Höfner H1133BN Black Nylon Beatle Set

Updated review:

These strings are useless with Höfners but I found some use for them on another bass with standard bass tuners. They sound really, really great! By far the best sounding tape wounds I've ever used. But sadly they're useless for their intended use which is Höfner basses. So you might as well get the Pyramid tape wounds instead (Pyramid manufactures Höfner strings). The Pyramids are just a slightly different gauge but probably sound 99,9% the same at a fraction of the cost!

The problem I had with using these strings on a Höfner was that the silked part of the E+A strings was too thick too fit through the holes in the guitar style tuners on my Höfner bass. Even the D+G was a very tight fit. The thinner unsilked part at the very end of each string was too short to securely install the strings without getting far too many windings on the tuning posts.

Completely useless for Höfners but actually a great sounding set of strings for basses with standard bass tuners.