Purple silks

[Hillsidebass]

What type strings have purple silks and feel smooth like ground-rounds. No silk on ball end. Found these in my string closet. I had taken them off of something as all I've used for over 10 years are TI Flats.
These "purple silk mystery strings" rock!
Can someone tell me what brand they maybe?
Thx

[5StringBlues]

GHS Brite Flats?


I know GHS Precision Flats have purple silks.

[jmattbassplaya]

Purple on flats are Pyramids. Dunno about grounds, though.

[Godfather]

Originally Posted by Hillsidebass

Found these in my string closet.
Thx

Are you the Imelda Marcos of bass players?

[ajunea3]

I have a set of GHS precision flats with purple silks and no silk on the ball end.

[Hillsidebass]

They aren't as smooth as flats but much smoother than roundwounds.

[Hillsidebass]

Originally Posted by Hillsidebass

They aren't as smooth as flats but much smoother than roundwounds.

They may be the GHS.

[ajunea3]

I like how you commented on your own post, haha.

But yes, these GHS flats aren't very smooth now that I run my fingers over them. They're pretty glossy too, like stainless steel. Not a dull color like TIs or Chromes.

[mmbongo]

GHS Progressives?

[5StringBlues]

Here are GHS Precision Flats,from another thread:

[pocketgroove]

I just played a set of flats on a 60th anniversary U.S. made jazz bass, and they had purple silk too, but not at the ball end. Usually I don't care for flats, but whatever they were, they were nice.

[soulman969]

Originally Posted by Hillsidebass

What type strings have purple silks and feel smooth like ground-rounds. No silk on ball end. Found these in my string closet. I had taken them off of something as all I've used for over 10 years are TI Flats.
These "purple silk mystery strings" rock!
Can someone tell me what brand they maybe?
Thx

Purple or more of a wine color like the GHS Progressives in mmbongo's pic? Another poster guessed Pyramids which also have purple silk.

[brendanbassist]

Ken Smith's ground wounds also have purple winding.

[enjoi1018]

Originally Posted by brendanbassist

Ken Smith's ground wounds also have purple winding.

As do my Ken Smith Slickwounds.

[Hillsidebass]

Darker purple than the GHS strings. They are probably the Ken Smith ground-wounds.

[SLaPiNFuNK]

but the ken smiths have silk on the balls ends fwiw...

[jasper383]

GHS makes Ken Smith strings, as far as I know.

[Mikhail1]

Sounds just like GHS Brite Flats to me. I thought Smiths had silk at both ends...

[tjh]

I think I would classify the Pyramids as more of a lavender than purple ... very light shade if I remember right

[Hillsidebass]

I'll order a set of GHS Brite Flats. Hopefully these are the ones.