wateroftyne Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Hi all What kind of strings have black winding on the ends? They're rounds, I think... they don't seem to be half-rounds. Does anyone have any ideas? I had a used set lying around from my last roundwound experiment, and they sound quite good, but I can't remember what they are. DR Sunbeams? Rotos...? Ta! WoT Quote
KennysFord Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 I think they may be rotosounds. I have a set here you can have,they're good to go. pm your address and they'll be in the post to you this week. Quote
budget bassist Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 I know rotosound swing 66 strings have red windings... so maybe their flats have black as kennyrodg said. Makes sense suppose. Quote
BigRedX Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 I have Pedulla and Overwater rounds with black silks on the ends. Quote
KennysFord Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Mine are flats with an black nylon outer winding on the whole length of the string. Quote
Oscar South Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 (edited) La Bella Hard Rockin' Steels. Great strings too. I think all La Bella strings have a black winding actually, but the only ones I can confirm for sure are those. Edited August 10, 2008 by Oscar South Quote
wateroftyne Posted August 10, 2008 Author Posted August 10, 2008 Cheers, folks! Strangely, I can't remember buying any of the above. I'm now going nuts trying to work out where I got 'em from.. I usually use La Bella flats which have red silk... Quote
KennysFord Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 I have a set of LaBella deeptalkin flats on my blazer,they have black silk winding on the ends. Quote
ped Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Pretty sure Fender strings have black silk too Quote
SJA Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Elites have black silks- or at least they used to. Quote
Huge Hands Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 My Labella flats all have black, except the replacement B I recently got which was blue (the original snapped after 2 gigs. I have a feeling this may have been the supplier putting a different string in a Labella packet, but I'm not sure. It does feel the same and sounds ok, so no real complaints from me - was just happy to get a replacement. Quote
BigRedX Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 The last set of Elites I fitted had dark blue silks. Quote
Paul Cooke Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 [quote name='ped' post='259235' date='Aug 10 2008, 12:32 PM']Pretty sure Fender strings have black silk too[/quote] the Fender roundwounds that came on my Squier VMJ had red silks... Quote
markytbass Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Elites used to have black silks, I don't know when they changed to blue and red. I can't remember Roto's ever having black silks. Quote
TheRinser Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Galli? The guy from bass merchant seemed to think so last time i was down there with my fretless. The bass gallery put them on when i asked for a set of elites nickels. Roundwound, black silk, sounded nice... Quote
Oscar South Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) Got a set of La Bella Slappers and a set of Hard Rockin' steels yestday, both black silk. Edited August 13, 2008 by Oscar South Quote
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