Are those/these really Fender strings?

Individually packaged Fenders now have the color-coded ball ends as they're now manufactured by D'Addario.

It is my understanding, though, that some of the ones supplied in bulk directly to the Fender factories are NOT color-coded even though they still do come from D'Addario.

 

Those stock string come with black silk on both side ?

like this ?




Comfuse me is, i remember Am series is come with 8250 with taperwound E previously.

 

The ones @Yahboy is talking about are from the previous generation when Fender made their own strings in their factory in Mexico. That was before 2010.

 

^^^ This Is Correct ^^^

 

@Linnin, you're my consummate Fender expert!

 

Random question that came to mind while reading this thread:

Does fender make any strings now with black silk?

 

Just because the Fender 7250M and the D'A EXL165 are manufactured at the same factory doesn't mean they're made to the same specs.

Look at the Fender 9050 flats and the D'A Chromes flats... They may have certain family resemblance but are definitely not identical twins. Again, different specs and different tonal characteristics.

 

The Fenders may have sounded "better" because they were essentially new when you took them off, the other strings had less life after playing. Unless you're already convinced, play the Fenders for the same amount of time, then throw an identical brand new set of the other ones and tell us what you think.