No they do not ever feel sticky, they are super clean and super easy to play and the coppers sound fantastic. Good for your fingers and easy on your tendons, can set action very low with little or no buzzing at all. You can even slap on them and they sound decent - the coppers that is. Slides are easy, bends are easy, very little of the unwanted noises that most bass strings have. I quit flats because of the sticky factor that was messing me up big time. The tapes rule!
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LaBella Gold White Tapewounds are amazing
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No they do not ever feel sticky, they are super clean and super easy to play and the coppers sound fantastic. Good for your fingers and easy on your tendons, can set action very low with little or no buzzing at all. You can even slap on them and they sound decent - the coppers that is. Slides are easy, bends are easy, very little of the unwanted noises that most bass strings have. I quit flats because of the sticky factor that was messing me up big time. The tapes rule!
Yes, they felt amazing just the same as the coppers do. The difference for me was the golds did not have enough low end compared to the coppers. And to my ear the coppers just had a better sound, like it made me sound like I had a much better and more expensive rig. Nothing against the golds (I have a gold tooth).
Just ordered a set of 750C 50-105 Copper Whites as my birthday present! They'll be installed on my Schecter Raiden Special-4 as soon as they arrive, to replace some 6-month old Dunlop SuperBright SS 40-100. Can't wait!!
Yeah, I meant the silk wrap looks like it's over the part that's touching the saddle on a couple of the strings, I don't think you want that?
I tried all three. The coppers were the clear winner AFAIC. Golds came in second. The regular White Nylons came in distant third.
YMMV.
Note: All three varieties were excellent strings. But the copper set had the richest and most interesting sound of the three. The golds were also excellent but brighter sounding. The plain whites were just a little too bright for my personal tastes. But they would work well for someone interested in that sort of sound.
LaBella did a great job with these strings.
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Ah, I see. Yeah, one would want to avoid that. Not an issue on the bass I have them on but it could vary with different bridges.
It does also make me think that tapewounds in general would probably insulate the strings from grounding - perhaps an issue with noisy basses/soloed single coil pickups.
Labella's are my favorite for tapewound strings in general.
I've used the classic black ones,the white standard tapes,and the white copperwounds.
They're all different sounds,but great strings.
I have a copperwound set on my Rick Cheyenne,it's a great match for that bass's sound.
I've used the classic black ones,the white standard tapes,and the white copperwounds.
They're all different sounds,but great strings.
I have a copperwound set on my Rick Cheyenne,it's a great match for that bass's sound.
I just ordered a set from Jason for my Dingwall ABZ5. I'm so freakin' excited to try them out 
Has anyone hear heard of anyone trying them on a multiscale?
Has anyone hear heard of anyone trying them on a multiscale?
Unless they are in stock, be ready for a long wait. First the stars have to align in order for LaBella to start producing. I ordered my set of Coppers in March and haven't received them yet
I spoke to Jason on the phone. I was lucky they were in stock.
LaBella is a great company, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), they are a little old school.
I was actually looking for the golds, but Jason told me the difference was negligible. Now the coppers are a different story...
I am about to pull the trigger on a copper set for my Dean acoustic 5 string. Are yours on an acoustic or solid body? I am very interested in the comparison between the two as I would have a couple of months to wait for the copper but the golds are in stock. I also think the look of copper versus the gold on a natural finish with chrome machine heads is a factor in my desire to see copper strings versus the gold set on her. Is it worth the wait?
Mine are currently on A Squier VM Jaguar Special. Which is your basic PJ with an inexpensive preamp in a Jag shaped body. And it's a marriage made in heaven AFAIC.
FWIW, I try to pair each bass I own to what I consider the best matched set of strings. So no two basses I own uses the same set. At least so far.
In the case of this Jag, I tried the Fender set it came with, GHS Pressurewounds, DR Pure Blues, D'Addario Chromes, and finally the LaBellas. All the other sets (especially the Pressurewound and Pure Blues sets) worked really well. But the LaBellas were magic. Got a totally unique sound out of that bass I hadn't heard before. Which is what I was hoping for.
For my ABG (Epiphone El Capitan) I've currently got a set of totally settled in TI Acousticores on it. I tried a set of traditional black nylons and didn't much care for the sound on this particular bass. But I'm definitely going to try these new LaBellas on it when it needs new strings.
In Sam Ash in Raleigh, they had an El Capitan 4 string with black nylons on it that I tried. It did have a very different feel and tone than the bright brassy Daddario acoustic bass strings I currently have and are currently losing their bright sound and brass look. Sound with the black nylons was along the lines of a mellow upright and that's what made me start my research a couple of months ago.
The El Capitan has a really (as in really) nice piezo and preamp made by Shadow Electronics that's the secret sauce that gives the Cap it's edge IMO. It's about the only ABG I ever tried (and I tried a lot of them before I got one) that just always sounds good no matter how it's played or what settings you use with it.
When I got mine (used) it was strung with the ubiquitous D'Addario phosphore-bronze set. They sounded really good too.
But I was curious about the TI Acousticores. So I bit the bullet on the extra expense and tried a set. Luckily, I really liked them even though (due to their nylon core) they don't sound anything like any other ABG string I've ever heard. They have a more super low and "singing" classical guitar sound to my ears.
Which is fine. I wanted something a little different. But that's me. YMMV.
However, if you're looking for a more upright-ish sound, you definitely don't want Acousticores on it. Their voice is about as far away from an upright as it can get.
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If the flatroundwound liked the Coppers because they are warmer, he won't like the whites. Whites' tone goes the opposite direction - brighter, not rounder.
The copper whites are not quite as deep sounding as the labella or Daddario black tapes. The coppers have a brighter more modern tone than the black tapes. All nylons feel smooth and so easy to slide on and bend. I do a lot of solo bass with tapping and one downside to the coppers is that they make the most amount of fret clack noise compared to the daddario black tapes. Must be different material but the difference there is noticeable. Slap bass sounds much better on the coppers compared to the black tapes but still not nearly as good as rounds. Overall they are a great string but if you like to slap a lot rounds are much better. The golds and whites sounded "cheaper" than the coppers to my ear. The coppers just sound richer and like you are playing a more expensive rig. They are my favorite string but soon I will try the ernie ball slinky flats for comparison but chances are I will end up favoring the coppers (very clean sounding string and no grippy feeling that can occur with flats especially with humid weather).
