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11-19-2008, 01:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lubbock, Texas | | | Fender Nylon Tapewounds 9120
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Just got these last night and installed them on my Dean ABG FL.
They sound great, nice thump of a URB and great sound on the fretless board. They really turned the sound of my cheapo bass around. The tension is a lot higher than anything else I've ever played, but I guess that is just the nature of the beast.
I would recommend these to anyone with a ABG. |
11-19-2008, 04:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Halifax, NS, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Quap  . . . I guess that is just the nature of the beast. . . | It may not be. I can't speak for Tapes, & can't think of a manufacturer of Tapes that will tell you the tension, but I know the myth about Flats having high tension is a crock. |
11-19-2008, 07:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Memphis/Marion area, AR. | | | I have them on my 96 Precision Fretless. Very interesting set of strings. I have used both Fender and Labella tapes on my ABG (Carvin AC40 fretless) and they sounded good. I am having a hankerin' to try out the new GHS ones now.
As far as I know, the Fenders are the only ones that are roundwounds underneath the tape. |
11-19-2008, 07:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: westchester new york. | | | Best thing about these strings are you never have to change......
I have a ABG with black tapewounds on the bass for about 15 years. |
11-19-2008, 07:53 PM
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Bad MammaJamma | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: fort wayne, in | | | they feel oh so nice. if i still had a fretless i would rock these. frets tend to eat them up.
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11-19-2008, 11:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Framingham, Massachusetts | | | i just put a set of status-graphite tapewounds on my sx and the tension is really nice, bout the same as you'd find on a medium (105) set of rounds i guess. def. less than the chromes i had on it before. they're also 105/85/65/45 instead of the usually huge tapes you get
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02-18-2009, 07:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lebanon/Kuwait | | | I dunno about you guys but the Fender tapes I installed yesterday are less tension than the Fender flats ML that i had on previously!! |
02-18-2009, 07:50 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | I adore these strings on my franken-bass PJ fretless. I wish they would release them in 6 string sets because I like them better than the LaBella nylon tapewounds on my 6 string fretles.
Note: Fender has another set called "Nylon Filament Tapewound 7120s". Those feel like rubber bands and I abhor them. |
02-19-2009, 12:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dover Delaware | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Philbiker Note: Fender has another set called "Nylon Filament Tapewound 7120s". Those feel like rubber bands and I abhor them. | Can I get an "A-Men" Brother!
they are much brighter too......had them on my Am P Dlx for two days. Replaced them a year ago with 9120's
I have 9120s on my Jag X 3 yrs and have had them on my PJ Copy and acoustic Bass.
the only problem I have run into is that in some basses, you get ground buzz because you never actually ground - due to tehm being insulated.
I have never tried the Labellas or any other black nylon wrapped strings to compare, but really like the feel, sound and look. |
02-19-2009, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Frankjohnson Can I get an "A-Men" Brother!
they are much brighter too......had them on my Am P Dlx for two days. Replaced them a year ago with 9120's
I have 9120s on my Jag X 3 yrs and have had them on my PJ Copy and acoustic Bass.
the only problem I have run into is that in some basses, you get ground buzz because you never actually ground - due to tehm being insulated.
I have never tried the Labellas or any other black nylon wrapped strings to compare, but really like the feel, sound and look. |
For the girth of these strings, they have very low tension. I think these strings also have quite a bit of high mids to them. I always wondered why they weren't more popular.
I moved away from them but may come back...
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02-19-2009, 01:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Calabash, NC | | | I have the Fender Nylon Tapewounds on my Sonata ABG as well.... IMO a big step up from phosphor bronze roundwounds. I used either Martin or D'Addario ABG bronze strings but they always sounded a bit too zingy, and wend they wore out just sounded dead and flat. The tapewounds are gnarly- sound great and look good too.
As for the Nylon Filament Roundwounds, I tried a set many moons ago on my Yamaha electric, and if I remember right, I liked them quite a bit. If I cranked the neck pickup, I could get a sound I found rather tasty.
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02-19-2009, 01:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I put those strings on my fretless P-special clone (one P pickup, one J pickup) - definitely gave it a different sound from anything else I own. I like 'em!
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02-19-2009, 03:54 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pilgrim I put those strings on my fretless P-special clone (one P pickup, one J pickup) - definitely gave it a different sound from anything else I own. I like 'em! | I have them on a fretless P-J bass too, and I adore them in that context. Mine has a maple board. |
02-20-2009, 07:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dover Delaware | | | Yeah - the PJ Copy is a SX (Eearly model with the odd large headstock).......
I replaced the pups with early 70's Fender Lace Sensors from a Hot Rod P Bass. It is a great bass. They sound FANTASTIC on it! |
02-20-2009, 06:43 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankjohnson Yeah - the PJ Copy is a SX (Eearly model with the odd large headstock).......
I replaced the pups with early 70's Fender Lace Sensors from a Hot Rod P Bass. It is a great bass. They sound FANTASTIC on it! | Um... The Lace Sensor pickups weren't even invented till the late 80s. |
02-21-2009, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dover Delaware | | Just going by the sellers info philbiker.....I'll take the hit if its wrong - but I never even thought to verify it.
They are early, whateer year they are.....they are Fender Lace Sensor.......(labeled)
Sorry if it was wrong, but its not a big deal.....Thanks for correcting me on that.
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02-22-2009, 05:50 AM
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Originally Posted by fretlessguy I have them on my 96 Precision Fretless. Very interesting set of strings. I have used both Fender and Labella tapes on my ABG (Carvin AC40 fretless) and they sounded good. I am having a hankerin' to try out the new GHS ones now.
As far as I know, the Fenders are the only ones that are roundwounds underneath the tape. | I've tried the Fenders on a Ric and now on my Ibanez P/J fretless and would some one tell me how the LaBella's compare? |
02-22-2009, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by lmfreeman9 I've tried the Fenders on a Ric and now on my Ibanez P/J fretless and would some one tell me how the LaBella's compare? | That would be great to know - I second that for an honest comparrison. |
04-01-2009, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Port Charlotte, FL | | | Don't laugh, but I put them on my Ibanez ATK700 for the look, and darn if they don't sound good!
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04-02-2009, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Orpheus55 Don't laugh, but I put them on my Ibanez ATK700 for the look, and darn if they don't sound good! | How do they compair to the stock elixers on your ATK?
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