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Post subject: Re: Fender stock bass strings in the 50s/early 60s
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:55 am
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FYI: The stock Fender 80s were flatwounds with blue silk wrapped around the ends.

I have no idea who made them, but they were used on Fender basses as stock strings
until the 1980s.

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Post subject: Re: Fender stock bass strings in the 50s/early 60s
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:00 pm
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BCbassman wrote:
FYI: The stock Fender 80s were flatwounds with blue silk wrapped around the ends.

I have no idea who made them, but they were used on Fender basses as stock strings
until the 1980s.


If that was a turquoise blue, yes those were decent flats and they were made by Fender. The turquoise silks were what I looked for and I don't remember what they were called. I used them some before switching to GHS flats. The GHS strings were about the same price but had a reputation for lasting longer before going dead and in fact they did seem to last way longer for me.


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Post subject: Re: Fender stock bass strings in the 50s/early 60s
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:07 pm
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affprod wrote:
I have to fly with BD on VC Squire as I have been unable to find a reference of anyone that could have come between in house steel wound gut and vendor furnished by VC Squire. They were, without a doubt, on the scene very early on. In my travels on the subject I did stumble across the RDCV history of LaBella on their website. It is pretty bare bones but it was still interesting. Link below.

http://www.labella.com/history/

I think the LaBella760s mentioned are some of the smoothest winds in the business.


I finally got around to reading that Labella history. Saw a name I recognized! "Richard Mari Cocco Jr., President." No mention of Richard Mari Cocco Sr though which was sort of puzzling. Here's why the name hit me:

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You can read a sort of vague history of R. Cocco strings by clicking the history tab here: http://www.coccostrings.com

Labella is at least loosely related to the R. Cocco brand because it is named after the father of the current president of Labella!

Wonder what happened? Is R. Cocco the same Italian company that Labella shut down just prior to WWII revived? Interesting. Neither company history makes any mention of the other by name. Odd even though R. Cocco's history mentions Richard Cocco Sr. it doesn't say he started the company, but it is named after him. They are very, very obviously related somehow.

R. Cocco strings are highly regarded, but I've never tried them. Never heard of them till about 5 years ago either. People who like R. Cocco bass strings, like them a lot. Maybe worth a try someday. I don't plan to buy any more TI Jazz Flats after I use up the ones on hand because they are now just stupid expensive!


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