Shortscale strings

[pickergrinner]

Hey ya'll, I've got one of those squier bronco shortscale basses and was wondering if it is ok to put longscale strings on and just cut them down?? Thanks in advance for your help.

[fretless]

 

Hey ya'll, I've got one of those squier bronco shortscale basses and was wondering if it is ok to put longscale strings on and just cut them down?? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

 

pretty sure Fender makes a set for that bass , you usually can not as the tuning pegs are to small for the larger ga strings .

[fretless]

or the string can't wrap around with it's full ga. thickness , most strings reduce to fewer windings at the end to facilitate wrapping cleanly on the peg .

[misterhinkydink]

 

or the string can't wrap around with it's full ga. thickness , most strings reduce to fewer windings at the end to facilitate wrapping cleanly on the peg .

 

 

+1 Better to get some short scale strings.

[Saturday]

just cut them down. any bassist that i know that plays short-scale (myself inclued) cut them down. no problem with that. one good suggestion is to use higher-gauge strings - due to the lack of tension for the smaller scale.

[pickergrinner]

Thanks...got a set to cut down since I couldn't find any in town and didn't want to wait...I got a GFS lil killer rail pu, new pots/knobs, and black pickguard. We'll see how it goes...