I'm very glad Jason is still around. Got in touch with him the other day to order some Hipshot goodness.
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Bass Strings Online is Closing
- Thread starter madbassplaya
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Welcome to Fret Nation - is the new website.
Only DR and Ernie Ball strings up at the moment, but message Jason, I'm sure he can get them for you. The site says they're in the process of adding all the products.
Cool, I was even able to log in with my BSOL login.
Same here. I'll wait until he gets La Bella strings. I want to try a set of La Bella Low Tension Flats on my Jazz Bass.
Have your ever tried the Thomastik Jazz Flats? They're low tension and outstanding. A little pricey though.
La Bella has been teasing about some big changes, but hasn't mentioned anything since. Still waiting. All I can see is that they changed their logo and possibly have different-colored ball ends.
One of the pics says same strings new look, so I doubt it is much if a change. Might be some good deals on strings with old packages maybe.....
Oh, please get some details on what they're changing. So weird that they made all these teases and then never followed up. I'm personally mostly curious about the fate of the Stainless Steel series.
Those number beads are so weird. Also seems like a waste of materials.
I don't know the details but I believe string manufacturers need to get rid of the internal paper pouches by a certain date. D'Addario has done this for a while and used colored ball ends to help identify which string is which.
Rotosound recently started doing this using Red White and Blue (British flag colors).
Dean Markley started doing this using Black and Blue...
While the Beads help identify, they are overall wasted material and labor. I'll get all the details at our meeting with them but it makes sense getting rid of the beads. Not to mention, there are people that string them on guitars and basses with the beads in place... sigh....
Imagine this... And it happened a few times... "I just installed my new La Bella strings and they are buzzing, please help"
After going through all the usual possibilities and not making any differences, "Sir can you take a picture of the strings so we can see how they are installed"
Picture sent includes the beads on the string!
I even got one where the customer removed the bead, threaded the string through the guitar bridge, and put the bead back on?!?!?!
