String Confusion...I am an idiot

[Scott Sauna]

So I've got two basses. One is a P and another is a T-bird. The P bass has some strings with red silk on the neck side and nothing on the bridge. The T-bird has strings that have no silk on either end and are completely bare. The question is, which one has Rotosound 66LD Stainless steel strings, and which has the GHS bass boomers> I prefer whichever is on the T-bird, but I have a feeling that is has the RS66LD which I hate...please help. Both sets of strings are newer than one year old. If you need photos, I can post tomorrow. Thanks

 

[Gorn]

If you know for sure that they can only be either the Rotos or the boomers, the strings with the red silks are the rotosounds and the other ones are boomers.

 

[One Drop]

I love Roto SS rounds but more on Fenders than on Thunderbirds. I think nickel rounds go great with these basses myself.

 

[FourBanger]

Boomers have red silks tho... Tuning peg only, none at the ball

Rotosound RotoBass are a different set of Rotos with no silks whatsoever.

 

[Michael B]

Buy the ones you love and the set should reveal itself.

 

[Jon Moody]

Could also be GHS Bassics, which are Boomers with no silk at the ends, and older Rotos (pre colored ball ends) with the red.

 

[ZenG]

I have set of GHS Boomers on my Mikro...and the silk isn't red.....it's yellowy/gold.

 

[FourBanger]

Short scale Boomers are gold, long scale are Red.

See:
http://www.ghsrep.net/uploads/2/2/2/5/22258814/ghs_bass_string_guide.pdf

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

If you know for sure that they can only be either the Rotos or the boomers, the strings with the red silks are the rotosounds and the other ones are boomers.

+1

 

[hotbass57*123]

here are the Roto swing bass 66. They have a similar look at the bridge red silk.

 

[Scott Sauna]

here are the Roto swing bass 66. They have a similar look at the bridge red silk.

Thanks a lot for this photo! I think the RS66 Strings must be on the P Bass and the Bass Boomers on the T-Bird, which is the opposite of what I thought. Its weird because the Bass Boomers don't have any colored parts at all. I guess the ball end on the bridge or whatever is gold but no silk or color on the strings themselves.

 

[hotbass57*123]

Thanks a lot for this photo! I think the RS66 Strings must be on the P Bass and the Bass Boomers on the T-Bird, which is the opposite of what I thought. Its weird because the Bass Boomers don't have any colored parts at all. I guess the ball end on the bridge or whatever is gold but no silk or color on the strings themselves.

I played Boomers many moons ago and they used to have red silk at head stock and plain ball ends. You're welcome good luck.

 

[Jon Moody]

I played Boomers many moons ago and they used to have red silk at head stock and plain ball ends. You're welcome good luck.

They still do.

That's why, if one of those sets IS from GHS/us, it's probably Bassics, as they're Boomers but with no silk at all.

 

[hotbass57*123]

They still do.

That's why, if one of those sets IS from GHS/us, it's probably Bassics, as they're Boomers but with no silk at all.

Thanks Jon!

 

[FourBanger]

To recap, both Boomers and Roto 66s have red silk, the difference is that the Boomers only have the silk at the winding end and the Roto 66s have it at both ends.

If your red silked strings have no silk at the ball end they aren't the Rotos.

GHS Bassics are like Boomers but without silk at the RotoBass strings are Rotos without silk. Enjoy!