Which nylon tape wound strings?

[Delberthot]

After several months of loving flats I'm going to be doing some corporate work with a 60s band so fancy having a go with tapewound strings

trouble is that they all seem to be huge gauge requiring the nut to be filed to accomodate the strings and floppy. Does a (more-or-less) regular thickness, non-floppy tapewound string exist?

I know how they make them so the answer will probably be no but its worth a try.

[2x18]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1275218' date='Jun 19 2011, 08:32 PM']After several months of loving flats I'm going to be doing some corporate work with a 60s band so fancy having a go with tapewound strings

trouble is that they all seem to be huge gauge requiring the nut to be filed to accomodate the strings and floppy. Does a (more-or-less) regular thickness, non-floppy tapewound string exist?

I know how they make them so the answer will probably be no but its worth a try.[/quote]
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[Delberthot]

Abandon ship.


Thanks for the info but I think I'm going to stick with my truty Roto flats

[mcnach]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1275218' date='Jun 19 2011, 08:32 PM']After several months of loving flats I'm going to be doing some corporate work with a 60s band so fancy having a go with tapewound strings

trouble is that they all seem to be huge gauge requiring the nut to be filed to accomodate the strings and floppy. Does a (more-or-less) regular thickness, non-floppy tapewound string exist?

I know how they make them so the answer will probably be no but its worth a try.[/quote]


Try D'Addario tapewounds. Regular gauges, nice tension and sound.

[Darkstrike]

[quote name='mcnach' post='1292570' date='Jul 4 2011, 07:07 PM']Try D'Addario tapewounds. Regular gauges, nice tension and sound.[/quote]
Been dying to try them out.

I use the Roto tapes, but keep having issues with the high G.

[JellyKnees]

The status ones are pretty good too, probably a bit cheaper than the d'addarios....