Black Strings for 6 String, Medium or Light guage, Preferably Flatwounds

JBoogy

JBoogy

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Does this exist? I see coated strings but are those coated roundwounds or coated flatwounds? I really want the black string aesthetic on my new bass but I recently bought some Thomastik-Infeld JAZZ Flat Wounds and love them so I am wondering is there a black flatwound string? Or should I just get Tapewounds? I worry tapewounds will be too much thud but maybe not.

Opinions? Thoughts? Suggestions?

Yes I know black strings blah blah blah color shouldn't matter yeah yeah.
 
#5
D'addario make black tape wound strings.they are round wound underneath, but feel completely like flat wound.....they sound great to me ....I have them on a Black Sterling SUB4...partially for colour ( ;) ) and partially because they sounded so good on my buddy's MIJ P-bass..I would say they are bright yet similar to flats, warm and mellow sounding...they respond well to EQ-ing on the bass and amp....they feel smooth on the fingers......but I'm no expert
 
#6
Try out Labella Black Nylon Tapewounds.

I recently switched to them from TI Jazz Flats and I wish I had known about them sooner. They have a very similar tension and mid focused tone like TI Jazz Flats, perhaps even a bit looser tension, but they're very smooth also.

It also helps that they look nice
 
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TBAR Shane said:
Try out Labella Black Nylon Tapewounds.

I recently switched to them from TI Jazz Flats and I wish I had known about them sooner. They have a very similar tension and mid focused tone like TI Jazz Flats, perhaps even a bit looser tension, but they're very smooth also.

It also helps that they look nice
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I ended up going with these. Tough to find a 6 string set but finally got it ! Thanks everyone!
 
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