Different colored tape wound strings

[Jon Moody]

I dont know.The DR black beauties coating is really smooth ,but the round windings are clanky sounding.I think that coating would work on flatts,and still be glassy smooth.

I’m doubtful. The reason flatwounds are smooth in the first place is that they’re polished smooth after construction. For them to do that on coated flats would remove the coating that was applied. And not polishing that final layer would leave them sticky and uneven. It’s not gonna work out.

 

[honeydorick]

oh ya,I forgot,polished metal and coating wont work very well but nylon tape can be manufactured in yellow or any color.and still feel the same.

 

[michael_t]

oh ya,I forgot,polished metal and coating wont work very well but nylon tape can be manufactured in yellow or any color.and still feel the same.

Theoretically speaking, it can be done. The real question is who would be willing to go to the trouble of manufacturing something that very few people have asked for. This is the first time I've ever heard of anyone wanting yellow tapewounds since I became an active member in Feb 2013.

 

[honeydorick]

Im the guy who goes for the unusual stuff.Yellow really pops with a red body,black hardware & dark fret board.Its only cosmetic im after,but with the sound of tape wounds or flatts.I know there is no demand for colored tapes.I guess Im SOL.LOL.Stuck with whites or blacks.White tapes from La Bella might look pretty cool,maybe i'll try a set.

 

[winegamd]

The LaBella Gold White Nylons are as close to yellow as you'll get.

 

[michael_t]

The LaBella Gold White Nylons are as close to yellow as you'll get.

I was just going to suggest the LB Gold White Nylons. They're 80/20 bronze under the clear nylon cover.

 

[honeydorick]

Thanks guys,I'll have to try a set. Gold/whites might work.

 

[michael_t]

Or, maybe even the LB Gold Flats, which are actually 80/20 bronze.

 

[thisheregiraffe]

OP referenced a Mini P and Bronco in the first post. I'm not sure if you're going to find the Gold Flats or Gold White Nylon Tapes available in a short scale set... so that further complicates matters

 

[michael_t]

OP referenced a Mini P and Bronco in the first post. I'm not sure if you're going to find the Gold Flats or Gold White Nylon Tapes available in a short scale set... so that further complicates matters

Right...! I completely forgot the OP was talking about strings for short-scale basses. Back to square one...

 

[thisheregiraffe]

It will take some digging around, but OP if you look in the Squier Mini P Club thread (in the Basses forum), I think you will find info from a TBer who ordered custom tapewound strings from Pyramid to fit a Mini P. I don’t know if custom colors are on the table (IMO that is doubtful) but at least one other person was able to get custom-made black tapes for a Mini P.

 

[thisheregiraffe]

Here we go: The Squier Mini Precision Bass Club

Post number #1972 on page 99 of the Mini P Club thread. Looks like this TBer also got a custom set of flats from Pyramid for the Mini P as well, if I'm reading other posts correctly. I'm sure there's lots of info if you start from the post I linked above and read backwards in the thread.

 

[west al]

D'Addario ETB92S Nylons, on an Epi EB-0.

 

[iiipopes]

Hmm. The flats discussion above. Hmm. Wants flats and color, not tapes. Hmm. Anodize the wrap wire? (Pardon me...I'll just show myself out the side door...although various models of double bass strings do use aluminum, titanium, and tungsten wraps)

 

[honeydorick]

Looking for sets of tapes and solid colors short scale.Nylon can be any color, right?