Bad strings?

Dave Martin · #1 10-26-2007, 08:26 PM

I had some work done on my Juzek this week, and had the luthier go ahead and replace the strings ( Helicore Orchestrals). I think that the G string may have gone bad, since it seems to have died already (I just picked the bass up this afternoon).

Is that possible? Is it common? In 35 years of playing electric bass, I've only had one or two strings - out of hundreds of sets - bad out of the box. Fortunately, the luthier has Saturday hours, so I'll call in the morning to see what we can do about it...

Marc Piane · #2 10-26-2007, 10:15 PM

Don't get me started on Helicores.

bassist1962 · #3 10-27-2007, 02:56 AM

Helicore has some QC issues, so yes, it is a common problem.

Dave Martin · #4 10-27-2007, 10:23 PM

Well, I took it back to the shop, and yep, a bad string. But Dustin at Williams Fine Violins replaced it in about 3 minutes (dang it, I want a powered winder for my acoustic bass - that was FAST) and the instrument played and sounded great tonight.

liam_g · #5 10-28-2007, 09:15 AM

Awesome man ... glad you got things worked out. I really like dealing with Dustin ... nice guy who knows his stuff.

Cheers

Dave Martin · #6 10-28-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by liam_g

Awesome man ... glad you got things worked out. I really like dealing with Dustin ... nice guy who knows his stuff.

Cheers

Yep, Dustin's a good one. Enough so that I took another bass in for him to work on as I picked the Juzek up.