Chorda special edition (Carlos Henriquez)

[Adrian Cho]

Not sure if this has been posted yet but it looks like Pirastro has released a new special edition of Chordas that were developed in conjunction with Carlos Henriquez who I know is on TB sometimes. They appear to be lower tension, smaller gauge which is interesting. I certainly found the original gauges to be too big and dead sounding.

[Francois Blais]

http://www.pirastro.com/post-double.html

Carlos: can you please describe them?

Thanks!

[gor-gy]

gauges :

G : 2.15
D : 2.70
A : 2.55
E : 3.15

same set with more modulation and sustain an espacilly for the D string. price : 300 euro chorda rules

[Adrian Cho]

Here's what I recorded in inches for the original Chordas:

G: 0.08
D: 0.11
A: 0.10
E: 0.14

[AMJBASS]

They definitely look interesting. I know that Ken Smith is using a set right now. They are certainly worth a look at if you are going to try an all gut set up. I do recall really liking the E an A strings of the Chorda set, but not the D. The low strings have that big organic quality to them that you hear on older records.

[Jake deVilliers]

Gor-gy, can you measure them in thousandths of an inch?

Thanks, Jake

[stefaniw80401]

Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

Gor-gy, can you measure them in thousandths of an inch?

Found this site (http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm) to be useful for such stuff.

I did the conversion for us:

G : 2.15 = .0846"
D : 2.70 = .106"
A : 2.55 = .100"
E : 3.15 = .124"

- Mark

[Jake deVilliers]

Nice! We'll have to get them added to the String Gauge Sticky.

[gor-gy]

carlos talk about them at :

http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=812

gauges :

G= .085"
D= .104"
A= .100"
E= .124"

[AndreasH]

Are they availabe anywhere yet? Except directly from Pirastro.
Anyone willing to try these out? I just bought a set n.o.s. Artone guts so I think I'll pass for now.

[gor-gy]

this new chorda are alvaible only at pirastro. For any interest please write to : info@pirastro.com

[AndreasH]

Bump.

Anybody tried these yet?

[Nathan Parker]

I have a set on my bass right now. They are pretty nice. After I've played them for about a month, I will be able to say more about their sound. I am loving them at the moment and I doubt I will go back to any other types of strings after these.

[Marcus Johnson]

I would love it if Carlos would check in on these strings. My guess is that he's busy because he can play like this;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1HvI-uiwCQ

[AndreasH]

Carlos loves playing his bass... and Nintendo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSIQhibRvEw&NR=1


Nathan, have you played regular Chordas aswell?

[Marcus Johnson]

Originally Posted by AndreasH

Carlos loves playing his bass... and Nintendo!

Man, he's playing some **** on that one. Great hands.

[Nathan Parker]

Originally Posted by AndreasH

Carlos loves playing his bass... and Nintendo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSIQhibRvEw&NR=1


Nathan, have you played regular Chordas aswell?

No, I have not. I have a used set I bought from a fellow TBer, but I reckon it will be a while 'til I put it on. I wish I had two basses, so I could compare at the same time, but I reckon they would sound different because of the different basses anyways.

[TroyK]

Nice playing and great sound. Would love to hear more about these strings.

Eyeballing the gauges posted above, they don't look that different from the originals. The E looks thinner and the variances on the other strings seems like it might almost be too small to notice. I wonder if there are other differences, like windings. Or am I not seeing things clearly?

[Mark Perna]

The D is lighter than the standard set. When I bought Gamuts, I specifically bought a light D after reading about Carlos' Chorda set. My Gamut light D is way more defined than the medium it replaced. I imagine the same would hold true for the Chordas.

mark

[AndreasH]

The Artone set I got follows the same light D philosophy. The G is .092 and the D .110. The D sounds nice but it feels a bit floppy at times compared to the G.