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Fretless pedal board for a minimalist?


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2 hours ago, Soledad said:

Good rundown of some options there. On my previous (Mayones BE4) I settled on LaBella 'white nylon' (that's what they call them and they aren't white).
I'm currently using D'Add chrome flats on the Sandberg - they are working very well on that bass so happy. Have EB Cobalt flats on my fretted P/J - can be v good but I agree quality issues. The D'Addario chromes are very consistent and have nice blue silks (mauve on the EBs) - yep, that stuff bothers me!!

What gauge LaBellas are you using?

 

For the LaBella Black Nylon I am using the 750N Light which is 50 - 105.

 

For the LaBella Low Tension Flats, I am using LTF-4A 42-100.

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On 04/09/2023 at 07:08, Soledad said:

Seems like a vote for the MXR @admiralchew - checked the Providence listing but it just got me more interested in hearing the MXR with flanger. GLWS but I think I'm on the hunt for an MXR, used so I don't lose much if/when I sell it on.

Yeah, the MXR’s great. I think there’s one in the classifieds too?

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On 04/09/2023 at 14:59, Soledad said:

On my previous (Mayones BE4) I settled on LaBella 'white nylon' (that's what they call them and they aren't white).

That's strange, because I use White Nylon's on some of my basses and they are ... white.

 

I guess you had the Copper White Nylon's or the Gold White Nylon's with, in fact, transparent nylon, no white, hence the colour.

 

There are 3 types of White Nylon's.

 

The White Nylon's, the only Nylon strings with round wound string inside: https://www.labella.com/product/750t/

 

The Copper White Nylon's, with flat wound low copper alloy string inside: https://www.labella.com/product/750c/

 

The Gold White Nylon's, with a golden alloy (80% of brass, a bit like acoustic bronze strings) flat wound string inside: https://www.labella.com/product/750g/

 

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Another option might be just to get something like the HX Stomp, and then choose a reverb, octave, chorus or whatever else you want from it.

 

Nice an minimal as a setup. Price not too bad second hand, and the software is still being updated.

 

On the subject of LaBella white nylons - I had issues with both the gold white and stainless (white nylon) on a 5 string - the low B never tracked cleanly. I've therefore gone back to La Bella Black tape wounds on my 5 string fretless to get a more stable low B. YMMV

 

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@pn_day - thing I like about seperate pedals is you acquire them one by one and can swap along the way. Also a strong used market, quite library-like, I mean buy one, try it and sell on for almost the same if it isn't quite right. I've got an MXR chorus on the way so that's a start. Next up is maybe comp - I think the Darkglass SS I sold was about the best compact pedal comp I'd owned.

And if I collect say 10 pedals I could sell the lot and be halfway to another Sandberg - pedals are like loyalty stamps :)

 

all very 'minimalist'.

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4 hours ago, Hellzero said:

That's strange, because I use White Nylon's on some of my basses and they are ... white.

 

I guess you had the Copper White Nylon's or the Gold White Nylon's with, in fact, transparent nylon, no white, hence the colour.

 

There are 3 types of White Nylon's.

 

The White Nylon's, the only Nylon strings with round wound string inside: https://www.labella.com/product/750t/

 

The Copper White Nylon's, with flat wound low copper alloy string inside: https://www.labella.com/product/750c/

 

The Gold White Nylon's, with a golden alloy (80% of brass, a bit like acoustic bronze strings) flat wound string inside: https://www.labella.com/product/750g/

 

Got my set a couple of years ago (they last well and tbh weren't played loads). I'm certain they were rounds under a semi-clear tape wrap. Fairly lowish tension, great mid-voicing and a nice crisp top. Sold that bass on recently but these ones with red silks:

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