Identify these string please?

[capnsandwich]

I played this bass last Sunday for an hour and a half. I fell in love with it but didn't have the dough to bring it home. I also loved the strings on this but no one there knew what they were. Here's the link to the bass: http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/vie...asc&highlight=

[capnsandwich]

OK, fixed the link.

[bertbassplayer]

Thomastik Infeld rounds have purple silks. So that might be an option.

[rmars]

Haven't had any in years but Ken Smiths used to have purple silk.

[mellowgerman]

I had a set of Smith roundwound strings about 5 or 6 years ago. Purple silk.

[capnsandwich]

Could these be Fodera strings? I haven't played them before but just a thought.

[PortugalWillie]

Those look like the exact strings I have on my bass now

For the life of me I can't remember what they are :/
The only set of strings the local music store had when I went to buy them

[capnsandwich]

I think I'm going to try the Ken Smith rounds first, since that seems like a close match. Then maybe some TI rounds. All I know is that those strings were very smooth to the touch, not flats though, had a nice slap tone to them, and weren't super tight as far as tension goes. The Fodera was a 35" scale also.

[rmars]

As I recall the Smith's were fairly nice strings and thats what I used until I started playing DR Lo Rider Nickels. I don't recall them being as low tension as DR's but I don't think they were as high as others. Most 35" scale instruments I have owned or played seem like their string tension is low though I don't know if everyone perceives it that way.

[Eric Swaim]

I am certain they are Ken Smith strings, not the "Burner", but the "steel" round wounds. I used them on my Smith Basses for 10+ years before discovering the DR Hi Beams which I like the best.

[jasper383]

I'm pretty sure GHS makes the Smith strings. Their steel strings might be the same, at a lower price.