kristinaelias Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hi folks, I bought my lovely Longhorn with flatwounds already fitted, but I don't know which brand they are. I've ruled out d'Addarios as the ball ends are brass and the silks are too pale, & I think Rotosounds have red silks. So sky blue silks both ends, short scale, 48-98, & brass ball ends, guesses please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjag Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I have another thread I just started trying to work out brands from the silk on the strings, I have la bella which have blue windings. Could be those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Ernie Ball Flats have blue silks too, probably chrome ball end too. Edited March 3, 2015 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaelias Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1425407779' post='2707053'] Ernie Ball Flats have blue silks too, probably chrome ball end too. [/quote] Does Ernie do short scale length strings though? Edited March 3, 2015 by kristinaelias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaelias Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 [quote name='natjag' timestamp='1425407666' post='2707048'] I have another thread I just started trying to work out brands from the silk on the strings, I have la bella which have blue windings. Could be those. [/quote] Do LaBellas have silk at both ends, I thought it was just the ball end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaelias Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Any more guesses from any fellow short scalers out there??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 From here [url="http://www.bassstringsonline.com/La-Bella-Deep-Talkin-Flat-Wound-Single-String-Build-your-own-Custom-String-Set_p_1726.html"]http://www.bassstringsonline.com/La-Bella-Deep-Talkin-Flat-Wound-Single-String-Build-your-own-Custom-String-Set_p_1726.html[/url] - They could be Labella's I'm thinking! Not sure otherwise. When I see blue I think of chromes, but those look more like Roto nickel rounds, judging by the silks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjag Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 [quote name='kristinaelias' timestamp='1425422945' post='2707304'] Do LaBellas have silk at both ends, I thought it was just the ball end? [/quote] Just checked my La Bellas, just silk at one end, you are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevG Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Rotosound 77's just like I've just put on my Horner contemporary violin bass, I think Ernies have a darker silk wrap and IMO not as smooth as the Rotos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 There must surely be so many kinds of strings, with the same silk colour combinations, that you could never know for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 [quote name='kristinaelias' timestamp='1425406956' post='2707036'] Hi folks, I bought my lovely Longhorn with flatwounds already fitted, but I don't know which brand they are. I've ruled out d'Addarios as the ball ends are brass and the silks are too pale, & I think Rotosounds have red silks. So sky blue silks both ends, short scale, 48-98, & brass ball ends, guesses please! [/quote] At the bridge end, it looks very like a Rotosound string, but at the headstock, it looks more like GHS or possibly Warwick. Unfortunately, the silk colour confuses more than it helps, really. So many strings use different colours at different times, so when doing an image search, it's hard to tell whether the image is contemporaneous, or just an old image of a previous manufacture method of the same string. But Rotosound, GHS, and potentially Warwick, are the 3 companies I would look into. My money would be on GHS TBH. I think their pressure wounds have a blue silk on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinaelias Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Happy to report that the answer is Rotosound RS77s 40-90s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 [quote name='kristinaelias' timestamp='1428699581' post='2743981'] Happy to report that the answer is Rotosound RS77s 40-90s! [/quote] Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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