just by the scale length of
your bass. Some basses are strung through the body, and the distances
from the bridge to where the ball-end locks in, and the distance from
the nut to the tuning pegs are not always exact. The best way to figure
out the scale length would be to perform the following test:
1) Mark the lowest pitched string (while on your bass) at the nut
with a marker.
2) Remove the string
3) Measure the distance from the inner edge of the ball end the
mark you just made.
4) Record this length and refer to the following chart.
Length String Set Scale
Up to 32' D'Addario Short
32" - 34" D'Addario Medium
34" - 36" D'Addario Long
36" - 38" D'Addario Super Long (unquote)
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D'Addario Chromes Flatwound Bass strings are famed for their smooth feel and warm, mellow tone. The strings are wound using an outer flattened, "ribbon" wire which is then polished to a smooth finish. Chromes deliver a deep, rich low end tone that's ideal for jazz and R&B, but also has applications in contemporary pop music.
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