D'Addario colour code

[Mr. Foxen]

Just scavenged a bad of strings from Shockwave. Anyone know the ball end colour code, will make life much easier sorting sets. Any other manufacturers do colour coding?

[Paul_C]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='920039' date='Aug 9 2010, 08:46 PM']Just scavenged a bad of strings from Shockwave. Anyone know the ball end colour code, will make life much easier sorting sets. Any other manufacturers do colour coding?[/quote]

it won't necessarily help as they are coded by set, not size - so all "E" strings will be one colour, all "A"s another, irrespective of thickness

if they are all 45-105 sets though, you'll be fine

Edited August 9, 2010 by Paul_C

[Mr. Foxen]

The appropriate colours for notes are what I'm after. I know that Shockwave favours E strings about the weight of my A strings.

[Paul_C]

assuming they're the same as the guitar sets (not having any bass sets to hand) it should be :

E - brass/gold
A - red
D - black
G - green

[Mog]

Had to take a look at the tele but here goes:
E: Brass
A: Red
D: Black
G: Green
b: Purple
E: Silver
Dunno bout high C.

I've never come across any other brand with a similar system.

[Pete Academy]

Try looking at the thickness. Might give you a clue.

[Mr. Foxen]

I recommend every string hoarder cable ties sets together.

I have a couple of vastly different sized green ball ends here, different style of ball, so someone else must colour them.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='920098' date='Aug 9 2010, 09:33 PM']I have a couple of vastly different sized green ball ends here, different style of ball, so [b]someone else must colour them[/b].[/quote]
I believe Giannini, Hartke & DR, and maybe others. D'Addario are now making Fender's strings so possibly those too.

[Marvin]

[quote name='Paul_C' post='920064' date='Aug 9 2010, 09:02 PM']assuming they're the same as the guitar sets (not having any bass sets to hand) it should be :

E - brass/gold
A - red
D - black
G - green[/quote]
I've got D'Addario's on my bass and that is exactly the colour code goes on mine.

[JTUK]

I tend to keep all my strings wrapped up in sets... but when I was a bit anal about gauges, ie the difference
between 40 and 45, I used to measure them.

I only ever used DR's which have no silk winds so a micrometer was just the ticket..but you could knoc up a little template with the gauges and just fit the string into the selected gauge. Your local hardware shop would probably have something like this anyway..

[Commando Jack]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='920098' date='Aug 9 2010, 09:33 PM']I recommend every string hoarder cable ties sets together.

I have a couple of vastly different sized green ball ends here, different style of ball, so someone else must colour them.[/quote]


If I recall, there used to be sets that had a metallic type finish, and the current sets look like they've been dipped in normal paint. I couldn't say what the actual difference was, but the sets were all D'Addarios, and the colour codes were the same. Maybe they just changed their mind at some point?