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Old 12-22-2008, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Adrian Juras View Post
When I had Chordas on my 7/8 Czech, the strings were at about 8 mm on the G and 12 on the E. I guess you could go a bit higher, but it was comfortable right there. I'll never understand how Blanton played his bass the way it was set up. When you have that much space between the strings and the fingerboard it starts to feel very awkward.
I looked just now after lowering them a notch the other day and they are at 5.5mm/G and 10.5mm/E .. This has something to do with the curve of the fingerboard as well. The Bass is easily convertible back to Orchestra settings for steels.
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