I'm trying to identify these, the have the wrap at both ends. They look purple to me but I suppose they could be a shade of blue. The strings are quite smooth and polished. Thanks!
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What flats have purple/blue wraps and gold ball ends?
- Thread starter Moondog
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A couple of pics might help - one at the headstock and one at the bridge.
My guess at this point would be Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats if the silk is in fact purple. If the silk is blue, they could be Ernie Ball Stainless Steel Flats.
The silk looks more blue than purple... I would say they're the EB Stainless Steel Flats (aka "Group Flats").
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NOTE: The ones you have may be at least a few years old based on the shade of blue. The latest ones I've seen are slightly lighter blue.
They could be quite old D’Addario Chromes. I have a set that look like the OPs pics
If they're old they could be D'Addario and since the silk is wrapping around the tuner post I'm wondering if they could be GHS.
I'm also wondering why the silk at the bridge reaches the over the saddle. Is that a standard scale bass and are you using standard tuning?
I'm also wondering why the silk at the bridge reaches the over the saddle. Is that a standard scale bass and are you using standard tuning?
In order for a set of D'A Chromes to have plain brass ball ends they have to be VERY VERY old.
As you can see in the pic below, D'A Chromes and EB SS Flats looked almost identical at one point, except for the colored ball ends.
The start of the silks in the OP's pic almost line up with the E tuner post, meaning they're 37.25" from ball to end, which is what EB Flats are supposed to be.
The silks on the GHS Flats (38" winding) would start farther up...
...like this...
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Yeah, that is strange, huh?
It is a standard 34 inch scale Fender precision bass in standard tuning.
I feel like there should be a sticky on this forum with images like the ones above for most of the known popular string types. Basically a string database for people to look up to see what they have.
Purple silk and gold ball end? Might be Ernie Ball Slinky Flatwounds (aka Cobalt Flats), but as others have noted yours look more blueish than purple, so they might be another string model.
EB Cobalt flat 2814
EB Group 2810
OP string look close to EB Cobalt flat ....
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The string end warp silk are thicker than EB 2814 especially on both E and A string from OP image, i guess she is ECB81 after compare those image side by side on my monitor.
All string end silk wrap core are thin and constant on all string from both EB cobalt and Group flat, even their B string..
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The EB Group 2810 picture shows a very different color than the wraps on my bass.
The picture of the EB 2814 Cobalt flats wrapping looks almost exactly the same color as my strings wrapping, although in your pic the wraps look just slightly more purple than the wraps on my bass. But this could be because of cameras/computer pics. Do the Cobalts have wraps at the bridge end and gold ball ends?
I tend to doubt that the strings on my bass are Chromes, because the strings on my bass have more of a medium tension, and from what I've read Chromes are supposed to be relatively high tension.
They have a very smooth and slick wrap.
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2814 has gold ball end .Compare the circled area on both image. But I think your set are not 2814.
I been use ECB81 many years ago, but I recall that it has colour ball end.
2814 has rough string surface especially you can feel the winding gap from your finger on both E and A string.
