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Anyone interested in getting some LaBella Quarter Rounds?
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Total necro, but after commenting on this thread (Review: GHS Pressurewounds ~ Tangy Not Twangy) and trying out the pressurewounds, I'm now more determined ti find something comparable to LB Quarter Rounds or being part of an order. Its been years though, are you still trying to put this together op?
Id get a few, Medium scale, 4 string sets. I'd even consider a 5 string set and just not use the B if it helps get the order through.
Id get a few, Medium scale, 4 string sets. I'd even consider a 5 string set and just not use the B if it helps get the order through.
Does anyone have a closeup pic of Quarter Rounds they can share, and what were silk colors?
I may have a set that came on a bass I bought a while ago (seller said they were LaBellas and had a shiny-ish outer wrap, but definitely weren't as smooth as full LaBella flats).
I may have a set that came on a bass I bought a while ago (seller said they were LaBellas and had a shiny-ish outer wrap, but definitely weren't as smooth as full LaBella flats).
The light gauge have red silks at the tuner end.
Mediums have no silks (though these may possibly be a later production run. Nevertheless, there are other manufacturers which used to exhibit some variability in the presence or location of silks depending on gauge).
The windings on the E string of the medium set are somewhat smoother and flatter than those of the light set.
Hope that helps.
Earlier this year, I misidentified the strings a used bass came with as GHS Pressurewounds but when I received a new set of PWs, they definitely were not the same string. I posted in another thread and someone suggested the old strings might have been LB Quarter Rounds, however, they did have black silks on both ends.
Did LB QRs ever have black silks at both ends? I couldn't tell you how old the strings may have been, since I bought it used. Some pics below if anyone has thoughts on my mystery strings. I loved the strings the bass came with and if there's any chance it's not the discontinued QRs, I'm trying to find out what they are so I can buy them.
Mystery E string on bottom, GHS PW on top:
Silk at ball end
Silk at tuner end
Did LB QRs ever have black silks at both ends? I couldn't tell you how old the strings may have been, since I bought it used. Some pics below if anyone has thoughts on my mystery strings. I loved the strings the bass came with and if there's any chance it's not the discontinued QRs, I'm trying to find out what they are so I can buy them.
Mystery E string on bottom, GHS PW on top:
Silk at ball end
Silk at tuner end
As I was researching on the La Bella QRs several years ago, I vaguely remember reading about the light set (760QL, 42-60-82-104) having red silk and the medium set (760QM, 45-63-85-107) having black silk, which corresponded with the light set of the DTB Flats (760FL, 43-60-82-104) with red silk and the standard set (760FS, 45-65-85-105)) with black silk.
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Hey @michael_t ! You actually helped me narrow down that my mystery strings might be QRs over on the Pressurewound thread. The close up of the E that TwototheValley posted just seems so much flatter than the E in my pic. It gives the impression that my mystery strings aren't ground down, yet had black silks on both ends. Ah, but maybe I'm just searching for an certainty that's unattainable
Looking at the pic of the black silks at the tuner end, the one that's on the bass is GHS the way it's finished with a tight spiral under the silk, while the one held against it looks very much like La Bella.
