TapeWound Club~Anyone?

[iiipopes]

Update on my strings on my four electric basses:
Custom half-fanned P/J style: Fender
Ibby 5-string: LaBella Black standard gauge
Edit - sold the backup Ibby
Rick 4002: D'Addario

Sorry, my double bass still has conventional strings - it is just a tad difficult to bow nylon tapes.

 

[.BumeStik.]

I must admit, I have been going to Flats on the Bulk of my Basses. Well, 3 of the 5 anyway. I don't know what the Tuna Sandwich is going on in my house, but I started getting HORRIBLE BUZZ (What sounds like Grounding buzz) from the Tapes. It is more prevalent at certain times than others, though. I switched up cables, cords, etc, and it didn't seem to make to much of a difference.
I ended up throwing a set of La Bella Flats on my Saratoga and the buzzing went down Significantly, but not completely. I went to Flats on 2 others that NEVER buzzed before I went to Tapes, and they are buzzing now, too!
I have a Monster Surge Protecter/Power Conditioner that my gear goes through. I have traced from it to every other thing I could think of, including other outlets. I get the feeling my house may have been wired up in a hurry. We also live right under power lines, which put off Ridiculous amounts of EMF.

Long story short, I have some flats now, too. The Tapes will Never leave my Fretless, or Artist, though.

 

[iiipopes]

I must admit, I have been going to Flats on the Bulk of my Basses. Well, 3 of the 5 anyway. I don't know what the Tuna Sandwich is going on in my house, but I started getting HORRIBLE BUZZ (What sounds like Grounding buzz) from the Tapes. It is more prevalent at certain times than others, though. I switched up cables, cords, etc, and it didn't seem to make to much of a difference.
I ended up throwing a set of La Bella Flats on my Saratoga and the buzzing went down Significantly, but not completely. I went to Flats on 2 others that NEVER buzzed before I went to Tapes, and they are buzzing now, too!
I have a Monster Surge Protecter/Power Conditioner that my gear goes through. I have traced from it to every other thing I could think of, including other outlets. I get the feeling my house may have been wired up in a hurry. We also live right under power lines, which put off Ridiculous amounts of EMF.

Long story short, I have some flats now, too. The Tapes will Never leave my Fretless, or Artist, though.

Next time you're under flourescent lights with one of your basses that has conventional flats, dime the volume and tone, and take your hands off the bass. It will probably induce a lot of noise from lack of grounding. That's what is happening with the tapes. The nylon is an insulator, so a conventional bass loses its ground, and gains noise, even if it has humbuckers and shielding. I had to go to EMG actives to kill the noise after I switched to tapewounds. On my backup 5-string, I keep a Labella flatwound B string so I have a string ground to go with the EADG tapewounds so I have something to complete the bridge ground to kill noise.

 

[forrestgump]

I've got the Rotosounds on a violin bass and the GHS tapewounds on my Fender Precision. I'd love to try the Labella ones.
(Can I have a club number? )

 

[theduke1]

I have Labella black tapes on both my G&L 2500 with full coil tapping I get no noise

 

[west al]

I must admit, I have been going to Flats on the Bulk of my Basses. Well, 3 of the 5 anyway. I don't know what the Tuna Sandwich is going on in my house, but I started getting HORRIBLE BUZZ (What sounds like Grounding buzz) from the Tapes. It is more prevalent at certain times than others, though. I switched up cables, cords, etc, and it didn't seem to make to much of a difference.
I ended up throwing a set of La Bella Flats on my Saratoga and the buzzing went down Significantly, but not completely. I went to Flats on 2 others that NEVER buzzed before I went to Tapes, and they are buzzing now, too!
I have a Monster Surge Protecter/Power Conditioner that my gear goes through. I have traced from it to every other thing I could think of, including other outlets. I get the feeling my house may have been wired up in a hurry. We also live right under power lines, which put off Ridiculous amounts of EMF.

Long story short, I have some flats now, too. The Tapes will Never leave my Fretless, or Artist, though.

Are things rattling in your room you're playing in? Some times electric power strips go bad, and cause odd sounds.

