String identification?

[Oli-phantom]

Hey everyone, was given my father in laws guitar recently, a Taylor. I've always used elixirs on my guitars but when I took his old ones off, I noticed they had colored balls on the end, but I couldn't find anyhing that matched his old ones. I'm curious what he was using because they felt really good before I changed them, just not very bright anymore. My thought was some kind of daddario and maybe he broke a string or two but any suggestion would be great!

Here's a picture of them
https://ibb.co/528n58J

[12barBill]

I'm not able to see the picture for some reason but D'Addario strings have colored ball ends and so do Cleartone strings. I believe the Cleartone colors do not coincide with the D'Addario colors, so that might give you a starting point.

[Gas]

Can't see the picture either. But I'd bet theynare Daddario. Take them into a music store. They'll tell you manufacturer and gauge

[davenumber2]

I can see the pic. They match Daddario except for the B and high e. Those should be purple and silver, respectively, not gold/brass.

[Dru Edwards]

Oli, welcome to the AGF! Like others have mentioned, D'Addario strings have colored ball ends so that's where I'd look.

[TBman]

Cleartone ball color chart from a set of EQ lights.

1st - brass
2nd - purple
3rd - green
4th - red
5th - sliver
6th - black

[Sadie-f]

Looks like d'a, Their color code is

Silver purple green black red brass / 1-6

I can't see your photo very well, however, it looks pretty clearly like the five string is Red

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by Oli-phantom

Hey everyone, was given my father in laws guitar recently, a Taylor. I've always used elixirs on my guitars but when I took his old ones off, I noticed they had colored balls on the end, but I couldn't find anyhing that matched his old ones.

Hi Oli-phantom…

Sounds like a great time to acquire a few brands and do your own search & replace experiments.

The same strings sound different with different styles of play and different players.

Don't Taylors still ship with Elixirs?

[CarolD]

The Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronzes that I just put on my Emerald have colored ball ends. I wish I still had the packet so I could tell you the order of the colors.