Edgar Meyer

ImAGoodDuck · #1 10-24-2004, 11:49 AM

I don't know if this has been posted or not, don't doubt it hasn't just couldn't find it. What is Edgar Meyer playin for strings these days. They sound great, outside of him being Edgar anyways lol. But whats up with him?

**Francois Blais** · #2 10-25-2004, 06:19 AM

AFAIK, Spirocore bottom, and solo Flexocor top.

anonymous0726 · #3 02-01-2005, 01:47 AM

Is that Original Flexocors?

**Francois Blais** · #4 02-01-2005, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Parker

Is that Original Flexocors?

Original Flexocors are not available in solo-tuning, but original FlatChromes are.
I think it's the solo Flexocor '92 he uses.

Read somewhere he tunes EAEA.
I'm not sure though!

anonymous0726 · #5 02-01-2005, 08:50 AM

I heard that it as EBEA, and with a couple of flubs that he made on student basses at a master class I saw a few years ago, it looked like he was used to a 5th between the 4th and 3rd string.

I've been running Original Flexocors on D and G and Spirocores on the E and A. Not a bad paring, but the bow on the Flexocor G is pretty bright. How are the '92's different?

**Francois Blais** · #6 02-01-2005, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray Parker

I've been running Original Flexocors on D and G and Spirocores on the E and A. Not a bad paring, but the bow on the Flexocor G is pretty bright. How are the '92's different?

The '92 G is quite warmer. It also has less volume and sustain though!
Did you try the rubber ring filter with the Original Flex G?
Cuts brightness a lot. (but also volume and sustain...)

anonymous0726 · #7 02-01-2005, 02:22 PM

They came with felt washers at the ball end and I left both of them on (D & G).

I liked the Spirocore Solos, but that instead of digging in with the bow and exploring possible sounds on the G (and the D to some extent) I found myself trying to back off and get toward the fingerboard to try to lose the high-end grit.

**Francois Blais** · #8 02-01-2005, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray Parker

They came with felt washers at the ball end and I left both of them on (D & G).

I'm talking of the black rubber ring filter that's included in every Pirastro steel G string's envelope.

anonymous0726 · #9 02-01-2005, 07:29 PM

Like the one that Thomastik puts on the D string?

**Francois Blais** · #10 02-02-2005, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Parker

Like the one that Thomastik puts on the D string?

No.This is a tube, not a ring.
The rubber ring filter is shaped like a thick flat washer, about 5/8" diameter, about 3/32" thick. The center hole is about 1/4" diameter. Look inside your Pirastro steel G pouch.

anonymous0726 · #11 02-02-2005, 08:50 AM

Sorry -- was running a Quebecois check, I'm a little embarrassed to admit. Most of my friends are not native English speakers, so it's just habit

Nope. I didn't see the washer, and if it was there it's long gone now.

**Francois Blais** · #12 02-02-2005, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray Parker

Sorry -- was running a Quebecois check, I'm a little embarrassed to admit. Most of my friends are not native English speakers, so it's just habit

Forgive me, but I'm not sure what you're talking about exactly.
I'm a québécois, and french is my native language.
Did I miss some kind of joke?

Quote:

Nope. I didn't see the washer, and if it was there it's long gone now.

Give me your address and I'll send you one!

Regards,
François

anonymous0726 · #13 02-03-2005, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francois

Did I miss some kind of joke?

Naw-- just making sure that a 'washer' and a 'piece of tubing' didn't get munched between French and English. Like I said, it was just a involuntary response to hanging with so many ESL'ers. (ESL=English as a second language -- a popular course for new-comers to the States)

Quote:

Originally Posted by francois

Give me your address and I'll send you one!

Thanks! I'd be interested in seeing what it does. The G is also a little hard to control -- really easy to lose the string and get a squeak/scratch that'll take the shine offa my glasses. You think that the washer would chill this out a bit?

Ray Parker
35-45 9th St. #1
Long Island City, NY 11106

**Francois Blais** · #14 02-03-2005, 04:21 AM

Will try to post tonight!

**Francois Blais** · #15 02-03-2005, 10:07 AM

I'll include a xerox of an old Flexocor string pouch.
On the back, there's a drawing showing how to use it.

anonymous0726 · #16 02-03-2005, 10:17 AM

Very cool! Thanks again.