Double Bass Anyone know these strings...?

[MarkH]

Hi There,

Anyone know what these strings are...?
I played them on a hire bass in Prague and although the bass wasn't geat, but the strings seemed interesting....

sky blue ish at the bottom with the brown, yellow etc at the scroll.

p.s. not superflex or orig flexicores...

thanks,

 

[Francois Blais]

Do you remember the exact color sequence at the tuners?

 

[MarkH]

I'm pretty sure the g was brown and the d was yellow, but i may be wrong...

Does that help?

cheers,

 

[Francois Blais]

What about the A & E ?

Were they thick (so possibly using a synthetic core) or thin like regular steels ?
(I had an Innovation 140B G string which had sky blue silk at the tailpiece end)

 

[MarkH]

They felt a lot like spirocore, but perhaps a little warmer.

They definitely weren't innovation as i've played on those in the past.

Perhaps they were a student/economy string?

I've never tried any of these, but given that it was from a backline hire company, that might fit.

cheers,

 

[Jerry Fretwell]

Sounds like Superflex solo. What does the ball end look like?
Jerry
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[MarkH]

Do those strings have different colours at the peg end?

I didn't see the ball ends as soundcheck and gig were pretty hectic...

 

[Francois Blais]

Superflex solos are all yellow at the peg-end.
An "S" is on one side of the ball. (the other side being the string number, eg I, II, III, IV)
Orchestrals have an "O" instead.

 

[MarkH]

No, they definitely had different coloured windings...

 

[Francois Blais]

Is this the same pale blue as Superflex, or a darker one?
(I'm also thinking of D'Addario Preludes)

 

[MarkH]

if the winding is the same colour as the packet, then, as far as I can remember that was pretty much the colour....

Student strings eh....very interesting.

Thanks,

 

[Ben Rolston]

Are you sure they aren't the innovation honey's-the ones that francois was talking about? They don't feel or look like the other innovations (that I've seen). Pretty close to spiros.

They are a hybrid string, metal wrap with a synthetic core. I can take a picture if you want.

 

[MarkH]

i didn't think they were, but i may have been wrong...

Post a photo by all means and i'll see if they look familiar.

thanks...

 

[Ben Rolston]

Hey,

Sorry these are so late. I hope they're helpful. The "ballends" (more like rods) are particularly distinctive.

Peace,
Ben

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[Francois Blais]

if the winding is the same colour as the packet, then, as far as I can remember that was pretty much the colour....

Student strings eh....very interesting.

Thanks,

The blue on the web site is not quite the same.
There's a scan I did today.

BTW, these strings have IMHO the best quality/price ratio on the market today.
You ought to want a dark tone though.
They're similar to Helicore Orchestrals in darkness, but still darker, in my experience with them.

 

[Jerry Fretwell]

Your strings are Inovation Honeys model 140H. I am positive of that. The 140B (braided) will have the same feel but darker. The braided is the same color on the bottom but has about a 3" yellow band.
Jerry Fretwell
Fretwell Bass

 

[Monte]

Yep. I have the Honeys on now and can confirm these are them.