Delberthot Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x18 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 [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] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139513"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139513[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Abandon ship. Thanks for the info but I think I'm going to stick with my truty Roto flats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstrike Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyKnees Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The status ones are pretty good too, probably a bit cheaper than the d'addarios.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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