String ID question?

Chasarms · #1 12-13-2005, 09:48 AM

Any one know which nickel flatwounds have bright blue, sort of royal blue, silks? The balls are color coded if that helps.

PunkerTrav · #2 12-13-2005, 09:55 AM

Chromes maybe?

Groundloop · #3 12-13-2005, 10:43 AM

Color coded ball ends = D'Addario

add the blue silk you have D'Addario Chrome flats.

lonote · #4 12-13-2005, 10:48 AM

Chasarms · #5 12-13-2005, 11:02 AM

Thanks. I just bought a Modulus Genesis fretless and these were on it. I like them pretty well, but not as well as TI jazz flats.

My real beef is that they are too short to properly extend past the nut. Anyone know how to tell if they are long or superlong scale? I'm guessing it is by the ball colors, but I don't know the proper colors.

Groundloop · #6 12-13-2005, 11:21 AM

The color codes won't help. E's are gold, A's are red etc.

I happen to have a set of regular and super longs here. From the ball (including the ball) to the start of the silk is 38" on the super long, 36.5" on the regular long.

I like the Chromes. Some people don't like the higher tension but I've got a pretty heavy right hand attack so it's a good match for me.