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1. Both are glass smooth
2. the sadowsky's have more of a roundwound like tension. They are definately not half rounds or groundwounds though and still have stiffness they are just more felxable than labellas and other flats. As a result they slap very well for flats and better than many rounds ive tried.
3. The sads are not as scooped sounding as the labellas and dont sound so deep. The bass, mids, and treble are all pretty close to even. You will get more clarity too while still sounding like traditional flatwounds not some halfround string or TIs
4. They can be strung through the body with no problems
It depends what you want to use your flats for. I'd reccomend sadowsky flats to ppl who want to only use flats but still be able to play alot of different styles, ppl that like flats and want to slap them too, ppl that want to mellow out a really bright bass without taking away its bite or character, ppl that want a flat that can mwah on a fretless, or ppl that play flats on a 5 string and feel they need more from the B (labellas have a good tapered B also, but the sads have an even better one).
I'd reccomend labellas to ppl that play primarily hip hop, reggae, r&b, or something else that requires a deep bassy sound without much brightness, ppl that dont really slap much(you can get a useable old school slap sound out of them though), ppl that want to recapture classic flatwound bass sounds (jamerson p bass sound, chuck rainey, etc.), ppl that gig and record with multiple basses or someone that has a good bass they dont really use because they have other ones that can do the same thing better, and ppl that dont want mwah with their fretless.
Last edited by chilliwilli : 08-16-2006 at 05:03 PM.
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