Tapewound. Any good?

[captainchambers]

I have True Bass 88s on my short scale Musicmaster. I came out of the studio where my fretted [low] G had an overtone according to the engineer. Luckily, he had a Precision in the studio and I switched for that track. I am also told that my fretted B is out of tune. The bass is intonated correctly, and in tune. I had the old Fender bridge replaced with a new Gotoh. It's been worked over and checked. Has anyone had any issues such as this with black nylon wrapped strings?

 

[lunarpollen]

I used the LaBella's in the past, I had them strung on my Hondo Rickenbacker copy for several years and loved them.

 

[Hawaii Islander]

I can speak for the fender nylon tapewound 9120's. Thumpy but also somewhat bright. They sustain fairly well on my fretless J bass. The harmonics ring out loud and clear. Very low tension. They're cheap and they can last for years.

+1

I used a set on my Fender Mike Dirnt P-bass. I love those strings.

 

[fjadams]

I've used the GHS 3060 Tapewounds on about every bass I've owned since the late 60s. Give me the tone I like, last for ever, stay in tune. If you do a lot of "pop & slap" look elsewhere, as they are not really suitable for this. If you play classic rock or country they work great. Had a set on a Fender HMT I owned for a while and could get real good acoustic tones out of it.

 

[sockmonkee]

I just put a set of fender nylon tapewound 9120's on my VM squier. Wow they are awesome! I will be buying three more sets this week.

 

[mongo2]

La Bellas are flats covered in tape

The nylon tape on one of my Labella A strings unraveled and it's a roundwound underneath.