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Hello-
I'm new to this forum and new to Guild. I've had basses from everyone, including Rickenbacker, G&L, Fender, MusicMan, Kramer, Carvin, Squier, etc. I just got a Guild Starfire 1 bass and absolutely love it, but prefer flat wound strings. I did a lot of online review watching and was left without a definitive choice. It seemed like they require medium scale like the through-body Fender Mustang, which is also technically "short scale." My local dealer had the Dunlop flats 45/105 and the Daddario XL Chrome flats 45/100. From what I had read, medium scale required because of the long distance to the bridge. Long story short, the medium scale strings are slightly too long.
Looks like either I need long scale or I can figure out a way to remove the silk on the E and A strings?
Thanks in advance,
Brad
I'm new to this forum and new to Guild. I've had basses from everyone, including Rickenbacker, G&L, Fender, MusicMan, Kramer, Carvin, Squier, etc. I just got a Guild Starfire 1 bass and absolutely love it, but prefer flat wound strings. I did a lot of online review watching and was left without a definitive choice. It seemed like they require medium scale like the through-body Fender Mustang, which is also technically "short scale." My local dealer had the Dunlop flats 45/105 and the Daddario XL Chrome flats 45/100. From what I had read, medium scale required because of the long distance to the bridge. Long story short, the medium scale strings are slightly too long.
Looks like either I need long scale or I can figure out a way to remove the silk on the E and A strings?
Thanks in advance,
Brad