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Double Bass String Identification Help

I recently played these strings and I can’t seem to figure out what they are; love them!

Seem to be nylon or some other synthetic gut material, thick like Velvet Garbos were. Winding is yellow silk bordered on both sides by red with a single thin red spiral throughout—similar to Zyex but yellow.

see picture below! Let me know if you know what these are!
 

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Silk Winding Color Codes:
  • Ultralight: yellow with red stripe at ball end, solid yellow with red band at headstock end
  • Light: yellow with aquamarine stripe at ball end, solid aquamarine at headstock end
  • Medium: yellow with black stripe at ball end, solid red with black band at headstock end