So my teach tells me my bass is kinda bright and maybe should look into some Helicore hybrids and get off the spiros. He's got them on his 100+ yo bass and it sounds/plays pretty good. Very mellow.
So this morning, I start rummaging through the string drawer, trying this and that just for kicks. Then I find this full set of strings I don't remember. Red silk with gold spirals. I say, what the hell and slap them on. G wasn't bad... pretty good. Much more mellow than the spiros. So I put the whole set on, then I suddenly remembered that my Yamaha SLB came with a set of strings and these had matching kinks with out the TP on the SLB works. So look them up, and they're Helicore solos.
I'm tuning them orch obviously but they play pretty good, even lower tension than spiros. To me, lower tension means you jack 'em up higher.
So I gave them a full turn on the adjusters. Feels/plays pretty damn good. I'm surprised. More mellow like I said, a little bit more dull than the spiros, they have a certain amount of punch. The E and A are hella banjo-y right now so I'll let it settle in.
We shall see where this leads...
