Flats with thin black silks......?

[kristo]

I was sorting out my music drawer at the weekend and found some flat wounds with thin black silks. I'm pretty sure they are medium scale from measuring them quickly last night. Anyone have an idea what they might be? I thought Labella as there's no silk at the ball end, but the thin silks is throwing me. Cheers.

Edited July 3, 2025 by kristo

[fretmeister]

Dunlops are black silk at both ends so it's not them.

 

My La Bella's are black at the headstock and nothing at the ball - what do you mean by "thin" silks?

Got a photo?

[kristo]

They just seem much thinner than my Low Tension Flats silks. 

[Rodders]

The La Bella 760 FS medium scale set has black silks IIRC.

[Quatschmacher]

Labella 760FS have black silks, and I think a few Dunlop strings do too. 

[alyctes]

On 12/07/2025 at 14:12, Quatschmacher said:

Labella 760FS have black silks, and I think a few Dunlop strings do too. 

 

Some Dunlops definitely do.  Or did.

[Beer of the Bass]

If they're a few years old, didn't Status strings have black silks? They came in medium scale and lighter gauges too.