 

[Christian Joseph Allbee]

I got the La Bella white tapes for my guitar yesterday and they sound great.

Word of warning, though: Do NOT cut all of the red taper off of the string, as this will cause the nylon to unwrap. I screwed up the low E string doing this, but luckily I had a second set.

 

[kodiakblair]

Thanks for the tip CJA.

I've a hankering for those LaBella whites.

Put Roto RS88s on my short scale Dean Evo yesterday. 100% improvement over the lousy light gauge rounds it had
on

Looks better too.

Funny thing those lousy rounds sound great on the Samick/Westone hybrid I built.

 

[OldPlucker]

I am ready to join. I just put them on last evening. The have replaced the Fender Flat nickel wounds.

 

[kodiakblair]

Looking good OldPlucker

 

[NorCal Dog]

i'm running D'Ad Tapes on at least 3 or 4 of my basses, have tried most of the different brands & the D"Ad's sound the most consistent as far as tone & volume across all 4 strings.

tonight i'll be gigging a '68 Jazz with Audere pre, with Aguilar HOT Jazz pups & the D"Ad tapes <<<< sounds effin AWESOME

i"ll post a photo when i get in from work today

 

[iiipopes]

The strings look great with the rest of the black hardware.

I am ready to join. I just put them on last evening. The have replaced the Fender Flat nickel wounds.

 

[west al]

My Am. Std. Fretless Jazz strung with D'Addario ETB92 Nylon Tapewounds. Sounds Great!

 

[OldPlucker]

My Gibson EB 2014 strung with D'Addario ETB92 Nylon Tapewounds. Sounds Great!

I am really liking the sound of the ETB92 strings on the T'bird; but, now you post this and make me want to put them on my EB. I would put them on the Rivoli; but, that get's the least amount of play time.

 

[OldPlucker]

I do like the look on the EB 2014. I am going to have to order a set for the EB 2013.

 

[iiipopes]

I have the Fenders on my custom P/J, and they sound like, well, "Big Fender" tone. I have the D'Addarios on my 4002, and they have a great, neutral tone that can be adapted with choice of instrument or style of playing. I have the La Bella standard gauge on my main bass, and they are big, ballsy, and can slap or dub at will, although they sound best with standard 2-finger technique for a variety of styles. I had the Rotos on my backup bass until I sold it getting ready to do a custom fanned-fret custom build. I don't know why the Rotos are more "woody" but that is the only word I can use to describe their unique tone. Even though I have La Bella regular black tapes on my main bass, if I were to get a jazz gig tomorrow and the bandleader insisted on electric instead of upright, I would get a new set of Rotos immediately.

 

[Grissle]

I have the Fenders on my custom P/J, and they sound like, well, "Big Fender" tone. I have the D'Addarios on my 4002, and they have a great, neutral tone that can be adapted with choice of instrument or style of playing. I have the La Bella standard gauge on my main bass, and they are big, ballsy, and can slap or dub at will, although they sound best with standard 2-finger technique for a variety of styles. I had the Rotos on my backup bass until I sold it getting ready to do a custom fanned-fret custom build. I don't know why the Rotos are more "woody" but that is the only word I can use to describe their unique tone. Even though I have La Bella regular black tapes on my main bass, if I were to get a jazz gig tomorrow and the bandleader insisted on electric instead of upright, I would get a new set of Rotos immediately.

I agree on the Rotos. For me they get closer to that tone you get when you put your ear against the top horn if you know what I mean. Hopefully I'm not the only one who's done this?

 

[Crash 56]

I put a set of Fender tapes on my acoustic fretless, I am SO glad I got rid of those crappy bronze wound strings!

 

[Staccato]

Okay, who's playing on a bass with tapes this weekend?

How's that set of strings working for you at the moment?

 

[Christian Joseph Allbee]

Okay, who's playing on a bass with tapes this weekend?

How's that set of strings working for you at the moment?

I did a recording test with my SX and Ray4 basses on Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" to see how they sound in metal. Quite surprisingly, they cut through the mix very well.