P-T-P Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 So I bought a Lakland 55-02 recently and the strings that were on it felt very nice to me but hadn't been fitted very well (cut a bit too short). Anyway, I've put a set of my usual strings (DR Extras .045s) on there and I'm not liking the bass quite as much as I did with the "original" strings on there. The ones that came off were roundwounds, I'm guessing steel but possibly nickel as they certainly weren't as harsh on the fingers as a set of Swing Bass 66 for example. The silks on them were red at the ball end and a kinda bluey-purple at the peg end. The bass was strung through the body and even with this and the 35" scale, the silks cleared the nut quite comfortably - which is not always the case with some strings. Any idea what brand they might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 It's possible that they're an OEM string brand that Lakland put on their shipped basses, so there's a chance you may not be able to buy them commercially. Sorry I can't be of any more help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderthumbs Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 My Elites Stadiums on my jazz are the same colours.....and as far as the nut end's concerned, it's through a Badass bridge not a thru-body, but there's still a good 1.75-2 inches past the nut before the silk. So it could be them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-T-P Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 [quote name='acidbass' post='141064' date='Feb 15 2008, 02:14 PM']It's possible that they're an OEM string brand that Lakland put on their shipped basses, so there's a chance you may not be able to buy them commercially. Sorry I can't be of any more help! [/quote] Thanks, definitely not Lakland strings though as their's have grey silk on them and the B and E strings are tapered at the bridge. [quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='141073' date='Feb 15 2008, 02:29 PM']My Elites Stadiums on my jazz are the same colours.....and as far as the nut end's concerned, it's through a Badass bridge not a thru-body, but there's still a good 1.75-2 inches past the nut before the silk. So it could be them.[/quote] Was thinking they might be Elites, haven't used them for years, had black silk on them in those days as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderthumbs Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 [quote name='P-T-P' post='141136' date='Feb 15 2008, 03:47 PM']Thanks, definitely not Lakland strings though as their's have grey silk on them and the B and E strings are tapered at the bridge. Was thinking they might be Elites, haven't used them for years, had black silk on them in those days as I recall.[/quote] I've just put a set of Elites on my JO5. They're long scale, not extra long, and they clear the nut by about a centimetre. In fact the B string's only about half a centimetre. But they are still definitely red and purpley blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay249 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 PTP I'm pretty sure they were bass centre elites, maybe terry blyth or the other guy who owned it would be able to confirm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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