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Labella Black Nylon Strings ?

mjamed - 9-28-2010 at 07:01 AM

Hello Everyone

Does anybody know why does it say "Black Nylon" on those Labella strings offered on this website ? am about to order but worried that the nylon strings would be not of the original Labella quality ? any clue ?

http://www.ukuleleworld.com/oud-strings-labella-ou-80a-11-string-se...

Reda Aouad - 9-28-2010 at 09:02 AM

I always had white nylon LaBella strings.. one (unknown) Iraqi oud maker told me once that the black were fake.. although he sells them. And I've lately asked Jameel Khalaf (http://www.khalafoud.com - a oud maker if you don't know) and he also told me that the set containing black nylon strings is fake. He only sells the original set on his website if you're interested. And as you can see, it's a transparent sticker that says "BLACK NYLON" that's put on the packaging, and I see it's pretty "off topic" with respect to the packaging desing, fonts, colors, ...