Favorite Black Nylons?

[tomersg]

I've used the Fenders, the LaBellas, and the Rotosounds. That's more or less the order in which I liked them--Fenders slightly better than the Labellas, and quite a bit better than the Rotos. The 88s seemed fat and rubbery to me, in feel and sound. The LaBellas are slightly thinner, and though their sound is still pretty dark, to me they seem to produce better treble. The Fenders, a little more so.

To me, the Fender 9120s seemed the closest in feel and sound to regular strings. Also, the Fenders were the only ones that didn't require me to widen the nut slot for the E.

same opinion here.
plus, the labella and roto88 fills more rubber rough and muted with less sustain.
but the fenders are more sleek and have more sustain and wide sound.
maybe the labellas and roto are more reminding gut string and the fender are more like flat wound still strings with much less pressure.

 

[Alienation]

Has anybody tried out the Rotosounds and the LaBellas? Could you tell me the difference you heared?

Thanks.

I have LaBella Deep Talkin on 3 Basses and a set of Rotosounds on 1 bass. The difference to me is: the Rotosounds have a more "plastic" feel to them and maybe a little less sustain than the LaBellas. I prefer the LaBellas because I like the sound and feel.

The Rotosounds sound good but are not the same as the LaBellas. I'm having a Bordwell built that will have LaBella Deep Talkin's installed on it. Both (LaBella and Rotosound) are very good sets though.

 

[elgecko]

Thigh highs! Yeah...definitely black thigh highs

 

[nrssab]

Thanks for all the comments guys, you really gave me a slight idea on how the LaBellas sound like compared to the Rotosounds. I'm going to buy a set and try them out.
People said that on carvin.com they offer a good price, but I somehow can't find them in the list. Do I have to email them?

Also it is said that the Fender 9120 seem closest to the regular strings, I would like to ask if they still give a uprightish sound?

 

[davio]

LaBella:
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I use them on a passive J-style fretless and I'm in love with them. I nice range of old school sounds. They feel pretty low-tension to me but that could also be because my main bass is a 35" and that one is a 34". Easy on the fingers and pretty responsive/expressive.

 

[Justice]

the LaBella black nylon strings at Carvin are listed as acoustic bass strings. The comments here suggest they will work on regular electric basses as well. Is this correct?

I may have to get a set for my fretless.

 

[allexcosta]

Yes, correct. ^^^^^^^^^^

 

[GeneralElectric]

I've tried them all and the Rotos are by far my favorites.

The Labellas are very expensive and while they do sound nice, the last set I bought had a seriously defective A string and they wouldn't replace it, even though they said they would. When you pay $50 for a set of strings, you should expect them to work. That was the last time I bought LaBella. I've currently got one bass with them on it, and I'll get around to changing it eventually.

The Rotos are very nice and have a bit more thump to them than the LaBellas. They do feel a bit more plastic-y at first, but they break in quite nicely. I have them on my main bass. (A P-bass)

I didn't like the Fender ones at all. I found the tension was quite low and I ended up busting quite a few of the strings. They did sound very nice (I had the round wound tapes) but I kept breaking the strings so often I gave up on them.

The GHS ones are very nice and they've got some of the best customer service in the string business (so does Rotosound and DR) though eventually I grew tired of its sound and they ended up not fitting the music that I was playing.

I've never tried the pyramids before.

 

[nrssab]

Thank you GeneralElectric!

I think for me the carvin website dosn't seem to work as good, I only get guitar strings but no bass strings. Strange.
I've sent them an email.

 

[nrssab]

Anyone who voted for the Pyramids could you describe the sound please. Thanks.

 

[mr sprocket]

I have been using the nylons from Status. They are woody and thumpy. I have them on an ABG right now and love the sound and feel. They are also lighter tension than LaBellas which I also like.

http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html

 

[richnota]

i run the labellas on most of my piezo basses. I like their combination of sustain and clear top end. + most of my basses were designed with them in mind (no need to adjust nut).

I found the Roto's to have too little sustain for me and can only find Fenders in four string sets.

I've used Galli (from italy) on one of the rob allens. Very nice strings. Different balance of fundamental/overtone vs. the Labellas. Ended up going back to Labella but theyre quite nice.

there is another post with complete tapewound data in it (thank Lokire)

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335671