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Flatwounds, if made properly will outlast a bass. James jamerson was probably the very best example of a serious flatwound player. He used the LaBella Originals on his P bass for ever...Never changed the set. Today players like Duck Dunn, Chuck Raney and Bob Babbit Still use these sets. As a...

Here's t he real skinny.... P basses without LaBella Flat Wounds on them are a stretch to get that P Bass sound. LaBella has several versions of Flat Wound sets to satisify your feel and sound. Just remember, here at LaBella we do build strings with additional windings whcih give the original...

Here is the skinny! Tobe certain just what you need in size for the Ibanez, take a measurement from the ball end to justover the nut....If that measurement is 32" then a LaBella Deep Talkin Bass short scale set will work. If it is a tad over tha, say 1/2 inch of a bit more than you may be able...

Proud to have Alain as an endorsee of LaBella strings....?His bass of choice is of course "F" Bass.

Here's th e skinny, Many years ago BB (Before Bass of today), Scale was the universal measurement . top of bridge(saddls) to just over the Nut.....With the passing years and newer developements the origination point of a typical bass moved farther and farther away from the saddle. In doing so...

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LaBella has several flatwound hi C strings in black nylon as well!

Flatwounds by their mature of manufacture, are constructed of more layers of windings than roundwounds. Imagine your arm in a cast and someone asking you to bend your arm. Either the arm or the cast or both will certainly break. Many years ago before modern technology, wire used in housing...

since the unfortunate events of Mad Cow the availability of fine quality gut has been difficult to harvest Remember the amount of competition there is for good quality gut. We must compete with teh sports industry (tennis), the medical community, and a host of other firms, in the food...

Heres the skinny on the original question. Without learning how to make a string, here we go. Two strings....Even the same diameter will be different even in construction. Figure how many ways you can get to , lets say 100....If you change the core, the whole set is different...If you have...

Once upon a time ago, when all makers were placing their tailpieces in the same place, the word Scale had meaning. It was the accurate measure from the bridge to the nut. Over the past 10 or 15 years as there have been more and more developments in bass design, so to has the tailpiece moved...

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Save Save SAve, the MOUSE is a worthy investment. YOu can always use somethingelse in the meantime, but the Mouse is Killer. With Flats or the Black Nylons, you have to look around to realize just where that sound is coming from.Mouse, fine design great product.

Help stop the MADDDNESS! Not because we make strings. Not because of the varity. Please, PLEASE think about leaving your strings on for a protractedperiod of time.Give it thought. I mean you donot have tochange them weekly, as it does become costly. But, realize that in not changing your...

True , the adjustable bridge was a wuick fix for setting up string height, but more impportantly intonation. Remember there were in the early years two sets of tailpieces....One longer than the other....SOOO, inorder to compensate for that curveball two tailpieces were better than none..No...