Alfie Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 I know that not everyone will agree with me on this. For me, how a bass looks is of equal, perhaps greater importance than how it plays and how it sounds, probably because I am mostly rubbish at playing them. One thing I like to do is match the colour of the wrap to the colour of the bass. One colour I really don't like is the red of Fender and Rotosound steelies. I used to have a black Squier, which was great because any string complimented the bass. I particular I liked using the blue Rotosound Swing Bass nickels. On my Fender P Lyte I always use Fender Nickels to match the gold hardware. Fender stainless steel rounds = red Fender nickel = gold Fender stainless steel flats = green Rotosound swing bass nickel = blue Rotosound swing bass steel = red Rotosound jazz bass flats = red D'Addario shortscale nickels don't have a wrap What other options are there? Quote
redstriper Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 DR flats - gold GHS precision flats - purple Quote
Plux_the_Duck Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 most DRs (low rider/high beams/sun beams) don't have a wrap - and I think it lools better for it but they do coloured strings which are fun Quote
EssentialTension Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Rounds - green Pyramid Gold Flats - purple Pyramid Black Nylons - golden orange Quote
2x18 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) Bass centre Elite Flats =Black D,Addario Chrome Flats =Blue LaBella Deep talkin Black Nylon = Purple Edited January 6, 2010 by 2x18 Quote
EssentialTension Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Lakland Joe Osborn Flats - black Quote
lozbass Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Newtone will custom wind to your specs and use any colour of silking you'd prefer (I had gold on a couple of recent sets to match the hardware on a bass) Quote
lozbass Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Alembic - bright (almost turquoise) blue Overwater - black Quote
molan Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 I had a Streamer that came supplied with gold Optima gold strings to match the all gold hardware. It looked pretty cool - in a very flash sort of way Unfortunately I'm mildly allergic to gold & the strings bought me out in blisters! Quote
Protium Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Elites SS Flatwound - dark blue La Bella "slappers" - black Hartke nickels - no wrap Quote
stevebasshead Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 Dean Markley Blue Steel - Silvery White GHS Progressives - Purple Quote
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