Shakespeare Bow

[rock_hunter]

My dad recently picked me up a Shakespeare X-18 Sierra bow for $40 at a flea market.  It's it pretty decent condition.  My question is, will this bow accept a regular string, ie 4 inches shorter than the length?  It's 52 inches long, so I'm going to get a 48 inch string for it.  I do know it needs to be dacron.

[redfish]

Try to find out what the brace height should be and let that determine your string length.

[osiristheclown]

The brace height for that should be 8"-9" according to Archery Archives.