Flatwounds with black twine/ribbon?

BassCajon · Sep 29, 2022

Which brands of flats use black ribbon on the ends?
(I'm not asking about black tapewounds.)
I have a bass that came with a set of nice flats but some ass grabbed my bass when i wasnt around and broke a string. I replaced them with Labellas but would like to find that original set. Any ideas?

michael_t · Sep 29, 2022

BassCajon said:
Which brands of flats use black ribbon on the ends?

La Bella 760FS (45-65-85-105), tuner end only.

Dunlop Flats (all gauges), both ends.

BassCajon · Sep 29, 2022

michael_t said:
La Bella 760FS (45-65-85-105), tuner end only.

Dunlop Flats (all gauges), both ends.

Thanks.
Did those Dunlop flats exist around 2009? The strings were at least that old.
And I guess Labella uses at least 2 different colors for their wraps. One of my basses has or had a set of Labella flats with wraps that were a dark shade of blue iirc.

michael_t · Sep 29, 2022

BassCajon said:
Thanks.
Did those Dunlop flats exist around 2009? The strings were at least that old.
And I guess Labella uses at least 2 different colors for their wraps. One of my basses has or had a set of Labella flats with wraps that were a dark shade of blue iirc.

I don't think Dunlop Flats existed back in 2009.

As for silk colors for La Bella Flats...

0760M (52-110) = dark blue.
760FM (49-109) = dark blue.
760FS (45-105) = black.
760FL (43-104) = used to be red, now orange-ish red.
760FX (39-96) = used to be orange-ish red, now avocado green.

Low Tension Flats = burgundy.

michael_t · Sep 29, 2022

BassCajon said:
Did those Dunlop flats exist around 2009?

The oldest review on the Dunlop Flats I could find is from March 2016.

My review of the new Dunlop Flatwound strings!

It's possible (don't quote me on this, though) La Bella Flats came with silk at both ends back then, although the current ones are not silked at the ball end.

Slade N · Sep 29, 2022

My GHS pressure wounds have black silks, someone might think they are flats

HaphAsSard · Sep 30, 2022

michael_t said:
It's possible (don't quote me on this, though) La Bella Flats came with silk at both ends back then, although the current ones are not silked at the ball end.

I got curious and search-function-searched. The earliest mention of La Bella flats *not* having silks at the bridge side is one from August 2005, by veteran member @zombywoof5050:

zombywoof5050 said:
The LaBella set the I use (760FL) have red silk on the headstock end and no silk on the bridge end.

^ (The 760FL set is discussed as opposed to the FS, but I doubt the company had different silk-wrapping policies for different sets, apart from the colour.)

According to @JTE, other possibilities back in the 'Aughts would have been some rebranded GHS Precision flats (Lākland Joe Osborn, G&L flats):
Flats with black silk - what are they?

Phaidrus · Sep 30, 2022

The black silk at both ends of the current production Dunlop flats is made from a more robust (sort of plastic, kinda glossy) material than the usual silk thread used for this purpose.

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