Gold Plated Strings?

[Bass_Xtremist89]

hi,

Does anyone know who manufactures gold plated strings? I think I heard D'addario makes them but i'm not sure. Even if they do, i'm not a big fan of D'addarios. :scowl: To have a gold plated string that sounds and feels like a Dean Markley NPS medium 4 or 5string set would be sweet. Anyone know who makes em?

Cheers

 

[Jeff Bonny]

Optima Golds are the only ones I know of and good luck finding them. A guy was selling them on ebay a couple of years ago, you might try there.

 

[Fishbrain]

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/Catalogue/ViewProduct.aspx?productId=1388

 

[manoverboard_21]

John Entwistle used gold plated string in his later years.I'm pretty sure they were Optimas.

 

[CrashClint]

I have been hoping DR would come out with at coated Gold string. I do remember in one of the Bass Player issues that did a comparison and one of the sets was Gold. December 2004 called "String Thing".

 

[vicenzajay]

Optima Golds are the only ones I know of and good luck finding them. A guy was selling them on ebay a couple of years ago, you might try there.

Gary Castellucio on Ebay still sells Optima golds at a fair price. Great strings that last a long, long, long time.

Jay

 

[hervetlse]

I 'v installed Optima Gold strings on my AEB, they sound like "standard" strings, nothing special.

Peronnally, i prefer the DR or Dean Markley Blue Steel.

I've paid them 24euros in Deustchland.

I understand that John enhtwishtle used to use these kind of strings because they sound very crispy/clear?

I hope that the "coating" with gold 24K will help the strings to last

 

[Anscari]

If it is 24K, I don't think they are going to last very much... 24K gold is quite fragile and soft.

 

[dinghy]

I have one question for you: Why?

 

[Asa Samuel]

I have one question for you: Why?

Because.

 

[GearGod]

PERFECT RESPONSE!

 

[vtwo]

Yeah, why? Ironically, the only brand besides Optimas that are "gold" are Dean Markley's.

*that I know of