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Identify short scale strings?

Feb 5, 2008
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Curious if anyone has insight on what strings I have on my Bronco bass. I've had them on for a couple of years and have since misplaced the container, can't find the original receipt, etc.

I do know they're short scale specific. The ball ends are all brass, no different colors. They are roundwound. The silk ends are green, and the silks have about half an inch of tight wrapped threads and then turns into more of a spiral type of construction. I recall that the package specifically called out something about either having balanced tension, or short-scale specific, or something like that. I was very excited about La Bella, GHS, and D'adarrio at the time. The La Bella short scale set does say "balanced tension" on it... unsure if the green silk matches up though (as the La Bella Deep Talkin set has red silks).

I realize this is a bunch of kind of random details, so thanks for indulging. I'd love to identify these strings so I can replace them with the same set when the time comes. These have been on the bass since summer 2018 or so.
 
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I do know they're short scale specific. The ball ends are all brass, no different colors. They are roundwound. The silk ends are green, and the silks have about half an inch of tight wrapped threads and then turns into more of a spiral type of construction.

Sounds like they could possibly be GHS Balanced Nickels, but again, I can't confirm without the pics.
 
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