Sibob Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Anyone had them fitted to a bass? Curious about them for my Lakland 55-01 but slightly apprehensive about the gauges (although I gather they're relatively low tension?!). Thoughts? I gather they sit somewhere between black nylons and flats in tone/feel?! Cheers Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I've had regular white nylons and really liked them. Seemed to have a harder surface than the black nylons, and were smoother to the touch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I had a set on my main bass for a while. Feel lovely and smooth and I'd say sound similar to old Chromes regarding brightness. In the end I changed to D'Addario half rounds as I wanted something a little brighter sounding and the LaBella's were to low tension for me, but I'd happily play a tune on suspension bridge cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, Maude said: I had a set on my main bass for a while. Feel lovely and smooth and I'd say sound similar to old Chromes regarding brightness. In the end I changed to D'Addario half rounds as I wanted something a little brighter sounding and the LaBella's were to low tension for me, but I'd happily play a tune on suspension bridge cables. That's interesting you mention Chromes as I have a set on my P and love them. Is the tension similar to Chromes? The LaBellas would be going on a 35" scale bass. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 It was a few years ago but I remember them being lighter tension than Chromes, more like a roundwound tension. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 La Bella nylon flats are low tension, even the .60 set. Much lower than Chromes. The golds are similar in tone to the White Nylons (same outer, core is brass with the golds and steel with the whites), so they are the brightest of the nylon flats they make. I love them on fretted and fretless basses. Use nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, walbassist said: La Bella nylon flats are low tension, even the .60 set. Much lower than Chromes. The golds are similar in tone to the White Nylons (same outer, core is brass with the golds and steel with the whites), so they are the brightest of the nylon flats they make. I love them on fretted and fretless basses. Use nothing else. Lower tension than round wounds? (I know that's variable, but you know what I mean). I have Lakland rounds on the 55-01 currently. Cheers Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, Sibob said: Lower tension than round wounds? (I know that's variable, but you know what I mean). I’d say yes, not Thomastik lowness, but certainly lower than most rw sets I’ve used. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brook_fan Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 They sound great in my acoustic, but I know that doesn’t help you. Had to use their really heavy set to get the same feel as a normal set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Had them on my Sandberg Thinline Custom Fretless 6 and, while I hate the plastic sound of the black nylon's on the fingerboard, these are very good sounding, lots of harmonics with a fundamental you can hear, very precise with lots of mwah on this special fretless (only one passive Bartolini Quad Coil with direct output and set neck). Light to the fingers, but not as light as the TI JF. More harmonics and not the flat feeling under the fingers which can be disturbing. Quite expensive too. To me, the best nylon strings ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 And, most important, that plastic sound on the fingerboard that the black ones have has almost totally disappeared. A real relief. Never tried them on a fretted bass as I'm more on the fretless side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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