MungoBass

Brian bought a USA Fender Jazz from me. Communications throughout were friendly and always promptly responded to. He even paid before collecting the bass in person from my home. We had a most enjoyable chat on all things bass plus the North Devon coast during the ‘test drive’. A great guy to deal with!

Early days but my initial impressions are very favourable. I was looking for a string with more zing than a typical La Bella set of flats and these certainly deliver. They are much brighter and all sounded clear straight out of the packet. In terms of sound and sustain, I would put them somewhere at a couple of months old decent set of nickel rounds.I have used black tape wounds in the past (Fender, Rotos and D’addario) and they are more mellow, but never really liked the clack clack sound on the fingerboard. Plus, some had a .115 E string which usually resulted in nut work in order to obtain a decent action. These have none of that noise and I only needed a gentle push to drop the G into the fret slot. They are very smooth under the fingers and less grabby than flats. Hope that helps!

Fair challenge! It was a ‘72 and it didn’t allow for top loading, unless you were very handy with a power drill - which I’m not! I only have a few basses and not one of them has lined up silks! A good excuse to speak with Mrs MungoBass about a new one!

Quite likely, or......I took an unusual hybrid approach and put the G & A through body and the D & E top loaded! 😂

Yes! Very satisfying to look at thanks! Not very satisfying when I then looked at the MUS set I loaded onto my Mustang prior to sale!!!!

This isn’t doing my bass gear ocd any good!!! I’m working on the basis that as they are all handmade, no two sets will be identical!!! Time for a nap! 😃

…and a set of La Bella 750G gold white nylon tapewounds on my Precision. Nearly has the E string (not silk) round the post!

La Bella Low Tension Flats on my Jazz…common theme with the silks it appears! 😃

Ah! Thanks! I actually just bought a set of La Bella 750 white nylon over gold!

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Very nice indeed! Did these have a special neck plate?

Jon came to my home and bought my vintage Mustang bass. Great communications throughout and a very genuine guy - who also happens to be an amazing bassist!!! Deal with confidence!

Hi. Do you still have these?

My experience of La Bella flats and the dull E has been the same, but after a few weeks they will all even out. I honestly thought I had wrecked the E when cutting it! Great strings, just be prepared to play them in.

What’s the history of these two basses?

There’s one of my favourite reference books again!!!