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TapeWound Club~Anyone?
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I have D Adds on both of my fretless JazzBass guitars. The Fender is a MIM all original and the unshielded buzzing is the only thing I don’t care for about it. For the single cutaway JB I built with a Warmoth neck, I used Bartolini split coil Jazz pickups. Absolutely quiet and better overall tone in my view. The Fender has that buzz regardless of strings, shielding or new pups are the only cure. Many drop in replacements available.
Sorry, English is not my first language. What do you mean by it’s the only thing you don’t care for about it? Thanks!
From a fellow L2 speaker: yeah, at first those two prepositions after the verb ("care for about") look weird, but you need to mentally place a logical boundary between them (care for | about it).
Then, "about" has the familiar meaning of "regarding", whereas only "for" goes with "care" to form a phrasal verb: "to care for", when in interrogative and negative form, means "to (not) particularly like".
In other words: "the buzzing is the only thing about the bass that I don't appreciate (everything else is to my liking)".
Chromes and GHS precision Flats are really different flats.
Reposting this from the general Strings forum, where it received no replies at all:
"I have a fretted ABG with under saddle piezo and an internal endpin mic. I love the tone of it with phosphor bronze strings but the "clacking" on the frets is really off-putting. It's better with the internal mic rolled down or off but the "clack" is still there and annoying.
I was thinking of trying the LaBella Gold White Tapes. I know they're 80/20 brass (not phoshor) but any thoughts or suggestions before I take an expensive tryout?"
"I have a fretted ABG with under saddle piezo and an internal endpin mic. I love the tone of it with phosphor bronze strings but the "clacking" on the frets is really off-putting. It's better with the internal mic rolled down or off but the "clack" is still there and annoying.
I was thinking of trying the LaBella Gold White Tapes. I know they're 80/20 brass (not phoshor) but any thoughts or suggestions before I take an expensive tryout?"
I would try them. I don't know if they will fit your needs, but they sound reallt good on ABG. Definitely worth trying.
I would probably use the Copper White Nylons before the Gold on an ABG with piezos. Their mids are more complex, they have tighter lows so would be less boomy when amplified, and the highs are more balanced so would be less "clicky".
That's interesting because it's the mids that are really attractive with the DR Rare that are on the instrument now, both amplified and unplugged. If I can get approximately that but lose some of the fret "clack" with the nylon wrap, that would be a good balance.
I found myself in exactly the same situation and took the plunge on the Gold Whites. Couldn't be happier! Great sound with all the articulation minus fingernoise and clanking.
Thanks. That convinced me to give them a tryout
At about $100CAD a throw, I was looking for a little reassurance
They mellow, but very slightly, and it stabilizes. Rounds and flats continue to mellow until they are just deader than dead. Tapes maintain their stabilized tone until they break. At least mine have, and I haven't had any break yet. I have even taken them off and put them on at least half a dozen times trying different strings. Still sound the same as after the first few hours of playing.
