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07-31-2007, 12:36 AM
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hi,
Does anyone know who manufactures gold plated strings? I think I heard D'addario makes them but i'm not sure. Even if they do, i'm not a big fan of D'addarios.  To have a gold plated string that sounds and feels like a Dean Markley NPS medium 4 or 5string set would be sweet. Anyone know who makes em?
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07-31-2007, 01:22 AM
| | | | Optima Golds are the only ones I know of and good luck finding them. A guy was selling them on ebay a couple of years ago, you might try there. |
08-01-2007, 03:52 AM
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08-06-2007, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Upstate NY | | John Entwistle used gold plated string in his later years.I'm pretty sure they were Optimas.  |
08-06-2007, 01:38 PM
|  | Appointed President of the Roscoe Owners Club | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | I have been hoping DR would come out with at coated Gold string. I do remember in one of the Bass Player issues that did a comparison and one of the sets was Gold. December 2004 called "String Thing".
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08-09-2007, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffbonny  Optima Golds are the only ones I know of and good luck finding them. A guy was selling them on ebay a couple of years ago, you might try there. | Gary Castellucio on Ebay still sells Optima golds at a fair price. Great strings that last a long, long, long time.
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08-14-2007, 11:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: france toulouse | | I 'v installed Optima Gold strings on my AEB, they sound like "standard" strings, nothing special.
Peronnally, i prefer the DR or Dean Markley Blue Steel.
I've paid them 24euros in Deustchland.
I understand that John enhtwishtle used to use these kind of strings because they sound very crispy/clear?
I hope that the "coating" with gold 24K will help the strings to last  |
08-14-2007, 04:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Barcelona, Spain | | | If it is 24K, I don't think they are going to last very much... 24K gold is quite fragile and soft. |
08-14-2007, 05:33 PM
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08-14-2007, 06:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cornwall, UK. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dinghy I have one question for you: Why? | Because.
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08-15-2007, 03:07 PM
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08-16-2007, 07:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Connecticut | | | Yeah, why? Ironically, the only brand besides Optimas that are "gold" are Dean Markley's.
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