Please identify these

[Dragan]

I ve just bought 2005 sadowsky metro
Strings are ss with these ball ends color combo l dont remember l ve encountered before. The owner said the strings are daddario nyxl but l dont think so.
Not a big deal really, they are ok nothing special, but l just wonder

 

[Dragan]

Got to add tho, the sound, feel and tension are pretty much nyxl as I remember them, just these ball ends are weird to me because I thought there must be green D ball end..I may be totally wrong...

 

[michael_t]

Got to add tho, the sound, feel and tension are pretty much nyxl as I remember them, just these ball ends are weird to me because I thought there must be green D ball end..I may be totally wrong...

Yes, those colors are weird indeed!

Gold - Red - Black - Green = D'Addario.
Gold - Red - Silver - Green = Fender (made by D'Addario).

I've never seen that specific color combination before. I wonder if another manufacturer has just started doing it to look like D'A.

 

[Dragan]

Yes, those colors are weird indeed!

Gold - Red - Black - Green = D'Addario.
Gold - Red - Silver - Green = Fender (made by D'Addario).

I've never seen that specific color combination before. I wonder if another manufacturer has just started doing it to look like D'A.

Thanx, yes, combo is unseen def.in my experience. They are like some mixture of Dunlops and D'addario..
Maybe someone will resolve the mystery

 

[michael_t]

Thanx, yes, combo is unseen def.in my experience. They are like some mixture of Dunlops and D'addario..
Maybe someone will resolve the mystery

Would you be able to post a pic of the strings at the headstock?

 

[Dragan]

 

[michael_t]

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Looking at where the tapers (end of full winding) are, it appears they're typical of "long scale" in winding length (37") by most manufacturers. I thought maybe the pic of the strings at the tuner end might give us some visual clues as to the brand, but no such luck.

 

[Fender_Bender]

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I’ve been using regular DAD’s xl for years and that’s exactly what they look like at the tuners.

 

[Dragan]

I’ve been using regular DAD’s xl for years and that’s exactly what they look like at the tuners.

tnx but what's intriguing are the ball ends, are the colours the same like mine?

 

[michael_t]

I’ve been using regular DAD’s xl for years and that’s exactly what they look like at the tuners.

Wrong ball end colors for them to be genuine D'A XL's. They could well be D'A knock-offs.

 

[iiipopes]

Or a mixed bag of singles? All D'A singles are brass balls, as are many other companies' strings.

 

[blr2]

I remember stringing my bass with a set that had this gunmetal dark grey color on one of the ball ends, but I don't remember what they were. Could have been EBS? If you're in Europe, this is a possibility.

 

[Abner]

Did not Dean Markley use coloured ball ends at one time?

 

[michael_t]

Did not Dean Markley use coloured ball ends at one time?

Yes, but they were either all black or black and blue.