Colored strings?

[bassybeenz]

actualy i feel black beauties were the best sounding and felling strings ive ever played, the only reason im not using them now on my stage bass is because i cant seem to find them in 50-110

 

[mongo2]

That reminds me... I was at a bluegrass festival over Labor Day and there was this upright strung with flourescent green (I kid you not) strings that were really thick and felt like rubber. They reminded me of a supersize version of what used to go on those little Guild Asbory basses years ago. Never seen anything that weird in my life. They actually didn't sound bad though, and were super easy on my fingers.

Sounds like weed whacker strings.

 

[jaywa]

Sounds like weed whacker strings.

That's exactly what the guy who owned the bass called them!

As far as "gold" strings... if any of y'all actually play strings that have actual gold in them, you'd best be stocking up now cause they're about to get really expensive.

 

[HogieWan]

actualy i feel black beauties were the best sounding and felling strings ive ever played, the only reason im not using them now on my stage bass is because i cant seem to find them in 50-110

Aurora lists their heavy gauge as 50-110

I just ordered a custom 5 sting set (40, 55, 75, 105, 145 - very excited to see a 145 B). I'll let you know what I think. I've been using Elixirs, but they stay too zingy.

 

[yellofury]

Red Devils Medium Light gauge - 100s

They do have a slight rubbery sticky vibe
and the finish does come off with fingerstyle and slap
Look at the 2nd picture
I kinda like it - has reliced string vibe
either that or it shows my fingers mean business

but all that is looks
how does it sound?
Well to me these strings have converted me from Rotosounds to DRs
Will I get another set? Im not sure I do like the cool colors factor but I may go get DR HiBeams instead.

Heres how the DR extralife sounds on a US Fender Jazz
Pardon the horrible playing:

 

[J Posega]

I'm thinking about ordering a set of these, 4-string Lite in Orange for a Peavey T-40 that I'm going to be refinishing in an orange stain. My current T-40 has a set of TI Flats, and I've got an Ibanez BTB with Black Beauties on it, so I'll have some variety of strings (and another, nearly identical bass) to A/B them with.

Another thought I've had is to build a "Guitar Hero" bass. Blacked out, matte finish everything, with colored block inlays and 4 different color strings.