Black Nylon Tapes

[King Harvest]

Hello all, I'm looking for a set of black nylon tapes that I had in the past, but I can't remember what they are.

This was several years ago and the only info I really have is that they had sort of a matte look to them and a papery feel, not as shiny as other nylons I have seen. I think the wraps could have been forest green, but not sure about that.

Any leads?

 

[ajkula66]

Hello all, I'm looking for a set of black nylon tapes that I had in the past, but I can't remember what they are.

This was several years ago and the only info I really have is that they had sort of a matte look to them and a papery feel, not as shiny as other nylons I have seen. I think the wraps could have been forest green, but not sure about that.

Any leads?

Sounds like Pyramids to me.

 

[King Harvest]

Sounds like Pyramids to me.

That could definitely be it… I had them on a Hofner, so that checks out.

 

[Prodigus Filius]

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Thread 'Pyramid (Höfner brand) tapewounds WOW!'

Dec 18, 2019

I've never really been a huge fan of tapewounds. The ones I've tried have always felt a bit clanky, stiff and unresponsive to me. But the Höfner branded Pyramids, wow! Really warm, fat, organic sound and they feel great under the fingers. Very soft and responsive. If I didn't know better I would have guessed they were made by Thomastik. They have that kind of orchestral vibe to them.

Does anyone else like these? I'm just so blown away by how much better I like these than any other tapewounds I've tried.

I'm guessing they're the same as the regular Pyramids, just slightly different...

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[e-flat]

“Papery”, matte surface does sound like Pyramids. Long scale sets have a yellow silk, not sure about other lengths. Pyramid are by far my favorite tapes

 

[ajkula66]

“Papery”, matte surface does sound like Pyramids. Long scale sets have a yellow silk, not sure about other lengths. Pyramid are by far my favorite tapes

Short scale version - the only one I've ever used - sports green silks.

 

[HaphAsSard]

Pyramid tapes, from what I've been able to gather, come (or came: they just say "grüne" now - p. 17 of pdf) with different silk colours depending on length.
I've seen pics of an extra-long set with red silks, some of short-scale (plus) sets with green silks, and yet others of a custom uke-bass sized one with orange/gold/dark yellow ones; finally, one of a long-scale set, also with dark yellow silks.

Here's an excellent shootout article,
Black-Nylon-Basssaiten im Vergleich
with pics of Hofner-branded (green silk) and long-scale Pyramid (silk of a gold/orange hue of yellow) tapes.