Hi,

I'm looking at a description of a string set online that says :

Length of string (ball end to start of taper) = 38"

[br]I want to know if they will fit my current bass so I went to measure the strings that are currently on my bass to find out what the minimum length of "ball end to start of taper" needs to be for these new strings to fit. It's a thru body bass.

[br]But where exactly on the string do you put your measuring tape when you want to measure "from the ball end"?I can't hear it in my suck headphones

Is it at the point at which the string meets the little metal ring?

OR

is at the very extreme end of the metal ring where there's no string left?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks