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Post subject: La Bella Jamerson strings
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:11 pm
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Any one have or have had the Jamerson flatwounds on their jazz bass? How are they? I heard they may crack the nut and they have a lot of tension. Is this entirely true?


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I use La Bella exclusively on all my basses. The only problem is you have to adjust the truss rod.Definitely a lot of tension!!! You want a fat sound that blends with the kick drum,these are the strings. I will never go back to roundwound. Amen!!!


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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:42 pm
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labella jamersons have a lot of tension... and james himself warped his 62 p bass with those... well maybe coz he never cared for his instrument... well watch out for the truss rod then.. good luck...

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:38 pm
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Oh thats great to hear.......more neck adjustments! greeaat. :lol:


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I have wrecked four USA Fender Basses with Labella 760M's and will not ever use them again. I can get the same thumpy thud sound using different lower tension strings so why wreck your neck brother?

If you just gotta try them, God bless ya.

My personal basses the 760m's trashed: 68 Tele (neck twist). 71 Jazz (actually cracked the fretboard.) 76 P (nut cracked). 04 Highway One Jazz (nut simply disintergrated.) Used to be the only way to get that sound was to use them. No more.


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Thank you Brother Dave. Thats the kind of aggravation I want to avoid. What flatwound lower tension strings do you recommend to get that sound? I use Fenders now and they are ok but i'm looking for something better. Thanks


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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:18 am
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nah i don't think adjustments would help

dave, that's a lot of damaged basses ... but can posiflex prevent the neck from warping?

i never really liked high tension strings.... gah.. they give me the creeps... im settled with light and medium light.. that's as far as i go..


fender flats have high tension themselves, and a bit of muddy tone to me...

GHS Precision flats are good.. i have yet to try them *hopefully stocks would arrive*
but on dave's soundclip they're nice and deep

also try the LaBella 760FL although they're lower and surely you'll lose a tad of the tone and well need to adjust your EQ

and also the favorite, ever floppy TI flats..

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fender jazz wrote:
Thank you Brother Dave. Thats the kind of aggravation I want to avoid. What flatwound lower tension strings do you recommend to get that sound? I use Fenders now and they are ok but i'm looking for something better. Thanks


The Fender flats sound good and bright when new and the light 9050L set that is 45-60-80-95 has a real pop to them. I switched from these to the GHS Precision Flats for a more vintage tone.

For a Labella 760M type tone with SLIGHTLY lower tension I use the GHS Precision Flatwound 3050 REGULARS on a '51 RI P-bass. These are the highest tension strings I use. I figure the big fat neck on the '51 can take it. So far no problems. There are lighter gauge GHS Precision sets like the 3025's. I like the beefy G string on the 3050 though.

There are also lighter gauge Labella flats too, but around here about any Labella flat is scarce and the only way to get them is to order them somewhere online. Even the Charlotte Guitar center only stocks one or two sets of flats.

I use the Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats JF344 set on an active Ibanez bass. There is no way I'd say they sound vintage. They have a unique sound all their own. The last for a very, very very long time but the ultra low tension takes some getting used to. Seem to work well with a pick too, but I hardly ever use a pick except when I absolutely have to. If you don't want to be replacing strings every month to every 3 months then I'd find the TI JF344 set. In the USA the list price is like $107 a set with an online price of about $55, so they are expensive up front but will outlast 6 sets of about anything else.


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Used them too on my '64 till I started hearing stuff like this. I now use DR Fat Beams.

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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:20 pm
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LaBella 760FL flats are on my AV 62 Jazz and they sound fantastic. I had TI flats on this bass for a while but they didn't match up well for some reason, I never was happy with the tone. The LaBellas were a perfect match, thankfully.

Generally I think I like TI flats on P-basses over Jazz basses, something about that pairing works. Check out Pino Palladino's tone, that's what you get with this combo. Very nice. :wink:


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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:13 am
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LaBellas give that deep dub tone, like that of the GHS flats..
TI's have some brightness in them.. and they don't really sound that vintagey..


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Post subject: Re: La Bella Jamerson strings
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 2:17 am
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I use LaBella Jamersons on my Sting Precision and 1978 MIA P-Bass since years ago, and it's ok now, no damage or anything to my basses (and I play them hourly everyday). Yes I had to adjust the truss rod a bit but no damage at all.
Recently I lowered the tension of one of them (the Sting) a bit and tuned them down one step (D-G-C-F) because I'm in the phase of 'relearning my basic technique from the ground' again, (after professionally play bass for almost 20 years) and it felt good. The tone of course is marvellous!
I'm very happy :)

So I don't know what really happen with BrotherDave experience with his basses.
I don't want to argue that here.

Instead I'd like to ask:

What kind of LaBella Flatwound string was used by Joe Osborn for his Fender Jazz Bass in '60s?
Can somebody tell me please...

Thank You.


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Post subject: Re: La Bella Jamerson strings
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:28 am
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bluesdogblues wrote:
...Instead I'd like to ask:

What kind of LaBella Flatwound string was used by Joe Osborn for his Fender Jazz Bass in '60s?
Can somebody tell me please...


FYI:
Somebody in other forum (TalkBass) has just answer my same question, and he gives me info that Joe Osborn Jazz Bass strings was:
LaBella Jamerson set (although at 1962 they just named LaBella)

Clearer now for me that: "No, this strings shouldn't damage our bass".
If Joe Osborn can use them for many years without damage, so should I.
So I'll keep using it, happily..:)

Cheers


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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 6:41 pm
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brotherdave wrote:
I have wrecked four USA Fender Basses with Labella 760M's and will not ever use them again. I can get the same thumpy thud sound using different lower tension strings so why wreck your neck brother?

If you just gotta try them, God bless ya.

My personal basses the 760m's trashed: 68 Tele (neck twist). 71 Jazz (actually cracked the fretboard.) 76 P (nut cracked). 04 Highway One Jazz (nut simply disintergrated.) Used to be the only way to get that sound was to use them. No more.


I used the 760M on my Rick 4003 and there was no damage. The E string felt more like a suspended bridge cable than a string... I have the 760 FS on my Jazz Deluxe and they work and sound great. I think the 760M are not necessary for that thick thumpy sound as I noticed no difference in tone between those and the 760FS which are lighter gauge (though one was on Rick the other on Fender). I hope though that the 760FS won't mess up my neck in the long run! (have them on for 3 years).

So brotherdave what string do you use then?

The alternative I would consider might be Pyramid strings. I've heard they might be the next best thing (or even better?) and low tension.


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