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Help with identifying strings

JPK_DK

JPK_DK

Aug 9, 2019
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I received a new bass and couldn't - so far - get more info on the strings.
It's a fretless and the strings are flats. They have color-coded ball-ends, black silks, and an exposed core at the ball end. Does this help you experts in narrowing it down??
Thanks!!
 
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JPK_DK said:
I received a new bass and couldn't - so far - get more info on the strings.
It's a fretless and the strings are flats. They have color-coded ball-ends, black silks, and an exposed core at the ball end. Does this help you experts in narrowing it down??
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What really would help is pics! One at the headstock and one at the bridge. By the way, what specific colors for the ball ends? Do they have black silk at both ends, or at tuner end only?

If the ball end colors are red-white-blue-gold (E-G) and the black silk is only at the tuner end, then they're La Bella 760FS (45-65-85-105).
 
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michael_t said:
What really would help is pics!
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Fair point! I had thought that my description might be enough... I also thought that especially the exposed core is going to narrow it down...
Here are the pics:
ballends.jpg

bridge_exposedcore.jpg

headstock.jpg
 
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michael_t said:
Those are definitely La Bella 760FS flats. By the way, the B is "taperwound" (at least one layer of winding), not "exposed core".
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Thanks so much! This is really appreciated (and also pointing out my incorrect use of "exposed core"). I have never tried these kinds of strings (i.e., taperwounds) or this specific make before. Indeed, I have so far been underwhelmed by flats, but I must confess, these here are really good.
 

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