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Originally Posted by Dave W
guitarzan13 is correct. Taper wounds are not designed for through body stringing, they're for any bass you want to use them on. The pic is exactly how they're supposed to look.
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I'm
extremely skeptical.
I'll ask around, but I don't think that's right. I
know why taperwounds were invented and it was to have the capacity to make a tight break angle over a saddle (as is usually the case with throughbody stringing) without disrupting the windings and to have a smaller, more heavily loaded, witness point. You can of course use them on any type of bass.
There's zero reason for there to be long extensions of the nearly unwound portions sticking out past the saddle, as in the picture. Those strings just don't fit the bass. The step should be closer to the saddle as it is with OEM E-string 8250M installations.