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La Bella Has Over 400 Years of String Making Experience
The tradition of string making dates back to the 1640s in Salle, Italy, where the Mari family supplied gut strings to the famous violin builders of Cremona. In 1913, brothers Olinto & Emilio Mari arrived in New York bringing their family craft to the States. Over the years, the brothers shaped the landscape of the string industry with their innovative designs. Every set is manufactured using a perfect combination of traditional methods and latest technologies to produce a superior string.
760FHBB "Beatle" Bass Stainless Steel Flat Wound - 50-100
Our "Beatle" Bass set is made up of special lengths and gauges. Each handmade flat wound stainless steel string is calibrated to fit the three different bridge types made by Hafner.
- Stainless Steel Flat Wound
- Deep, authentic "Beatles" tone typical of La Bella flat wound bass strings
- Fits Hofner "Beatle" basses and similar models that require 34"
- Tension: Standard
- String Gauges: .050, .065, .080, .100
- Made in the USA with American Wire
- Please do not substitute this set for a medium scale set.
M. Brown
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025
LaBella strings wont let you down. These flatwounds feel and sound great. Once you get them stretched out, just play to your heart's content. Lookin forward to playing them on my Hoffner Beatle bass!
Mark Turcotte
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2025
Excellent Product
Nigel Dadswell
Reviewed in France on February 20, 2025
Great strings for my Thomann Beatle bass. They fit perfectly. Totally cured some slight fret buzz, and the sound is immeasurably better/balanced compared to the round wound strings installed from new.
drmoze
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2024
Bought these strings for my Hofner Ignition violin bass. Easy setup, and they sound and feel great. They make a real difference for this bass. Recommended.
Dar Shadow
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
Ya gotta love LaBella because they know the quirks of the Hofner violin bass. I went through 2 other sets of short scale flatwound bass strings & their ball end didn't fit because it had silk on it and was too large in diameter for my tailpiece. And... at the headstock, the silk on 2 other sets spilled over into the fretboard area. Nothing but super dull tone if you tried to use those.-All those troubles never happened with the LaBella's. Flatwounds are generally all the same price, around $45 or a bit more. But... only with flatwounds, you'll probably not need new strings for many years! Gawd love LaBella because they make 2 different sets of flatwound strings SPECIFICALLY for the Hofner (short scale) violin bass. The strings fit perfectly & sound fantastic. I've got that cool 60's Beatles tone out of my bass now & couldn't be happier. DON'T try other strings for your Hofner. GET THESE & save yourself all the headaches I went through. You'll thank me later.
patrick mcmichael
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2023
Labelle always offers quality! Love the Flats
Edolus
Reviewed in Italy on January 29, 2022
Ottimo corde ma, ma se volete il timbro McCartney, meglio quelle in nylon.Diventano più sottili in corrispondenza dell'attacco sulle meccaniche, ideale per le meccaniche piccole degli hofner ma compatibili con qualsiasi meccanica per basso.Al tatto sono comodissime, mi aspettavo un suono più da "contrabbasso" ma risultano leggermente metalliche,anche dopo un pò di utilizzo.Sicuramente più morbido delle corde normali, ma meno morbido delle rotosound flat che monto su un jazzbass e che costano la metà.A mio avviso il costo è elevato in rapporto al suono che avrete, ma si paga la compatibilità con le meccaniche hofner.Per un suono in stile McCartney consiglio le tapewound in nylon.
R..O.
Reviewed in Canada on June 3, 2019
Well worth the extra money.
Philippe LOPEZ
Reviewed in France on December 9, 2019
J'ai acheté il y a peu une BeatleBass Harley Benton en occasion avec sa housse adaptée pour 40€ sur le coin-coin. Le vendeur avait remplacé les cordes filets ronds par des filets plats Hofner.La corde de mi était totalement inaudible en acoustique, et comme morte, sans sustain en électrique.Il m'a dit être déçu de l'instrument, qu'il fallait passer par la case luthier...J'ai remarqué que le chevalet flottant avait été déposé lors de la précédente intervention et monté à l'envers. J'ai commencé par le mettre dans le bon sens, mais si la corde de mi a récupéré un peu de sustain, elle restait très en deçà des autres en terme de volume sonore.Après réflexion, j'ai décidé d'investir dans un jeu de corde qui vallait plus que la basse elle-même. Et là, elle est revenue à la vie!!! Puissance homogène des cordes, toucher extra, sensation de glisse dans limites, définition sonore, "moooaaahouuuhh" extraordinaire.Dès lors, les micros ont pu pleinement s'exprimer. Au point que j'ai pu me rendre compte d'une certaine microphonie.Les micros céramiques de série sont déconcertants de puissance. Ils font clipper toutes les têtes d'ampli du local de puissance. Compresseur obligatoire du coup! ( Et je précise qu'il s'agit de Gallien Krüger 1000 Rb)...Bref, très bon investissement.
Dillon A.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019
These are perfect strings for my Hofner Bass. The sound quality is very clear and “bouncy”. It does not sound like regular bass strings though because these are flat wound. They are a lot of fun playing though and I love it.
R. Rodriguez
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2017
These bass strings were pretty expensive. I read numerous reviews online that these strings sound really good with the Hofner bass that I purcahsed and they do sound unique. I could play with these bass strings longer than with normal bass strings. They're smoother and easier on my fingers. They look and feel different from normal bass strings so I ended up liking them for that reason alone. But at that price, I'm unsure if I will be purchasing these specific strings for my Hofner everytime I need to change strings. That's just me. If you could afford the price, I'd purchase them every time. They do sound really good.
Djbasse
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2017
Wow jai fait une gig devand 250 personnes, ca shake pas possible sur ma hofner caverne!!Jai hate d essayé le set bb2 plus petites et plus rapide.Merci
Todd
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017
I never really liked the original Deep Talkin Bass stuff in the beginning (decades ago), but that moniker is a Category of La Bella string that happens to include a few different types of sets. In the 60s and 70s, I used to use 760s and they were really great for the price and never had a problem. THESE strings are really a MUST have for shorter scale basses. I would of course prefer Dogal evolution e Jaco or Thomastik flats. But these are going on a NEW Guild Starfire II I just got for Christmas.
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