Does anyone know what strings these are?

[klejst]

D'Addario colors like this however I never seen any of that particular color scheme. Could be some generics of some sorts or mixed of different sets.

 

[40Hz]

Most likely a set mixed from singles. Possibly from multiple brands as well. Because there's no sane reason why a manufacturer would want to do colored ball ends and then repeat a color in the same set.

You could caliper the E and A and see what gauges they actually are and go from there. If push came to shove and you did some research, you'd eventually have enough data to recreate whatever strings you've got.

I'm guessing you've got a heavy set's 90 A string in the E slot, and a lighter set's 75, 80, or 85 A string in the A slot. If that's the case then I'd suspect the former owner decided to build his own ultra light set.

That or he just threw together something from some partial sets he already had handy.

 

[skycruiser]

Oh boy, is this going to turn into a blue dress-white dress meme type of deal?

Just trying to identify the colors - nothing more to it. Red and pink look very similar.

I just pulled this into an image editing app and picked out points for comparison. Now I think they probably are the same color. The difference I initially saw was an optical illusion type of thing.

 

[michael_t]

Just trying to identify the colors - nothing more to it. Red and pink look very similar.

What D'Addario calls "red" has always had a slight pink-ish tinge. In fact, I used to think it was "pink" until I found out D'A called it "red".

 

[Just go for it]

What color silk?

There is no silk on any of the strings

 

[skycruiser]

What D'Addario calls "red" has always had a slight pink-ish tinge. In fact, I used to think it was "pink" until I found out D'A called it "red".

Yeah I wasn't clear in my earlier post. I thought the E and A strings were 2 different colors: E-Red and A-Pink. But after taking a closer look I think they are the same.

 

[Kukulkan61]

Just play them till they die since you like them so much, then get yourself a set of Ddarrios..

 

[jmlee]

Most likely a set mixed from singles. Possibly from multiple brands as well. Because there's no sane reason why a manufacturer would want to do colored ball ends and then repeat a color in the same set.

Years ago I went into a hardware store to get some of those coloured, rubbery plastic rings that you put on a set of keys to tell them apart. When I explained to the fellow at the key desk what I wanted, he said, "Boys, have you ever come to the right place! We have *lots* of those!" He then rummaged around under desk for a bit and produced a large, clear plastic box full of rings. "There you go!", he said with a proud smile. Every ring in the box was red.

 

[sxaxsx]

If I ever sell any of my basses I'm going to paint the ball ends before I do and just sit back and wait for this forum to try and figure out what they are.

 

[40Hz]

If I ever sell any of my basses I'm going to paint the ball ends before I do and just sit back and wait for this forum to try and figure out what they are.

Cruel.

 

[40Hz]

Years ago I went into a hardware store to get some of those coloured, rubbery plastic rings that you put on a set of keys to tell them apart. When I explained to the fellow at the key desk what I wanted, he said, "Boys, have you ever come to the right place! We have *lots* of those!" He then rummaged around under desk for a bit and produced a large, clear plastic box full of rings. "There you go!", he said with a proud smile. Every ring in the box was red.

I think I may have run into his brother once when I had to go to my state's motor vehicle department to try to change my mom's car registration.

Her car was a dark tan metallic color. That color was called "cinnamon" by the the car manufacturer and so stated on the bill of sale. Motor vehicles doesn't have cinnamon in their official list of colors. So her registration paper states the car's color as "red"

Problem is, her town is fussy about beach stickers and town dump permits. She couldn't get one because her vehicle's "color didn't match her registration."

I asked the guy at motor vehicles if the color could be changed to tan or brown. He said no. Because (get ready) "Cinnamon is red - just like the candy" so he couldn't change it. When I said the candy may be red, but cinnamon - as in the actual spice - is a light brown, he looked at me blankly a minute and then said: "No. It's red. Just like the candy."

I had to go through his supervisor first, and then through a manager to finally get it straightened out.

Crazy.

 

[SLPimp]

Those are bass strings.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Does anyone know what strings these are?

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Markbass, and plenty of others, also have colored ball ends. If two colors are the same, and those two strings are different sizes, it's a mismatched set.

 

[TheAnalogKid]

I think I may have run into his brother once when I had to go to my state's motor vehicle department to try to change my mom's car registration.

Her car was a dark tan metallic color. That color was called "cinnamon" by the the car manufacturer and so stated on the bill of sale. Motor vehicles doesn't have cinnamon in their official list of colors. So her registration paper states the car's color as "red"

Problem is, her town is fussy about beach stickers and town dump permits. She couldn't get one because her vehicle's "color didn't match her registration."

I asked the guy at motor vehicles if the color could be changed to tan or brown. He said no. Because (get ready) "Cinnamon is red - just like the candy" so he couldn't change it. When I said the candy may be red, but cinnamon - as in the actual spice - is a light brown, he looked at me blankly a minute and then said: "No. It's red. Just like the candy."

I had to go through his supervisor first, and then through a manager to finally get it straightened out.

Crazy.

Government in a nutshell! Reminds me of this story:

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