I must admit even silk colour is a factor, can’t have a purple bass without purple strings
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@Whying_Dutchman - a good gauge to determine if you’ve found the perfect strings or not is when your drawer of “strings I don’t like” is full or not.
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Haha this ^
I have 5 sets of flat wounds sitting in a drawer to prove this very salient point.
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True. Both Fender and Slinky require some sort of lubricants to break them in but aside from initial roughness the strings perform well. NYXLs are also very good when it’s on sales I’d buy a few.
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I bought a set of Curt Mangan strings once to try them out after a recommendation from the owner of the local music store in Flagstaff, Arizona Music Pro. The G string snapped while bringing it up to tune. That’s the only string that’s ever snapped on me. I had to put my old strings back on until I could buy something else. Never got a chance to play the Mangan strings. Never bought a second set.
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Ah, cool!
They were on my short (-string) list, as well as Pyramid Rockshort S.
Also Thomastik-Infeld JF324 Jazz Flatwound Short Scale 043/106 and DR Strings Hi-Beam Round Core Bass Medium Short Scale too - which are in fact medium scale. This is why I asked for the string-through drilling in the other thread.
Hahaha! In that case I can say that I hate .100 strings and prefer .105 (for short scale). Four sets of .100 strings in my drawer!
Generally I don’t like to spend unnessary money (I come from a calvinistic tradition) and I rather have not a throw-away attitude, so I follow what the experts say here.
For example: TI are mentioned so often, that I tend to look for them.
Unfortunately, only available as medium scale, not short scale. But I’m willing to do what the Lord himself told me: “Drill baby, drill!”. My bridges are all prepared for that…
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TI Jazz Rounds JR324 are for 32” scale, but you can easily cut them with clippers, to fit short scales.
I cut Super Long 36” scale TIs to fit my 34” scale basses all the time. Zero problems.
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Yeah, in fact I think your constant mentioning of TI had some impact on me. I do listen to you, @MikeC 
I am reluctant to cut, as the fatter strings might not fit into the Gotoh GB707!? Also they can break more easily, if the thicker part gets wound at the tuners (I speak from experience here, though those were .120 in my tiny travel bass).
So the easier way might be to drill through the body, effectively allowing for longer strings!?
My bridge allows for that:
What do you think?
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God help you! I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. 
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Sure, why not? If you’re more comfortable drilling the body, have at it.
That said, I have had no issues with clipping TI Super Longs. The only caveat to that is that I have Hipshot Ultralite tuners on my main basses, and they take the clipped, thicker TI string ends easy-peasy, no sweat.
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Interesting! What is the your E string gauge?
The Ultralite and the GB707 seem to have a similar width for the gap that holds the string…
Ultralite
GB707
Do you have a picture of your E-tuner … with a string?
TI Jazz Round JR364 Super Long E string is 101. Not a big deal. G string is 43.
34” scale TI Jazz Round strings are quite a bit lighter.
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Ah, cool - thanks!
It looks like the thicker part just touches the tuner and does not get wound, right? And those look like .100 max.
I have tested this with old Dunlop 32" flats from a failed experiment on one of my short scales… and they get wound around the peg.
I am preparing my fretless for new pickups/electronics, a Gotoh BB-04 9V Battery Box and a new output jack … might as well drill some holes to test string through
I quickly grabbed this shot from my iPhoto library. It must be from when my custom was first unboxed, with Mayones strings on it.
I’ll shoot a current shot with TI JR364 Super Longs on it.
The strings at full thickness do wrap around the stems, without incident.
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Thanks! Appreciate it!
Here’s a shot of my clipped TI JR364 43-101 strings on my custom build.
There’s a short bit of silk on the clipped E string end going down the hole in the tuner. But the full thickness string does loop around the tuner stem. Again, no big deal.
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Yep, just a clip and a wind is all it takes. 
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Sorry to hear. I never had an issue with them. That said, I prefer other strings now, but still think they are good strings at their price point.
One advantage of Curt Mangan is that they let you put your own “signature” set together (from their selection of strings). Thus you could have a set with gauges that are not available in any other set. It’s also one of the better ways to get a consistent E-C 5-string set (in case you need that regularly).
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