lets see your basses with COLORED STRINGS

[ivyman]

theres a guy on these forums with 24carat gold plated strings

 

[stewart8980]

theres a guy on these forums with 24carat gold plated strings

wha wha wha whaaaat?!

 

[JimmyThunder]

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[Dr. Feelgood]

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Hmm, interesting! Painted fingerboard? Custom ordered ebony?

Do tell!

 

[Parabolic Box]

wha wha wha whaaaat?!

Optima (used to be Maxima) strings. Same as The Ox used. (And Brian May, as well.)

They're not as expensive as you may be imagining. Of course, that doesn't mean they're not pricey.

 

[mdiddium]

My Lakland Hollowbody - the original owner put these on the bass. They play nicely and really set off the hardware, IMO.

 

[JimmyThunder]

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Hmm, interesting! Painted fingerboard? Custom ordered ebony?

Do tell!

Mighty Mite, painted headstock, custom waterslide.

 

[matthew.murray]

Optima Gold strings... I now paint the horrid green windings gold as well, but here is an old picture...

 

[MurvintheWalrus]

^^^^^^
just Beautiful

 

[ivyman]

bump

 

[Panther]

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[Dan Kahanamoku]

My son grabbed this shot - one of my all time favorites. (DR Peacock Blues on my Fender "California Series P-Bass Special")

**** man... that's the coolest picture I've seen in a while.

 

[eots]

what brands make coloured strings?
are they any good?
do they last?
does the colouring affect sound?
what kind of strings are they?(flatwound, nickel etc)

just curious lol
they look mad cool

DR has several colors as previously mentioned.
Both Fender and LaBella make black tapewound (flats w/ a nylon wrap).
I've used the LaBella's (bought through Carvin web site) for use on a Carvin fretless. Made a world of difference in tone and are really slick feeling. Super quiet ,as in , no finger squeak.

 

[Willy2911]

Optima Gold strings... I now paint the horrid green windings gold as well, but here is an old picture...

That looks tuff as hell

 

[Croox]

Black Beauties

peacock blue

evergreen

 

[monsterthompson]

just got this set up and running. the lighting was sad, so the pix aren't great, but you get the idea.