Silk colors - Page 5

**cfsporn** · #81 01-08-2013, 01:41 PM

Dean Markley SR2000s have tan silk at the headstock. I'll post pics later.

LongHairFreak · #82 01-11-2013, 08:33 AM

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I've a set of very stiff flats thatare a bit of work to pluck , but I really dig the sound/tone, but I've no idea whose they are. I am told they have black silk at nut and kelly green at ball end. Any ideas?

O.K. I now have more specific (and correct) information on these. It turns out that the E & A have a grass green at the ball end and no silk at the machines; the D & G however, have black at both ends. They sure seem to be of the same make though. Are these perhaps Fender 9050s?

capncal · #83 01-11-2013, 12:14 PM

my Steve Harris Rotosound flats have baby blue silks.

Bobby Bass · #84 01-31-2013, 08:17 PM

I just picked up a used MIM Fender P Bass & it has flats on it. Silk at top are red. No silk at ball end. ???????????????

SuperSnake2012 · #85 02-01-2013, 10:50 AM

Can anyone identify these strings for me? I bought a VM P on Craigslist a few months ago and I've been trying to figure out what kind of strings these are. They are flats, have gray/silver silks at the top, no silk on the ends, and brass balls. The owner said they were TIs but someone else in this thread said TIs have red silks. The silks are a bit frayed, but here's a picture:

sigmafloyd · #86 02-01-2013, 12:22 PM

Might just be the pic on my phone, but those look like rounds, specifically the old fender rounds

SuperSnake2012 · #87 02-01-2013, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sigmafloyd

Might just be the pic on my phone, but those look like rounds, specifically the old fender rounds

They're definitely flats. I've had Chromes on another bass, and they sound similar, but a bit more aggressive, and not as thumpy.

sigmafloyd · #88 02-01-2013, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperSnake2012

They're definitely flats. I've had Chromes on another bass, and they sound similar, but a bit more aggressive, and not as thumpy.

I would go by smoothness rather than tone. Those could be 3 year old rounds.

backup · #89 02-02-2013, 12:12 PM

they do look like rounds but anyone can recognize flats by the feel of it.
the only flats that i think have grey silk are dean markley's and sadowsky black label.
but if theyre rounds it probably fender

Root 5 · #90 02-03-2013, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SuperSnake2012

They are flats, have gray/silver silks at the top, no silk on the ends, and brass balls.

I think DR flats used to have grey silks at the tuner; now they're yellow/gold.

Sadowsky may be another option.

Bobby Bass · #91 02-06-2013, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Bass

I just picked up a used MIM Fender P Bass & it has flats on it. Silk at top are red. No silk at ball end. ???????????????

I think I answered my own question. Labella 760FL (43-104)
I was digging through a box of old strings & misc. stuff. & there was an old pack of Labella 760FL that I had on an old bass over 10 years ago. Same strings, same gauge. Red silk on windings & no silk on ball ends. Who would have thought the same.

Now if I need another I already have it. I still want to try some Chromes.

silentstranger · #92 02-08-2013, 02:56 PM

Who wants to play "Identify My Strings"?

These came on my L-2500 Trib; they're flats with red silks on the windings and no silk on the ball ends. Potential options I've seen in this thread for that combo include:
TI Jazz flats
Rotosound 77 Jazz Bass Monel flats
Labella flats
others...?

The red color doesn't quite match the Rotos that were posted upthread, but it's possible the lighting was different. Anybody wanna make a positive ID?

FourBanger · #93 02-08-2013, 03:08 PM

GHS? Ball ends and silk color look like my Boomers.

silentstranger · #94 02-08-2013, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FourBanger

GHS? Ball ends and silk color look like my Boomers.

Well, they're flats so they can't be Boomers, and somebody mentioned one kind of GHS flats having purple silk...not sure if that eliminates all GHS though, as I think they have more than one type of flats.

Bobby Bass · #95 02-08-2013, 05:31 PM

Looks like Labella Flats to me.

SamanthaCay · #96 02-08-2013, 06:01 PM

Ok here's one for ya'll.
I played a fretless today with tapes that had purple silks both at the head and at the bridge.
The owner didn't know what they were but I'd love to try a fresh set, any ideas?

EDIT: never mind I just found out they were most likely labellas.

FourBanger · #97 02-08-2013, 06:28 PM

Yes, my guess was GHS brand flats of some sort because the silks are done similarly to my Boomers, in length and color.