Pyramid Gold flats - length

[mikko]

I know some of you are using Pyramid Gold flats on your Rickenbacker basses. Some of you have a short scale violin bass with Pyramid Gold flats. I´d like to know “ball end to silk” measure for both, short and long scale Pyramids. If somebody could take some measures I´d be very grateful.

[brammy]

Not sure what you mean by “ball end to silk”, but measuring Pyramid Gold Flat Low E (.048) string, I see this:

Does that help?

[mikko]

Those are exactly the measures I need to know, thanks. But I need them for bass guitar strings. I´m trying to find suitable strings for my Starfire bass. It has quite unsual(?) 31” scale, so it´s possible that short scale strings are too short (normally 30”) and long scale strings too long (normally 34”). But you never know because measures differs between manufacturers. I´d like to use Pyramid strings and I´m aware that I can order custom made set from them if needed, but I prefer their std sets if possible. It´s much cheaper that way.

[peewee]

Mikko, I can do you one better; one of my best friends is an avid Starfire player as well as a Jack Casady fan and I know that he has used Pyramids in the past as well as LaBellas and TIs. I'll shoot him a note and just ask which strings he used on his. Hold tight...

[peewee]

Mikko,

If your Starfire is the single pickup model, then you'll need the short scale strings (30"). If your bass is a two pickup model, then it'll take the long scale string. My friend says that the silks will overlap the nut a little on all but the D string with the short scale set. All you'll need to do is take a little off the E, A and G strings with a razor blade and you're good!

[mikko]

Thanks! My Starfire is a two pickup model. And yes, Jack Casady´s sound is what I´m looking for, hence the Pyramids. I need to get new pickups too since the original humbuckers aren´t so good.

[peewee]

Pickups?? These always sound really nice:

http://www.hammoneng.com/

[mikko]

Yeah, I hope to have Dark Stars on my Starfire someday.

[brammy]

Oh... a bass... I missed that.

Here ya go: