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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.
GJXL-LE Gyps Jazz Silk & Steel – Extra Light, Loop-Ends
With the resurgence of the “Le Hot Jazz” tradition, our Gyps Jazz Series were designed to satisfy the needs of these faithful practitioners and innovators. These perfectly balanced sets are best suited for the driving percussive rhythm style called “la pompe” and the blistering leads using fast scales, slides and chromatic chords.
- Soft touch and sweet tone
- Tension: Extra Light - Loop Ends
- String Gauges: .010, .014, .020W, .028, .038, .050
- Made in the USA with American Wire
- Packaged using MAP Technology (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) to prevent tarnishing and ensure freshness
mmccullo
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2025
Excellent strings for gypsy guitar. The loops on the 1st and 2nd strings were a little too small, but untwisting a turn or two remedied that. The strings have a soft feel and are not too squeaky under my left hand, although not as quiet as flatwounds. The strings also reach tuning equilibrium quickly without a lot of stretching time. The 10-50 size seems to work well on my 26" scale.
Bob Gallagher
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
Tone and very slick.
DIANE NORMAN
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
Made good on a broken string by shipping me 2 replacements for the broken oneString broke while being put on my guitar
Antonio valoroso
Reviewed in Germany on October 25, 2024
Súper
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2024
This is the manouche sound of a pro guitarist.
John S.
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022
Got these to try as an experiment on an acoustic archtop. Worked exactly as I hoped. Very pleased.
MN
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021
Good quality. Nice Gypsy tone.
ZeroSpace05
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021
I really like these strings. I think I like DR RARE better, but these are a very close second. I highly recommend these strings for beginners. They are softer on the fingertips than your average phosphor bronze or 80/20's. I find it curious that while DR RARE reviews include a brightness rating, the brightness rating is entirely absent here. Concerning brightness - there is not bright with these strings. And for some of us, that's a very good thing. Sounds very good downtuned as well. Sounds good through an acoustic amp.
Nice Guy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2018
I won't buy again. I found these split the wound sleeve very quickly in many placed and showed the copper core. The sound dulled rapidly and I have taken them off after a few weeks and put on Tomastiks. Disappointing.
Darrell Williams - Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2018
Really good quality strings, I got them for an old Junkshop find I had renovated and didn’t want to use steel strings because of the extra tension, they sound amazing and have complimented my 1970 Dove copy very well.
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2017
Nice sound but very scratchy, also the B and E strings had small rust spots.
Eggo
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2017
These strings provide a bit more bass, if you will, as compared to the Savarez Argetines that I normally use. The La Bella's are not quite as bright or bell like in tone as the Argentines, as this may be the reason the lower frequency fundamentals can be heard on the wound La Bella strings. As advertized, the voicing or the volume and tone of these strings are balanced compared to the Argentines that have an enemic low frequency fundamental on the 6th string. The Argentines seem to impart a smidge more volume and clarity but if you want to warm up the tone of your instrument, try these strings out.
richklln
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2016
100 % SATISFIED. Thanks R K
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