Since the 1950s and 1960s, 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 some of the best-sounding Flat Wounds on the market.

This particular set is standard long scale through-body. The 1st (G), 2nd (D), 3rd (A) strings are 38" from ball-end to silk/taper. The 4th (E) and 5th (B) strings are 37 1/4" 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. The silk portion by the ball-ends is 1 3/4". Only the silk portion by the ball-end can bend at a 90-degree angle.