I know some people who have successfully installed the D'Add Chromes on their ABs (although the silk on the B supposedly just touches the nut).

My questions are:

1) Are the super longs the same length across all string types (e.g. are the super long chromes the same length as the super long nickels, pro steels and half rounds)??; and

2) What are the actual pre-installation lengths on the Super Longs?

Thanks!

I don't think the info regarding the Chromes just touching the nut with the B string is accurate, although I'm not familiar with this type of bass.  There's no "silk" on a Chromes string - it's simply a polished flatwound string.

Super Longs are the same length for all of the various types of D'Addario strings.  They're all designed to fit a 36" to 38" scale.

I don't know what the pre-installation lengths of the Super Longs are.  They would definitely be longer than 40" and my educated guess would be 42".

This link might be of use:
http://www.daddario.com/DADFaqAnswer.aspx?ID=762

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Sounds like the Super Longs should work great for the B and E strings and probably the A as well.  It sounds like I might have to do a significant trim on the D and G though, given that they are 34.75 and 34 inch scales respectively on the Dingwall.

Every set of chromes I ever had there was silkend ends on them. To the poster, use the super longs to eliminate the silk from sitting in the nut.

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