Nice bass! Is that a orange tabby on the chair?
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Man I wish that comes in the Texas long horn burst. Love the generous string spacing.
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The Longhorn I had was pretty much a burned-orange burst. So, being from Austin and a University of Texas alumnus, I considered it a Texas Longhorn bass. Hook ‘em, Horns! 
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STOP!!! I’m now gassing over one of these!!
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Excellent. My work here is done. 
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cats = derailment
I have two, a short scale and medium scale. 7 months old and 9 weeks old. The seven month old wants to sit on me when I play sitting down.
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I have ordered a very cheap short scale bass now to convert to fretless:
Looking forward to the procedure!
I want to use flatwound strings, and I understand that La Bella Deep Talkin Bass are the best choice!?
There are two different sets available: La Bella 760FL-S Deep Talkin Bass (.043, .060, .082, .104) and La Bella 760FM-S Deep Talkin Bass (.049, .069, .089, .109).
For my fretted short scales I prefer 105 strings instead of 100 … is this also the right choice for a fretless short scale, or should I go for a heavier 109?
I play some Drop D songs, so heavier is better?
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Still no choice made 
@Al1885 ? @faydout ? @Wombat-metal ? @MikeC ? Ferris Bueller?
Strings for a short scale fretless bass.
These are the options so far:
- Strings: .045, .065, .085, .105
- String gauges: .049, .069, .089, .109
- Strings: .043, .060, .082, .104
- Gauges: 049", .062", .084", .108"
- Gauge: 045-060-075-095
- Thicknesses: .043, .056, .070, .106
I know that the GHS 3070 don’t have a smooth feel, but are otherwise great. I would rule them out.
Also this forum seems to prefer the La Bella Deep Talking.
But should I go lighter, or heavier?
I don’t know; there’s a lot of support for the TI jazz flats on the forum. They get my vote! Seems the higher price in the States puts a lot off but not particularly high for us this side of the pond.
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Those are catagorized as short scale on the Thomann website, but in fact they seem to be 32", not 30".
So those might not fit
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Yeah TI themselves label them as short scale 32" and long scale 34". I have them for my long scale headless so I can’t remember but I might have got the short scale anyway as there’s no winding onto a tuner. I honestly can’t remember and haven’t got the packaging down here with me.
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These shorties are getting pretty popular I see. Quite a few more on the market.
I never thought I’d buy one but when I decided to begin giving lessons again while sitting it made sense. I’m playing mine (Sire U5) more often these days getting my fingers and hand more accustomed to it’s scale length. It’s a very solid bass.
Interestingly enough while I see many opt for flats on theirs I went the other direction with some higher gauge stiffer feeling hex core rounds. The dynamic range of the bass actually makes it very easy to tone down the high end and give me a very clean transparent low end. I’ll mute it when I want even more “thud”.
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This is all personal choice and all, but these have been my least favorite strings that I’ve tried so far. I’ve got a drawer in my music room with sets of strings that I’ve tried and replaced for something else. The brite flats are the only strings I bought brand new, tried, took off and threw away. IMO, they take on the worst aspects of flats and rounds. On the other hand, the pressurewounds from GHS have been my favorites for the exact opposite reason. No clue if they make them for short scale. They aren’t necessarily smooth the way flats are but they’re a whole lot smoother than rounds (the feel of rounds under my fingers is my least favorite thing about them). They retain a lot of the punchyness of rounds, and give you some of the thump of flats. They also cut through in mixes very well.
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The thicker gauge would help keep more tension when you downtune a shorty, eh?
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I’d go for the LaBella 760FS-S. I have a similar set on a Mustang (760F-MUS, 43-104) and they feel and sound great
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It would but I’m not likely to ever down tune a 30" scale bass. I just needed more tension in general than the stock strings but didn’t want to go that route of flats.
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Up to Drop D it’s really not an issue. I use Daddario EXL160S on my my fretted short scales and they’re great for Drop D (though I next time I’ll take .110").
In fact they are top on my list. But: @Al1885 made a remark somewhere about lighter gauges being better for fretless short scale!?
Personally I like heavier better, but perhaps fretless short scales obey to different rules???
If I don’t find convincing reasons to go otherwise, LaBella 760FS-S will be my choice!
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