Please help ID this flatwound!

[selassie1]

Hello fellow bassys,

I found these strings on an old Italian Hofner copy and they sounded incredible. The string broke so I'm trying to find a replacement set. Can anyone help me identify the brand?

 

[milo]

As I know(somebodi can correct me) Thomastik Infeld Jazz Flatwound strings have nylon wrapped main wire and than all is wrapped with flat wire.

 

[CnB77]

Is that cloth on the inside?
Bump, because I'm kind of curious

ETA: Oh, I guess that may be it

 

[Marton]

Looks like "silk" on the inside, like they do on some double bass strings. The only BG string that I know of that have that are the TIs flats, but they don't look like that.

Anyway, these strings are old and probably discontinued.

 

[selassie1]

This one is a round metal core, cloth wrapping, round bronze winding, topped with a flat ribbon wrap on the outside. Also the ball ends are smaller than modern ones. They sounded phenomenal.

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

What does the top end by the tuning pegs look like?

FWIW - This is the current Hofner Bealt Bass E string by the ball end... The strings have the same tapered flexible tail section...

 

[selassie1]

Thanks for the info. I don't have the beatle bass anymore (gave it away!) and the single string I have is missing the tuner winding end. I'd love to find a comparable set for my roots P bass currently strung with daddario chrome flats.

 

[bassist4dalord]

I was going to say La Bella, thanks to the pic that Jason posted in another thread and above.