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I stock a wide selection of LaBella Flat Wound and Round Wound Bass strings right here in Auckland. Please contact me with any questions about which LaBella Bass Strings might suit you and your playing style and  Bass.


Please refer to the LaBella BASS GUIDE for assistance in choosing the correct scale set CLICK HERE.

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LaBella 760FS 45-105

$109.95

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  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound; hand-polished for incredibly smooth finish
  • Standard Tension
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105
  • Standard Long Scale Set
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

All standard bass sets are LONG scale length. The 1st (G), 2nd (D), 3rd (A) strings are 38” from ball-end to silk/taper. The 4th (E) string is 36 ¾” from ball-end to silk/taper. Only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post or else the string will break.

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LaBella LTF-4A Low Tension Flats

$109.95

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La Bella’s Low Tension Flats are the best-selling light tension flat wound string on the market. Adopting the same techniques behind our world-famous Deep Talkin’ Bass strings, the Low Tension Flats deliver the same classic sound but without the floppy-string effect associated with other light tension flat wound strings. These hand-wound and hand-polished strings are equipped with round cores for flexibility, and narrower ribbon wire to achieve that unrivaled smooth feeling strings uniquely characteristic to La Bella Strings.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound
  • Round cores for greater flexibility and narrower ribbon for an unrivaled smooth feeling
  • Light Tension
  • Total Tension in Lbs: 134.90 (1st 36.2, 2nd 34, 3rd 30.5, 4th 34.2)
  • String Gauges: .042, .056, .075, .100
  • Standard Long Scale Set
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

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LaBella RX-S4D Stainless Steel Round Wound Bass Strings

$57.95

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Not all constructions are created equal. Every string in the Rx Series is uniquely constructed for that particular set. This “Focused Set Design” concept helps achieve all the elements of a perfectly balanced set such as tone, feel, vibrato, and tension. More flexible and lighter in tension compared to our SN & M Series, players will find the RX Series are more comfortable to play on any style bass. The RX Series is just the remedy your bass has been calling for!

  • Stainless Steel Round Wound
  • More flexible & lighter tension than Standard La Bella M Series
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .080, .105
  • Versatile construction appeals to every style bass, genre of music and playing style
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

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LaBella RX-N4D Nickel Round Wound Bass Strings

$57.95

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Not all constructions are created equal. Every string in the Rx Series is uniquely constructed for that particular set. This “Focused Set Design” concept helps achieve all the elements of a perfectly balanced set such as tone, feel, vibrato, and tension. More flexible and lighter in tension compared to our SN & M Series, players will find the RX Series are more comfortable to play on any style bass. The RX Series is just the remedy your bass has been calling for!

  • Nickel-Plated Round Wound
  • More flexible & lighter tension than Standard La Bella SN Series
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105
  • Versatile construction appeals to every style bass, genre of music and playing style
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

LTF-5A Low Tension Flats, 5-String 42-118

$139.95

($10.00 shipping)

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La Bella’s Low Tension Flats are the best-selling light tension flat wound string on the market. Adopting the same techniques behind our world-famous Deep Talkin’ Bass strings, the Low Tension Flats deliver the same classic sound but without the floppy-string effect associated with other light tension flat wound strings. These hand-wound and hand-polished strings are equipped with round cores for flexibility, and narrower ribbon wire to achieve that unrivaled smooth feeling strings uniquely characteristic to La Bella Strings.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound
  • Round cores for greater flexibility and narrower ribbon for an unrivaled smooth feeling
  • Light Tension
  • Total Tension in Lbs: 163.20 (1st 36.2, 2nd 34, 3rd 30.5, 4th 34.2, 5th 28.3)
  • String Gauges: .042, .056, .075, .100, .118
  • Standard Long Scale Set
  • Made in the USA with American Wire

La Bella Bass Strings RX-N5D Nickel 5 string 45-130

$69.95

($10.00 shipping)

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RX▾Not all constructions are created equal. Every string in the Rx Series is uniquely constructed for that particular set. This “Focused Set Design” concept helps achieve all the elements of a perfectly balanced set such as tone, feel, vibrato, and tension. More flexible and lighter in tension compared to our SN & M Series, players will find the RX Series are more comfortable to play on any style bass. The RX Series is just the remedy your bass has been calling for!

  • Nickel-Plated Round Wound
  • More flexible & lighter tension than Standard La Bella SN Series
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105, .130
  • Versatile construction appeals to every style bass, genre of music and playing style
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

760FS-B-XL Deep Talkin’ Bass Flats, 5-String – Standard, Ext

$139.95

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Since the 50s and 60s, La Bella’s DEEP TALKIN’ BASS Stainless Steel Flat Wounds have been the choice of professional bass players and continue to be the standard for the best sounding Flat Wounds on the market.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound; hand-polished for incredibly smooth finish
  • 5-String Set; Standard Tension
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105, .128T
  • Extra Long Set: Distance from Ball-End to Silk is 38″; only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

This particular set is NOT suitable for basses with bridges that require strings to pass through the body of the instrument.

