Daddario color code

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 23 Sep 2015 11:07 am

It would have been more convincing if they'd lowered the price when they went over to cheapening their packaging (instead of giving us the '...we're saving the planet...' line).

The strings are fine but I don't enjoy the fact that they're entwined in pairs.

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 23 Sep 2015 1:07 pm

Maybe I'm just a lucky boy. I've never had a problem confusing their gauges. I just spread them out and there they are.

Maybe when I take off a red ball I replace it with the same color.

You don't like em'? That's ok. Different strokes as they say.

h

Mike Archer · Post by **Mike Archer** » 23 Sep 2015 2:08 pm

as I said I don't care for the color code

and im not blind...my biggest gripe is pulling out what looks like a birds nest and untangling
the mess to get um laid out
still to each his own as Otis sez

mike

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 23 Sep 2015 3:17 pm

I never pay attention to how long it does or doesn't take to string my steel because I am very meticulous and thorough when changing strings. To me it is not a race to see how fast I can re string my guitar. However be as it may my original post was about the color code had I went to the classifieds and seen Mickey Adams' S-12 there was a great shot of the changer and I could have went off that. I never used D'Addario strings before and was just asking about the color code. Had I looked on the side of the package I wouldn't feel belittled about asking a simple question that I thought at the time was a good question... I guess from now on I will go back to trial and error and quit asking questions

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 23 Sep 2015 3:25 pm

Just a genteel discussion here. Lot's of smiley faces and comradery.

Lots of string choices. Use what you like.

h

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 23 Sep 2015 4:05 pm

Howard Parker wrote:Just a genteel discussion here. Lot's of smiley faces and comradery.

Lots of string choices. Use what you like.

h

Sorry Howard and to all I am working on less than 14 hrs in the last 48 minds not working

Jerry Hedge · Post by **Jerry Hedge** » 23 Sep 2015 4:25 pm

I just wish they would make their new NY strings available for pedal steel. I got a chance to try a beta test version for regular guitar. They are more resistant to breaking than their normal XL type and stay in tune longer. I love them!!!

Mickey Adams · Post by **Mickey Adams** » 25 Sep 2015 6:12 am

Mike...the color code is on the plastic package they come in, however, there are only 6 strings depicted, and their codes are shown...start with string 10 which is Brass I believe....then red....when you get to string six, they start over again, with brass.....kinda stupid I think....

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 25 Sep 2015 6:43 pm

The are very few actual manufacturers of electric guitar strings, and most are going to color codes, which is always clearly printed on the plastic packaging and box.

Any time I've ordered bulk strings they are packed in one package per gage.

I must be missing the problem, except for color-blind 6-string players...but even then strings are wound together in pairs in the pack, with wide differences between the pairs,.

So I guess I' missing the point - what is the problem?

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 25 Sep 2015 7:19 pm

Jim Sliff wrote:The are very few actual manufacturers of electric guitar strings, and most are going to color codes, which is always clearly printed on the plastic packaging and box.

Any time I've ordered bulk strings they are packed in one package per gage.

I must be missing the problem, except for color-blind 6-string players...but even then strings are wound together in pairs in the pack, with wide differences between the pairs,.

So I guess I' missing the point - what is the problem?

THIS IS THE FIRST SET OF D'Addario STRINGS I HAVE USED I WAS ASKING WHERE TO FIND THE COLOR CODE THERE WAS A COLOR CODE ON THE PLASTIC PACKAGE FOR 6 STRINGS NOT 10 THE CODE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOX AND YOU NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE IT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 25 Sep 2015 7:28 pm

Close it up bOb the color code issue is solved I love the strings I am a happy player no need for further discussion.... Slim

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 26 Sep 2015 2:41 am

This was actually a good discussion of color coding strings. Some like or accept it, others do not.

Mack Quinney · Post by **Mack Quinney** » 28 Sep 2015 7:27 am

It is interesting this post came up. I restrung my guitar this last week using the D'Addario strings.

My eyesight is not what it use to be, so had to go find my glasses. Even with that I had a hard time, so much so I put two strings in the wrong place and had to move them. Thank goodness I had enough tail to move them to a different head key and location after I cut them.

Took twice as long, and was a pain in the *&^*.

