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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.
20PCM Jazz Flats - Custom Medium 12-52
La Bella stainless steel Jazz Flats were developed by the best jazz guitarists in the world. Each string is hand wound and polished by our artisans in New York, resulting in a super smooth surface eliminating finger noise and squeaks. Optimized with a high magnetic content for increased electronic output, La Bella Jazz Flats have a very bright sound and long playing life. We’ve recently improved our string construction to fit more models, and prevent overtones.
- Stainless Steel Flat Wound
- Tension: Custom Medium
- String Gauges: .012, .016, .024W, .032, .042, .052 Extra Plain Steel 3rd / G (.019") included in this set
- Wound length of 31.5" (distance from ball-end to silk)
- IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Install the silk portion of the string inside the tuning post, and then slowly bring the string to tension/pitch.
- The metal portion of the string can now wrap around the post, as long as the silk-end is first installed inside the tuning hole.
- Made in the USA with American Wire.
- Packaged using MAP Technology to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness.
EJ
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2025
If you're reading this you already know flats' tone trumps wounds BUT want reassurance that La Bella Jazz Flats: beat allcomers (even TI and Rotosound); justify the extra $$; and, that the 20-PCM Custom Medium is the sweet spot gauge?... yes, yes, and yes! 'Nuff said
richard groner
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
Great stings. Put them (11s) on my Telecaster and my Les Paul and love the sound on both. Labella strings are always great.
EJ
Reviewed in Australia on January 25, 2025
If you're reading this you already know flats' tone trumps wounds BUT want reassurance that La Bella Jazz Flats beat allcomers (even TI and Rotosound), and justify the extra $$.... yes, and yes! 'Nuff said
Tralfaz
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2024
These are flatwounds, with the separation and clarity of tone you'd expect, but they bend and sing, with a very light touch needed. Great for fingerpicking and for articulating solos. I put a set on my Godin Hollow Body 5th Avenue KingPin II (with P90 pickups) and it sang like never before. You have to be careful when winding them not to do a sharp angle, let the string wrap around the post naturally and don't try to build in a locking knot, and they will string great.I got the extra light set and I was surprised at how great they sounded through the amp.I just ordered a seconds set as spares for the case. These will be on that guitar for a long, long time.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2024
awesome flat strings
R. Perkins
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2024
These strings sound and feel great. Very happy using them on a strat that needed some taming in the high end. The low strings are definitely plunky, especially the E.
Randall R. Scott
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2024
These are just plain fabulous strings. The sound is very buttery, and they stay in tune better than some more popular brands. (I've tried them all.) And the 5th and 6th strings sound with a just the right amount of "thumpiness" -- recalling the "Golden Age" of jazz guitar. I love 'em! These are my strings now.
Strom huber
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
The string wrappings are to long I have no idea what scale it’s meant for but it’s not the one I have. Tried to string and snapped the first turn, I doubt it would have held up over time.waste of money!
Pete Cummings
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
Smooth as silk. I have used Labella flats on bass for some time. These jazz flats have the same sleek feel.
bd
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2019
I have ordered two sets of these strings. Both have been so badly tarnished from the package that they were unusable.
mr d a stewart
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2014
great strings
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