Ernie Ball 6-String Short Scale Bass Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings, 20w-90 Gauge (P02837)

SX Jazz Bass short scale 30" scale length. These fit and sound good. The string lengths are just long on 3 of the strings and one string was just right without clipping. The stock SX bass bridge has small holes for the strings so the guitar ball ends work just fine. Replacement bridges may not work due to larger string holes. The tension is good for a light set. For someone with Ulnar issues that makes them very playable. For the folks who will complain about the reduction in low bass thump it's there just boost the bass on the amp / preamp. The note definition on the low E is excellent and provides good intonation all the way up the neck. The strings are high quality and have that nickel wound sound in abundance. These strings are being used on a 4 string bass since Ernie Ball does not make a 40 ish to 90 short scale set. In fact that would be Rotosound if you like the sound of their strings. I have used these on Danelectro Bass VI (baritone) guitars and that is how I know about these strings and why I had a spare set lying around. The other 4 string basses Squier and Fender I have owned needed the Bass sized ball ends to prevent the strings from pulling through the bridge. Same issue on the Squier Mini Precision.

So I bought these for my Schecter Hellcat VI. I had searched for the stock strings with no luck. LaBella makes a set specifically for the Hellcat and they're very nice, but at ≈$40 per set they're a bit pricey. These Ernie Ball stings are nice. The tension is better and tone are better than the stock strings were. My only issue is that the low E string did not have a tapered end and the string almost does not fit through the hole on the tuning peg. They work without needing to make any modifications, they could just be a bit better.

A lot of the negative reviews seem to be people mistakenly buying these as cheap replacement strings for their Squier Bass VIs. That’s not what they’re for — your silly vibrato ruins everything. On a Danelectro Baritone/Bass VI, they are absolute perfection. Perfect E-e feel and intonation with no fuss. Awesome for tic-tac. I’m not an Ernie Ball guy for guitars, but you can’t beat these for Bass VI. And while we’re on the subject, the Danelectro version of the Bass VI beats the snot out of the Squier and Fender models. For good reason too: they invented the instrument, while Fender just copied it and added a useless vibrato. Don’t spend $400 making the Squier playable!

Great strings. Turned baritone to deep bass 6 but if u have reverse headstock the 90 string barely makes it to tuning peg hole.

Besides the obvious choice for short scale (30”) basses I just used a set of these on a modified scale (24”) 4-string bass that I use for practice at home. Also they’re a little less expensive than the signature brand. Ernie Ball strings are on half my collection of instruments and one of my favorites since 1970.

Several reviews state that these strings are not long enough for Squire and Fender Bass VI. I have used these strings on both models with no issue at all. They are definitely long enough and have length to spare for these guitars. The price is right and as always you can't beat Ernie Ball quality and sound. You won't regret this purchase.

Ernie balls are legendary, but requires you to change strings every so often, had mine on and still on a month later with heavy playing , it’s still has plenty of brightness you get from new strings, I’m guessing with heavy playing and so on they’ll probably last about 90 days , maybe more depending on your preference, I play my Bass VI like there a guitar , I have no sympathy for those who think a bass guitar in general can’t play like a guitar, I play the hell out my bass VI’s and I’m only an octave below a guitar.

I have a Squier Bass VI, and bought these to replace the lighter gauge OEM strings. Stupid me assumed that a six string bass set with small ball ends in these gauges would be for a Bass VI without checking the actual length of the strings. THESE WILL NOT WORK ON A SQUIER OR FENDER BASS VI. The taper on the low E is below the nut, and the highest two strings won't even reach the tuners. Ernie Ball customer service confirmed to me that these will not fit and they don't make anything that does.

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Update: As said previously by myself and others, these are for v-short scale 6 string basses. However, when using them to re-string my vintage short scale Jedson 4 string bass I made a mistake. I had assumed these strings were for a barritone guitar and were for guitar tuning EADGBE and so I used the bottom 4 strings. In fact these are for v-short scale basses and are for tuning BEADGC. So to rectify my tuning problems with what I thought was my E string I will get another set of these and instead use strings 2 to 5 i.e EADG. These packages are mislabeled by EB but so long as you know they are guitar scale with small ball-ends then they are perfect for the job they are intended for. They will not fit your full scale 6-string bass as they are actually a set of heavy strings for a barritone guitar. I actually used these on a 1973, 3/4 scale Jedson Telebass. I used the bottom 4 strings (E, A, D & G) and they fit really well. So if you want to re-string a very short scale bass such as the Ibanez Mikro then these are fine. But really these are for barritone players.

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Ibanez SRC6MSに張りました。 ５弦のみ短めでしたが（切らずにそのまま巻けた）、どの弦もテンション感ばっちりで問題なしです。 もともとデフォルトで張られていたダダリオのEXL156に比べて5弦、6弦が太く、 ショートスケールベースとして申し分のない音圧が得られます。 また、1・2・3・4弦はEXL156に比べて細いので、コード弾きもやりやすいです。 個人的にはダダリオのトーンのほうが好きですが、実用性では2837が勝ります。

The physical quality of these strings is excellent. They’re well made, feel great under the fingers, and the overall consistency is exactly what I’d expect from Ernie Ball. Unfortunately, the .090 low string just doesn’t provide enough tension for my Bass VI. Open notes, and even notes fretted at the 1st or 2nd fret, had noticeably more string movement than I’d like, which made the instrument feel less controlled and affected my playing. I gave these strings multiple chances over several restrings before coming to that conclusion, so this wasn’t a quick judgement. In the end, I switched back to the Fender set with the .105 low string, which provides the tension and feel I’m looking for. A quality product, but for my Bass VI setup the lighter low string simply wasn’t a good match.