I have two more sets. After that, I'll be back to something else, probably GHS.

I don't think they lend anything to my sound to go through the hassle.

I personally like GHS strings. Don't see anybody referring to them on the forum, but I can get them in a local store, and I like the way they are packaged. I have use GHS Super-Slinky's and Hybrid-Slinky's on my six string, for years.

Mickey Adams · Post by **Mickey Adams** » 28 Sep 2015 8:27 am

I've been buying them by the box, and using them for several years now...I don't think there is anything "better" available...after a few events, you'll stop whining...LMAO....If not Ill send you all some cheese

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 28 Sep 2015 10:22 am

If some of the younger members here plow through this thread they just might get the impression that a good portion of the posts were written by a bunch of cantankerous old men who are on the downhill slide with deteriorating faculties.

I find myself when grocery shopping these days and trying to locate an item in reading the signs above the the aisles that when I am at the other end they can be on the blurry side ("does that sign say cooking oil?").

But so far I haven't gone up front complaining to the store manager that the signs need to have print that are twice the size.

Particularly since it wasn't all that long ago that I could read them clearly from halfway across the store.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 28 Sep 2015 2:59 pm

Mark...

I didn't realise we'd met but from your spot-on description of me I have to assume we know each other!!!

Tim Tyner · Post by **Tim Tyner** » 28 Sep 2015 6:17 pm

I like these strings.Changing strings ain't much fun no matter what brand they are.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 28 Sep 2015 10:05 pm

Jack Stoner wrote:I was given a set of E9th and C6th strings. It took twice as long to install them because of the color code and their color chart.

Add to that I didn't like the sound of the strings and they were taken off and my usual George L's put back on.

Not a George Ls fan, but otherwise, you nailed it for me, Jack.
This is silly, but I don't like to see green, and purple, and red ball ends, hanging out of the tailpiece of a 2 or 3 thousand dollar guitar. And they are a jumbled-up bird's-nest in the package.

Best broken D'Addario story ever? Went to see bluegrass great James King. James has lost a lot of weight, but he was a bit "portly." He broke a string, and somebody hollered,"WHICH ONE, James?" James stood up, and said, "the red one."

And they don't use "Player's Points" anymore.

I got enough old packages to buy a new boat--But now, they won't take 'em.

I wonder--Does Elixir make steel guitar strings?

George Redmon · Post by **George Redmon** » 5 Oct 2015 7:20 am

I use GeorgeL'S stainless, not sure what all this color coding thing is all about. Hell I just order strings. Ok....that being said. I wipe my strings before, during, and after I play with a clean steel guitar rag (Cloth). Does anyone spray anything on their strings? I don't. Years ago when I played a lot of guitar I used Finger Ease. Just curious is all.

Bill L. Wilson · Post by **Bill L. Wilson** » 5 Oct 2015 8:21 am

It's a pain in the neck to try and sort these things out on a dark stage, especially if you're color blind. I only use them because they're $9bucks a set, and it's all my local store sells. I did end up with a lot of nice prizes from their Player Point deal, and was sorry they stopped that. Wiping the strings down with a cloth dipped in Tri-Flow seems to help keep dirt and grime off.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 5 Oct 2015 9:59 am

I've been using Live Steel Strings for a while, but a friend gave me 2 sets of D'Addarrio C6th strings. He also gave me 3 sets of SIT strings, which I have never liked. I will be going back to Live Steel immediately. The E9 SIT strings have lost their tone after only 2 gigs and a dozen or so days of learning new songs.

I like these strings.Changing strings ain't much fun no matter what brand they are.

So why extend the agony to twice the normal amount of time.

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 5 Oct 2015 10:48 am

I can put up with the itty bitty code on the box. I love these strings they sound great to my ears I am a D'addario user till I dead and gone.

Don Miller · Post by **Don Miller** » 15 Jun 2023 10:14 am

Thanks so much for the pointer RE the colors on the side of the box. I have several sets of these I can use up now.

Larry Allen · Post by **Larry Allen** » 16 Jun 2023 11:07 am

These are the best I’ve used..I just order the gauges I want instead of their sets for my S10 Ext E9..

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Daddario color code

as i said

I Hate The Color Code and The Tangled Up Strings.

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