Bass Strings for Fender Jazz 5 string - Problems with Floppy B

[spiderjazz]

I got a Fender Mexican Jazz 5 string at the weekend, and I put a set of Dean Markley Blue Steel 45-128 gauge strings on it (they were the only one's available in the shop) and they're shite strings, but the Low B in particular is really floppy and has no definition at all to it. I was reading there that Fender's have a 34" scale, so that makes them a bit looser, so what can I do to get the B string nice and tight? I'm going to go up in gauge, but is there any particular strings that have a tighter tension? I was looking at picking up a set of D'addario Prosteels that go from 0.45 - 0.135. What other brands of strings have people used with success on Fender 5 strings?

 

[StefTD]

on a 34" scale I would go at least for a .135 for a low b, if possible .140, I think Pyramid has a set from .045 up to .140.

 

[spiderjazz]

Cool, I've just ordered a 0.145 D'addario Prosteel so that should keep me going for a while!

 

[plague_rider]

on a 34" scale I would go at least for a .135 for a low b, if possible .140, I think Pyramid has a set from .045 up to .140.

This.

I've been using D'Addario 45-135s, tight as a nuns ninny...