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Favorite Black Nylons?

Which are you're favorite?

  • Rotosound Tru Bass

    Votes: 16 29.1%

  • La Bella Deep Talkin' Bass

    Votes: 23 41.8%

  • Pyramid Black Tape

    Votes: 2 3.6%

  • GHS

    Votes: 2 3.6%

  • Fender

    Votes: 7 12.7%

  • Other (please post name)

    Votes: 5 9.1%
  • Total voters
    55
nrssab

nrssab

Jun 28, 2006
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Germany
#1
Hey Everyone,
I have been searching threw quite some threads about nylon strings.
I'm using the Rotosound Tru Bass 88's on a fretted bass for far over 6 months. I bought the 5 string set (.135 for the B), as my bass was tuned in BEAD. The B string wasn't great but acceptable. Now I have changed back to standard tuning...

I'd really like to try out some other black nylon stings, but as I don't have the cash to buy all I'd like to give the top rated ones a try.

Please if you have tried out different sorts of these strings please vote which one you prefer and how they sound like.

Also to add it is said that these strings are just made for blues and jazz... I disagree. This is a taste thing, I play anything with them and they are fine. Great for metal!

So please feel free to vote, if you have time leave a comment on why they are you're favorite.

Thanks!
Regards.

NR
 
#7
It's been over a month and I still can't get the half-brained smile off my face.

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#17
I run labella deep talkin' stainless on one P, one J and 1 L1000.
They're stainless, so they have pretty present highs; but, they're musical...unlike the chromes, which i find to be "kinda papery" up there. Except on my reverend 5L for some reason.

The Labella tapes keep those big full Jamerson lows, and tame the highs some.
I tried them on my lakland hb after playing a friends rob allen mouse with them.
While my lakie doesn't sound quite as nice and "upright-ish" as the mouse does, it did move it that direction a nudge.
 
#20
I've used the Fenders, the LaBellas, and the Rotosounds. That's more or less the order in which I liked them--Fenders slightly better than the Labellas, and quite a bit better than the Rotos. The 88s seemed fat and rubbery to me, in feel and sound. The LaBellas are slightly thinner, and though their sound is still pretty dark, to me they seem to produce better treble. The Fenders, a little more so.

To me, the Fender 9120s seemed the closest in feel and sound to regular strings. Also, the Fenders were the only ones that didn't require me to widen the nut slot for the E.
 

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