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Can someone pls help ID these strings and their sizes!
- Thread starter SubFreq
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Can you do something for me? Assuming those rounds don't have silk at the tuner end, I need you to measure the length of the E string from the ball end to the taper at the tuner end. I may be able to at least ID the brand by the winding length.
As for the actual gauges, you'd be better off getting a micrometer and measuring them yourself.
DR specifies their winding length as 37.75" from ball end to taper for their "long scale", while the "long scale" by most other brands is 37.25". Your measurement falls right in between.
Roundwound with no silk and brass ball ends... Those features are too generic to ID the brand, unfortunately.
You could be looking at a couple different brands here.I believe Dunlop could be it. They look like nickel plating. Maybe slinkys or generic Chinese made. Just spit balling here.
If they're less than a couple of years old, the Dunlops would have gold-silver-black-gold ball ends.
Oh wow that's awesome to know. I haven't played Dunlop in years so they were all gold balls when I played them.
Were I inclined to know the thicknesses of a particular set of strings, my first step would be to measure them. Perhaps the gauge sizing might offer some more clues as to what they are.
I'd be surprised if they weren't 045-065-085-105. Not just because they're the most common gauges (they are), but by eyeballing them against the Thomastik-Infeld. And yes, nickel-plated steel. Unfortunately, this doesn't really narrow the search: it is literally the most common combination with cheap string sets.
Sound logic from both @jlm00013 and @HaphAsSard. My guess would be EB Slinkys. Hybrid Slinkys would be 45-65-85-105 but they could also maybe be Super Slinkys, 45-65-80-100.
Thanks for all your replies guys! What characteristics does the nickel give, if indeed they are nickel?
What's the giveaway that they're nickel? The colour?
I recall them having heaps of harmonics and sustain for days - which are 2 things I sorely miss after installing the TIs....
I've accepted the fact I need to buy another bass, one for flats, one for rounds
What's the giveaway that they're nickel? The colour?
I recall them having heaps of harmonics and sustain for days - which are 2 things I sorely miss after installing the TIs....
I've accepted the fact I need to buy another bass, one for flats, one for rounds
Thanks for all your replies guys! What characteristics does the nickel give, if indeed they are nickel?
What's the giveaway that they're nickel? The colour?
I recall them having heaps of harmonics and sustain for days - which are 2 things I sorely miss after installing the TIs....
I've accepted the fact I need to buy another bass, one for flats, one for rounds
You forgot fretless.
Nickel-plated steel (NPS) is usually lighter and shinier than stainless steel (SS), which looks darker and duller.
The ones in your pic do have the silvery appearance of NPS.
