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Originally Posted by Eligos
I can't figure out why my B string is floppy. The intonation has been fixed, it's long scale, and it still flops all over the place. I'm using heavy gauge strings as well.
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A lot of the time "heavy gauge strings" are really "I'm a pussy so I'm going to try some medium gauge strings".
I use 11-56 guitar strings tuned to D standard, I see people recommend 12-52 for B standard all the time, and people say "You gotta get heavy gauge strings man!!"
That said I don't know the equivalent for bass, but a look at Juststrings.com shows that the thickest bass string D'addario makes is a .145. I'd order a ton of low B strings from there, and see which one works best for you. That's what I did, over the course of about 3 months, to figure out what string tension sounded and played the best for my tuning.