I just received the D'Addario chrome flats I
ordered last week, and since I'm restringing a
five-string with a 35" scale and Badass V bridge
with string-through option, I ordered longs.

Well wouldn't you know it, they're too short,
string-through is not an option, and going the
other way, the silk doesn't clear the nut on the B
string (I haven't tried the others yet)

According to D'Addies website, longs should fit
34-36 inch scales, which should have given me
enough slack for this instrument.

So the question - Should I try to remove the silk
that comes in contact with the nut or just let it
go, as long as the intonation up the neck is OK?

I can't see me playing very many open B's in the
styles of music I do.

Next question: Why don't the Leo Quan folks drill
the string holes big enough to clear the string
diameters?

Now I'm going to check out the rest of the strings.

J