That bass looks wild!!
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I’m curious to know what you found.
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Oh, I actually deliberately didn’t say, because I didn’t want to derail it into another “best strings” thread 
And, the point was that they seem to be the “best” strings for that bass, for how I play this bass, and for what I wanted to play on that bass 
(But… they are LaBella 750N-B, black nylon tape wounds)
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I get that. Was just curious as I have found like you stated that different strings work for different basses as well as different people. Each of my basses has a different type of string on it. But it’s good to hear what works for others to get ideas. I haven’t tried the LaBella tapewounds yet, only the short scale DTB and Low Tension flats, and Beatle Bass DTB flats. I have been curious about the tapes, though. I still have unopened packages of 34” Ernie Ball Slinky Cobalt Flats and Hybrid Slinky rounds that I need to try.
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Yeah the are the “best” string set, 
Actually for LaBella, nylon I really like their gold series. I have them all white, copper and gold.
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Food for thought @russ.hewitt.jr
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100%. Both of my current instruments are sub-$1000 and neither Fender nor Gibson have ever made an instrument I would trade them for, much less blow five figures on.
There are instruments I think are worth very expensive price tags, but “vintage” (i.e. “obsolete”) vanity instruments are not it.
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I don’t think I would ever want a super expensive instrument. If I ever got into a band I’d be too afraid to gig with it. A working class instrument is just fine by me.
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I can appreciate Fodera, Mayones, custom builds and so on. They are very nice. They are also not something I plan to ever own but at the same time, sure, I get why people would spend a solid chunk of change there.
But vintage Fenders or Gibsons? That’s just pure nostalgia inflation and there is nothing that makes them worth the exorbitant spend other than vanity value. Otherwise they are just plain old J and P basses, EBs and so on. Which there is nothing wrong with but they are certainly not special, and especially if made in the ‘70s, with more wildly variable quality than today. I would literally rather own a new factory MIJ Fender than some vintage MIA derelict.
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Ed Zachary! and even the working class instruments I have collected work very well, and have huge emotional value to me, because they narrate the story of my musical journey, which is integral to my spiritual journey. Whew! 
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@russ.hewitt.jr, personally, I don’t think anyone’s choice of preferred instrument is anyone else’s business. You do you.
Whether it’s a factory model at a modest price or a complete custom build for a hell of a lot more, what any player chooses to buy is strictly a personal matter.
If a particular brand/model/boutique creation makes you want to pick it up and play it, that’s the right choice.
Buy what you love and tune out the chatter from the cheap seats. All that matters are the sounds you yourself make and how they move you to make more.
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I have yet to purchase a bass I wanted to sell later. However, return one because it didn’t live up to what it was billed as? At least 75%; and the Ray 34 is going back, but it will hopefully be replaced by a different Ray 34. 
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I’d be fascinated to hear the tone of a “working class instrument” vs a Home Counties middle class instrument vs the Eton / Winchester / Marlborough class bass 
(I’m a Brit, these references work for me 
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The closest interest I’ve ever been able to muster in any round-ball sport that didn’t have an associated bat, racquet, mallet, lane or hoop was watching Ted Lasso. That reference works for me.
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I don’t know why he wasn’t asked to coach the US team @worldcup, we could have made the Semi-final,
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