Double Bass String ID help (with pics)

[jayscheuerle]

These strings came on a secondhand Ergo I bought. I like their unamplified tone and want to get a set for my home-made practice bass. Any ideas? Along with the info in the pics, the length between the silks on the A string is around 50", which is 7" shorter than my current cheapo strings.

Thanks! - j

 

[jayscheuerle]

Fairly true.

 

[TroyK]

Pretty confident that those are Thomastik Superflexibles. The peg end confuses me a bit, but I'm 95%.

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Pretty confident that those are Thomastik Superflexibles. The peg end confuses me a bit, but I'm 95%.

Nope. Thomastik top silks are all the same color and the ball silks are too dark.

 

[TroyK]

Well that just makes me sad. I do love this game so.

 

[jayscheuerle]

The blue windings on the bottom are only about 3" long, and the balls are smaller than my Spiro Weichs (.25" deep vs around .375" deep)...

 

[Francois Blais]

Possibly half size Corellis. (100cm set)

 

[Tommy el Gato]

A friend of mine has a similar set of strings on his double bass. They look like spirocores except the silks are too short, the balls are different and the pegbox silks are all different colors. I thought at first they would be a 3885 set, but I'll have to ask what they are.

 

[foilracer]

The ball looks like Corelli's....can't say which set...

 

[Tommy el Gato]

Ok, so my friend says that what he's got are super-sensative red-labels. I'm betting this is another string from the super-sensative line.

 

[jayscheuerle]

Possibly half size Corellis. (100cm set)

That's what I'm thinking, too, after seeing pictures of their balls and silk length.
(where else can I utter that phrase legitimately?)
Even the felt dampers look right.

Good price here ($86.53 to my door):
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Not sure what the difference between the nickel and tungsten are, but I've only been able to find the 1/2 size with nickel.

I'm really surprised there isn't a better pictorial database available...

Thanks !- j

 

[TroyK]

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I'm really surprised there isn't a better pictorial database available...

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We could probably make one from all of the previous String ID threads. Wow, that would be a fun project, that I don't have time for, but maybe, I'll do it instead of sleeping.

 

[Francois Blais]

The Corelli Nickels would be dark green I think, so they're probably Tungsten's half size then.

 

[jayscheuerle]

Ouch. I think you're right. Better try to cancel that order!