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String ID? Is this possible?

Crockettnj

Crockettnj

Sep 2, 2005
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#1
I was cleaning out stuff and I came across a box of 30+ bass strings. I dont remember buying most of them, so many must have been given to me, gotten in trades, and taken off of project basses.

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Is there a way for me to figure out what brands I have, or if they are worth anything?


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Is it worthwhile taking pics of them to post here for ID purposes, or is that a pipe dream?

Thanks very much.
 
#4
USS-1 (Unidentified String Set ONE!):

These have purple silk on both ends, with large silver colored (not brass) balls.

I love them so far.

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#6
USS-3

One oddball. Light Gray or silver silk on tuner end, no silk on ball end.
Since there is only one, these could be really very old. (As in Reagan administration old! It would have taken me AGES to have broken 3 strings!)

Blurry pic.

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#15
The 'Gecko' could very well be Sadowsky flats ... they have a very thin, fine grey silk, over a very heavy 'coarse' twisting at the tuner end and no silk at ball end ... if they are VERY old, the Dean Markley flats also had grey silk, but these look more like Sads ...
 
#18
Crockettnj said:
USS-2... "the rat"

These appear unused, have very nice black silk on both ends with brass ball.

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I appreciate any insight or help as to what brand & model ANY of these Unidentified String Sets are. Thanks!
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Fender 7250's. Old style, they don't make them like this anymore. I'd lean NOT on the pressure wounds because they look highly polished like nickel and not the alloy used on those which tarnishes easily and is not as bright colored to begin with.


soulman969 said:
I'm thinking GHS Precision Flats. I have a set.
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Yes, bingo on the purple ones/USS-1.

Crockettnj said:
USS-7 "the dragonfly"

red top and bottom, silver ball, definitely NOT flats!

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I believe you have yourself some GHS Boomers. I could be wrong, I tried these and HATED them because they sounded great one song, and dead 3 songs later.
 
#20
USS-2 Cannot Be pressurewounds either because of how the wire wraps terminate at the end of the string near the tuning peg. Pressurewounds wraps remain tight, 7250's got all loose and DNA Strand looking just like your picture (under the black wraps). I can provide a picture if needed, i have sets of both strings and can show the difference. Pressurewounds also are a ground wound, they look different.

PS: Everybody loves those strings, me included. You should try those on a bass that you need to sound big in the mids and low mids.

Now I am really confused on USS-1.
 

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