Short scale basses: "So good" or "no good"??

[Chuckchuck]

Paul McCartney maybe?

He's used it for heavier stuff then the Beatles too though

Right. I meant John said that, about Paul.

[Chuckchuck]

Speaking of shortscale, I put an alnico3 magnet under the neck pickup, & an alnico2 under the bridge pickup (cheap Douglas violin bass). Noticeable improvement.
I felt like it struggled to cut through prior to the addl magnets, & could only do so with boosts stacked on boosts.

Epiphone EB-0 doesn't need more magnets nor can it fit any under there.

[Mudfuzz]

Speaking of shortscale, I put an alnico3 magnet under the neck pickup, & an alnico2 under the bridge pickup (cheap Douglas violin bass). Noticeable improvement.
I felt like it struggled to cut through prior to the addl magnets, & could only do so with boosts stacked on boosts.

Epiphone EB-0 doesn't need more magnets nor can it fit any under there.

Epiphone EB-0 pickups are very under powered compared to what it should be, that type of pickup when made correctly should be at 30K, the magnets go on the side not the bottom, an EB pickup the coils are on their side with the poles coming up between the two coils.

[Chuckchuck]

Mine doesn't sound bad so I doubt ill pursue the Gibson pickup. At least low priority.

[DarkAxel]

so speaking of short scale...

I might soon buy an old hollowbody bass, presumably a 60/70's Musima. some 32" of scale. Why is it so fucking hard to buy strings for it

will probably end up getting the D'Addario Tapewounds I tried them on a Hofner Beetle Bass once and damn, fun! Plus I want to go for more of the vintage soul vibe. Also slides and creating black holes when getting nasty with it

any other tips for medium scale strings, preferably flats or tapes?

[Chankgeez]

I've always wanted to try the Thomastik flats, but never have because "cash outlay = cray".

[Mudfuzz]

I've always wanted to try the Thomastik flats, but never have because "cash outlay = cray".

They are pretty damn badass, really bouncy sounding

[DarkAxel]

I can get them for quite decent price (similar to the D'Addarios) but they only do Short or Long scale and i'm not sure which one would be good as either could be too short/long

[Mudfuzz]

They work on a 32" [medium] just fine, can't say about on a 34" though… I use D'Addarios on my SS bass but it has big old school type tuners so I don't have issue...

[DarkAxel]

in all honesty... repress of Ulver's Perdition City left me buying a third record in a month, which I usually don't do might get the bass and get the strings later so there's time to ponder

if torn between the D'addario tapes and TI flats, what would you recommend? For a really warm, round and full sound that could get all tick-tock with a pick and would turn into a massive cushion of fuzz with... fuzz...

(I just have zero experience with tapes aside from liking them on the Hofner)

OH the main thing is to have a sound that's totally different from my sort of dry and in-your-face P/J which has Fender flats on it. I don't really want rounds since playing flats is pretty much the normal thing for me now.

[wafl]

I would say go for the thomstiks only because I didn't like the daddario flats. I'm using labellas on a long scale and they sound great for that soul and motown sort of vibe.

[Chuckchuck]

so speaking of short scale...

I might soon buy an old hollowbody bass, presumably a 60/70's Musima. some 32" of scale. Why is it so fucking hard to buy strings for it

will probably end up getting the D'Addario Tapewounds I tried them on a Hofner Beetle Bass once and damn, fun! Plus I want to go for more of the vintage soul vibe. Also slides and creating black holes when getting nasty with it

any other tips for medium scale strings, preferably flats or tapes?

I don't think tapeswounds will give you much diversity. IMO there's a limit to what you can get out of them but if you want that dark tape sound then there's no substitute.
I prefer LaBella flats (see Carvin site--those strings are LaBellas).

[Chuckchuck]

Clarification: the Carvin brand/no name strings are made by LaBella. They used to say so on the product page.
http://www.carvinguitars.com/group/bass_strings

[sears]

In defense of the Thomastiks, they last forever. But so do Labellas.

[Mudfuzz]

so speaking of short scale...

I might soon buy an old hollowbody bass, presumably a 60/70's Musima. some 32" of scale. Why is it so fucking hard to buy strings for it

will probably end up getting the D'Addario Tapewounds I tried them on a Hofner Beetle Bass once and damn, fun! Plus I want to go for more of the vintage soul vibe. Also slides and creating black holes when getting nasty with it

any other tips for medium scale strings, preferably flats or tapes?

I don't think tapeswounds will give you much diversity. IMO there's a limit to what you can get out of them but if you want that dark tape sound then there's no substitute.

Yeah tapes don't give you a warner sound they give you the sound of a string wrapped in electrical tape.. it's more of an attempt to get a "thunk" sound on the attack similar to an upright bass, they are interesting sounding but I never considered them any "warner" than other flats like TI or Labella