Identify these strings please

[Guest MoJo]

I recently bought a bass and these (pic below) are the strings that were on it. They have a nice tone/feel, so I'd like to get some more for my other basses. I contacted the seller who informed me that they were Rotosound but Rotosound have said that they don't manufacture bass strings with black silk wraps

[DarkHeart]

Picato use black silks I think

[The59Sound]

Original Fender 7250s?

GHS Pressurewounds?

[TheGreek]

Didn't Warwick make strings with black silks???

[Pow_22]

On the close up pics they look like Elites Groundwounds to me.  Do they feel like full on rounds?

[BigRedX]

LaBella Steels have black silk wraps.

[Guest MoJo]

On 4/18/2018 at 12:48, BigRedX said:

LaBella Steels have black silk wraps.

I now know that they're NOT Fender 7250's. Strings Direct agree with you BigRedX, they think they're LaBella SuperSteps Stainless Steel Roundwounds

[BigRedX]

I don't think that they are SuperSteps, because the ball end of the string isn't taper-wound. They look to me like ordinary LaBella Steels (used to be called Hard Rocking Steels) but for some reason these are much harder to get in the UK, which is why I think Strings Direct are trying to sell you SuperSteps. 

Personally I've given up with LaBella Steels, because although they are very nice strings, they no longer make one of the gauges I like (45-135) as a set, and because they are difficult to find and expensive when you can get them. I've switched to Warwick Black Label which are very nearly as good and about half the price.

[bartelby]

yeah definitely not super steps...

those look like this:

Edited April 24, 2018 by bartelby

[Guest MoJo]

4 hours ago, bartelby said:

yeah definitely not super steps...

those look like this:

Certainly not those, no

[DarkHeart]

Picato half rounds?

[Guest MoJo]

19 hours ago, DarkHeart said:

Picato half rounds?

Interesting

[The59Sound]

Look like roundwounds to me. I'm pretty sure they're the original Fender 7250s which came in a sky blue packaging but they stopped being produced around 2009. Roto nickel rounds are very similar IME.