La Bella Black Tapes on a '63 P-Bass

[Undertone]

Hi Folks.

Never tried Nylon tapewounds. Thinking to put La Bella 50-105's on it but I read they're flimsy, floppy and weak in output compared with the 60-1115's (and other brands).  Small guage wire inside the 50-105's I read.

Is this the consensus view?  Looking for the conventional sound one gets out of tapewounds (not upright-like).

I won't under any circumstances alter my original '63 P-Bass (eg. widening nut etc.) so seems 60-115's are out, leaving me w 50-105 if I stick w La Bella.

Am I going to regret it?

[Beedster]

Tapes are a surprisingly lively string, I have them on both Precisions and a Jazz and they are awesome, La Bellas especially  

[uk_lefty]

There's a Scott Devine video you should be able to hunt down on YouTube where he talks about tapewounds on a P bass. It's a few years old now but I did it myself after hearing that and was very pleasantly surprised with the result.

[Jonesy]

Can you get a new nut and widen that, then you get to play the strings of your choice? 

 

I had Rotosound tapes on a Jack Casady, probably after watching that Scot Devine video, and thought they sounded good. The feel of them took a while to get used to, but they're worth a shot.