LA BELLA 760FS-SHORT SCALE BASS 45-105

$109.95

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Since the 50s and 60s, La Bella’s DEEP TALKIN’ BASS Stainless Steel Flat Wounds have been the choice of professional bass players and continue to be the standard for the best sounding Flat Wounds on the market.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound; hand-polished for incredibly smooth finish
  • Standard Tension
  • String Gauges: .045-65-85-105
  • Short Scale Set: Distance from Ball-End to Silk is 32 1/4″; only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

This particular set is NOT suitable for basses with bridges that require strings to pass through the body of the instrument.Since the 50s and 60s, La Bella’s DEEP TALKIN’ BASS Stainless Steel Flat Wounds have been the choice of professional bass players and continue to be the standard for the best sounding Flat Wounds on the market.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound; hand-polished for incredibly smooth finish
  • 5-String Set; Standard Tension
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105, .128T
  • Extra Long Set: Distance from Ball-End to Silk is 38″; only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

This particular set is NOT suitable for basses with bridges that require strings to pass through the body of the instrument.

760FL Deep Talkin’ Bass Flats – Light 43-104

$109.95

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Since the 50s and 60s, La Bella’s DEEP TALKIN’ BASS Stainless Steel Flat Wounds have been the choice of professional bass players and continue to be the standard for the best sounding Flat Wounds on the market.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound; hand-polished for incredibly smooth finish
  • Light Tension
  • String Gauges: .043, .060, .082, .104
  • Standard Long Scale Set
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

All standard bass sets are LONG scale length. The 1st (G), 2nd (D), 3rd (A) strings are 38” from ball-end to silk/taper. The 4th (E) string is 36 ¾” from ball-end to silk/taper. Only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post or else the string will break. This particular set is NOT suitable for basses with bridges that require strings to pass through the body of the instrument.

760M Deep Talkin Bass Original 1954 52-110

$109.95

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The 0760M set was used on virtually every Motown gold record in the 1960s. Donald “Duck” Dunn used the same strings on countless recordings with Otis Redding and Booker T. & the MG’s. They’re the fullest and deepest sounding bass strings ever made. Stainless Steel Flat Wound strings constructed with thick cores to produce full, deep, vintage tone

  • Tension: Heavy
  • String Gauges: .052, .073, .095, .110
  • Standard Long Scale Set
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

LA BELLA BEATLE BASS 760FHBB2- LIGHT GAUGE FLATS FOR HOFNER

$109.95

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Just arrived. the perfect flat wounds for Hofner Beatle and all the Hofner Ignition Owners

Our “Beatle” Bass set is made up of special lengths and gauges. Each handmade string is calibrated to fit the three different bridge types made by Höfner®.

  • 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″ distance from ball-end to silk. Please do not substitute this set for a medium scale set.
  • Tension: Light
  • String Gauges: .039, .056, .077, .096
  • Bass size ball-ends
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

Please do not use this set to replace any of our medium scale bass sets as they will not fit medium scale basses due to the string construction. La Bella makes medium scale bass sets for all of our bass strings.

760FHBB Deep Talkin Beatle Bass 50-100

$109.95

($10.00 shipping)

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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 Hofner.

  • 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″ distance from ball-end to silk. Please do not substitute this set for a medium scale set.
  • Tension: Standard
  • String Gauges: .050, .065, .080, .100
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

Please do not use this set to replace any of our medium scale bass sets as they will not fit medium scale basses due to the string construction. La Bella makes medium scale bass sets for all of our bass strings

760FS-B Deep Talkin’ Bass Flats, 5-String – Standard

$139.95

($10.00 shipping)

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Since the 50s and 60s, La Bella’s DEEP TALKIN’ BASS Stainless Steel Flat Wounds have been the choice of professional bass players and continue to be the standard for the best sounding Flat Wounds on the market.

  • Stainless Steel Flat Wound; hand-polished for incredibly smooth finish
  • 5-String Set; Standard Tension
  • String Gauges: .045, .065, .085, .105, .128T
  • Standard Long Scale Set
  • Made in the USA with American Wire
  • Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness

All standard bass sets are LONG scale length. The 1st (G), 2nd (D) & 3rd (A) strings are 38” from ball-end to silk/taper. The 4th (E) & 5th (B) string are 36 ¾” from ball-end to silk/taper. Only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post or else the string will break.

This particular set is NOT suitable for basses with bridges that require strings to pass through the body of the instrument.

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