string ID -rw w/ no silk winding??

watspan · #1 12-09-2007, 09:17 AM

I got a lakland DPLE II secondhand and the strings on it are roundwounds w/ no silk windings on either end. does that narrow it down at all to a particular manufacturer or type of strings? previous owner was uncertain what was on the bass when he sold it.

BellBottomBlues · #2 12-09-2007, 10:11 AM

It doesn't really narrow it down. Whats the gauge and are they nickel or steel?

watspan · #3 12-09-2007, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BellBottomBlues

It doesn't really narrow it down. Whats the gauge and are they nickel or steel?

tough to say--i'd guess a typical .040-.100 set. low tension si I'd guess nickel. Every other set of strings I have have a silk winding--these have none on either end so I thought that might be distinctive on it's own.

Chasarms · #4 12-09-2007, 12:53 PM

Are they tapered core or wound all the way to the ball?

watspan · #5 12-10-2007, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Chasarms

Are they tapered core or wound all the way to the ball?

well, it's strung throgh-body so I can't tell definitively, but I believe wound to the ball end

Slater · #6 12-10-2007, 12:55 PM

D'addario - They have different colored ball ends, so they're pretty easy to ID.

DR - Sunbeams maybe? They're roundcore and have a little less tension and a smoother feel than similar roundwounds.

Ernie Ball - Nothing really identifiable about the EBs. You would just have to be familiar with them.

That's all I have for now...

BellBottomBlues · #7 12-10-2007, 08:10 PM

An easy way to check, since its string through, is undoing the G string's tension and looking at the end of it.