Need help identifying strings

[PHILLIAJ]

Hello everyone.

was just looking for some help identifying a set of strings I got put on my Ibanez sr300. All I know is that they have coloured ends on the string I have included a picture of them, would love it if anyone could help.

 

[Ricky Rioli]

Green, Black, Red and Gold = Fender, very probably 7250s.

Edit: see below for how wrong I am

 

[jasper383]

D'Addario

 

[michael_t]

Green, Black, Red and Gold = Fender, very probably 7250s.

Those ball end colors are definitely D'Addario brand.

Fender-branded strings, made by D'Addario, would have silver/chrome color for the D.

 

[Ricky Rioli]

Those ball end colors are definitely D'Addario brand.

Fender-branded strings, made by D'Addario, would have silver/chrome color for the D.

 

[PHILLIAJ]

Thank you so much

 

[Ricky Rioli]

The worst of this is, the bass sat by my side is strung with Daddarios, and a couple of months ago had Fenders

 

[Jim C]

I find it amazing that other string manufacturers don't do more to help identify their strings as D'Addario.
Between colored ball ends and silk, you would think that manufacturers would help players remember what they used last and maintain brand loyalty.
I just grabbed a cheapy bass I haven't played in years and love the strings. Brass ball ends and no silks; maybe these were Blue Steels???

 

[Rocket Queen]

I find it amazing that other string manufacturers don't do more to help identify their strings as D'Addario.
Between colored ball ends and silk, you would think that manufacturers would help players remember what they used last and maintain brand loyalty.

If Fender customers were told outright that their strings were made by D'Addario, then those customers could simply buy D'Addario strings directly, and Fender would lose their slice of the pie. OEM deals like this are routine, and are routinely kept very secret. Likewise, GHS makes strings for lots of other companies, but neither they nor those companies will acknowledge it.

 

[Jim C]

If Fender customers were told outright that their strings were made by D'Addario, then those customers could simply buy D'Addario strings directly, and Fender would lose their slice of the pie. OEM deals like this are routine, and are routinely kept very secret. Likewise, GHS makes strings for lots of other companies, but neither they nor those companies will acknowledge it.

The idea still applies.
The same exact strings can be sold by two retailers under different names and the silk would be different.
OTOH, Fender could spec an alloy that is only used by D'Addario under their label so they aren't exactly the same

 

[Ricky Rioli]

Has anyone ever played XL Nickels and 7250s side by side and said, but these are just the same strings? Experienced several months apart, on dissimilar basses, to me they seemed to have completely different characters.

I recall reading a post here from someone saying that they had been involved in the commissioning of the current Fender range, and that getting the specs right for what they were looking for took plenty time and effort. Unfortunately I can't remember who that was, nor on which thread....

 

[michael_t]

Has anyone ever played XL Nickels and 7250s side by side and said, but these are just the same strings? Experienced several months apart, on dissimilar basses, to me they seemed to have completely different characters.

Just because they're wound at the same factory doesn't mean they're made to the same specs just like two siblings from the same family can have completely different personalities.

I haven't had a chance to compare the XL Nickels and the 7250s side by side, but I know from my experience the D'A Chromes Flats and the Fender 9050 Flats have very different tonal characters.

 

[michael_t]

I recall reading a post here from someone saying that they had been involved in the commissioning of the current Fender range, and that getting the specs right for what they were looking for took plenty time and effort. Unfortunately I can't remember who that was, nor on which thread....

I think you're referring to @hasbeen ... He at least talks about having spec'd out the Fender flats in THIS THREAD.

 

[HaphAsSard]

I recall reading a post here from someone saying that they had been involved in the commissioning of the current Fender range, and that getting the specs right for what they were looking for took plenty time and effort. Unfortunately I can't remember who that was, nor on which thread....

That would be @hasbeen.

I think you're referring to @hasbeen ... He at least talks about having spec'd out the Fender flats in THIS THREAD.

Here's another one, from shortly after the new line came out:
Fender Flats Have Changed

 

[Ricky Rioli]

I think you're referring to @hasbeen ... He at least talks about having spec'd out the Fender flats in THIS THREAD.

Thanks for the useful bit of info. I found this post, on a thread comparing the 7250M and the EXL165 sets (so, both 45-65-85-105 rounds)

the tension is the same between the D'Addario and the Fender sets. The Fender set is more flexible though.

(Useful to know that the two sets have the same tension, don't think I’ve heard a solid fact about Fender tensions before?)

 

[hasbeen]

That would be @hasbeen.

Here's another one, from shortly after the new line came out:
Fender Flats Have Changed

Yes. That was I. When we went to new manufacturing, Fender flats had already been discontinued by the time I started working on the project. Because of this, I had to sample a bunch of flats still currently on the market to "model" out what we wanted in a string...in other words, we were starting from scratch.

 

[Timothy Brosnan]

They are fantastic strings!

What I find funny-so many people talked about how bad Fender strings, made before 2010, were. I liked them personally, but let that go.

The new line came out, and I thought wow!!- Fender really stepped up the game with these, especially the flatwounds.
And now all of a sudden, the older design strings were so great, the new ones aren’t so good.
Well, in my humble opinion, Fender branded strings are as good as anything else out there.

Yes. That was I. When we went to new manufacturing, Fender flats had already been discontinued by the time I started working on the project. Because of this, I had to sample a bunch of flats still currently on the market to "model" out what we wanted in a string...in other words, we were starting from scratch.

 

[hasbeen]

They are fantastic strings!

What I find funny-so many people talked about how bad Fender strings, made before 2010, were. I liked them personally, but let that go.

The new line came out, and I thought wow!!- Fender really stepped up the game with these, especially the flatwounds.
And now all of a sudden, the older design strings were so great, the new ones aren’t so good.
Well, in my humble opinion, Fender branded strings are as good as anything else out there.

I'm glad you like them. I was especially proud of that project. Here's a video of me and Jeff Genzler mugging it up at NAMM when I launched the new string line. BTW, as you referenced, you'll notice this was indeed 2010.