As far as I know, LB QRs used to come with silk on them 15 yrs ago. They stopped using silk a lot later than that.
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Halfround String Mystery
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As far as I know, LB QRs used to come with silk on them 15 yrs ago. They stopped using silk a lot later than that.
I was curious enough about them to want to try a set at one point, only to be told they had just been discontinued. Oh well...
I did try the 1/4-rd back when. I wish I recalled more, except that I liked them. I sure can't recall anything about the silk. Michael, do you know if/when Labella went to silk on all their lines? I do recall some LB "super-step" tapered rounds that had no silk, at least at the ball-ends.
I read that LaBella will still make them as a special order, but you have to buy a minimum of 36 sets. I was hoping to find enough TB brothers/sisters interested in buying a few sets so that I could put in a special order, but no one was willing...
Anyone interested in getting some LaBella Quarter Rounds?
I read that LaBella will still make them as a special order, but you have to buy a minimum of 36 sets. I was hoping to find enough TB brothers/sisters interested in buying a few sets so that I could put in a special order, but no one was willing...
Anyone interested in getting some LaBella Quarter Rounds?
Now that you've mentioned it, I do remember the thread. My curiosity about them has been long gone since their discontinuation; certainly not enough to commit to a special order.
Yeah - I didn't like them enough 15 years ago to stay with them myself. Can anyone remind me - did they have a semi-smooth surface with round-wound style gaps - not smooth like half-rounds. I think I tried them before finding Pressurewound / Compressors, which I still use.
Back in the late 70's Dean Markley had these "ground wound" bass strings --- I'm not sure how long these stayed in production but "I think" you could still get them in the late 80's. Probably not what you have but just tossing it out as another possibility. I remember them being very good back in the day.
Dean Markley Vintage Ground Round Wound Light Bass Strings from the 1970s | Matthew's Musonics | Reverb
Dean Markley Vintage Ground Round Wound Light Bass Strings from the 1970s | Matthew's Musonics | Reverb
Another thought. Where did your old string break? If it broke past the nut and if you haven't already thrown it out (and hasn't unraveled and lost it's tight wind), you can do a wire knot. I know that sounds crazy but I've done this with old strings that had a sound I liked and were out of production. It is easy to do, solid as a rock and doesn't slip --- Piano Tuners do this when a piano string snaps because one new string sounds too different from the rest.
This knot works without slipping because the more tension you put on it, the tighter it grips.
I've done this on G strings that were cut for a 2+2 and I was putting on a 4 in line headstock.
This knot works without slipping because the more tension you put on it, the tighter it grips.
I've done this on G strings that were cut for a 2+2 and I was putting on a 4 in line headstock.
The "broken" string is still quite long just not long enough to wind in the tuner. No
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Tell me more, it is still quite long and it actually reaches the tuning peg there is just not enough string to wind it tight, but otherwise it's fully intact. Where do I obtain wire not or how do I make this happe?
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Tell me more, it is still quite long and it actually reaches the tuning peg there is just not enough string to wind it tight, but otherwise it's fully intact. Where do I obtain wire not or how do I make this happe?
I have a set of these! I have looked at them carefully and the top 1/3 of the wire has been ground off. They feel great but not as smooth as half rounds. They are nickel-plated steel.
You just use a pair of needle nose pliers to bend a small loop in the broken end of the string. Be careful to make smooth bends, if you do a sharp kink it will probably snap under tension. And you need a short piece cut off another string (an old string you're tossing out or the end bit that broke off in the first place if you didn't throw it away already). Just tie them like in the picture I posted --- I've done it many times and it has held without any troubles at all.
NOTE: the knot may not fit thru the hole in your bridge, so make sure to thread the broken string thru your bridge before you tie the knot
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Do they plate them after grinding them? With half rounds made out of nickel-plated steel strings, the plating would get ground off. Is it possible that only the intermediate windings are NPS, like those SS D'Addarios?
I presume they're plated after grinding - they must be. Years ago I emailed Dean Markley asking for info about them; the package tells me nothing. Nice strings.
it's kinda obscure.. and questionable.. and was joke to be honest.. but I meant to put an lol after..Ive never heard of that method before
