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07-31-2007, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cleveland | | | Eurosonic Orchestral strings?
How are they? Ken Smith has many good things to say on his site about both the arco and pizz capabilities of these new strings. Has anyone else tried them? I am primarily interested in pizz, although arco would be great for practicing too. If I don't go with some sort of plain gut/wrapped gut or synthetic on my new bass I might just go with a set of the regular Eurosonics, but these new ones have me interested as well.
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07-31-2007, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | I keep asking the same question, but all I hear is "They're coming soon"! 
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07-31-2007, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by reedo35  I keep asking the same question, but all I hear is "They're coming soon"! | I'm pretty sure that Ken sells them from his website. |
07-31-2007, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | I only see BG strings there, no Double bass strings.
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07-31-2007, 07:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by reedo35 I only see BG strings there, no Double bass strings. | Check out his forums, or contact him directly. He's charging $144 a set if I remember correctly. |
07-31-2007, 07:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | You gotta go to the "smith bass forums" site.. he has the price listed in the string section there.
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09-10-2007, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Billerica | | | Eurosonic Orchestra Strings
So .......... has anyone tried these strings Eurosonic Orchestra Strings
I am thinking of getting the light tension as they are termed regular. I have read that they are very easy on the fingers with a softer feel but the article I read stated not like a spiro red ? Any pros or cons would be great ! |
09-27-2007, 12:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Telford, PA | | | My teacher, Kevin MacConnell, has them on his bass and they sound and play great, definitely a good hybrid. They're relatively thin gage, not gut like the regular Eurosonic. I will likely put them on my bass this weekend. If I do, I'll let you know.
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09-27-2007, 06:35 AM
| | I'm absent from Talkbass for an indefinite period | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Québec, Canada | | | They're available in Orchestral and Hybrid types.
Orchestrals in medium, light and solo gauges.
Hybrids in medium and light gauges.
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10-03-2007, 08:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Telford, PA | | | I'm putting the Eurosonics on my bass this afternoon. My teacher picked them up from Ken for me yesterday. I'll post my initial thoughts tonight (even though they'll need time to settle in), and a few days from now to let you all know how they're settling.
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10-03-2007, 10:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Telford, PA | | | So I put the Eurosonic Orchestra Lights on today. I only got to play around on my bass for about 45 minutes to an hour so far. My bass has a naturally large low end, and these strings emphasized this even more. I had a friend play my bass as well, and these strings sound quite different behind the bass than in front of the bass. My friend came to the same conclusions I did: behind the bass the low end is almost overbearing, and the definition wasn't superb, but across the room they had lots of definition and a big round sound. My bow is currently getting rehaired, but even with a crappy fiberglass bow with synthetic hair, these strings bowed smooth and didn't put up any resistance at all. Overall I'm happy with the first hour of life these strings gave me. We'll see in a week how they've settled in.
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10-10-2007, 07:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Telford, PA | | | Now that the Eurosonics have been on my bass for a week, I feel I can post a review of them. On my bass the tension is way too high. My bass feels choked and is putting out 3/4 of the volume it was with synthetic core strings (both Obligatos and Kolsteins). It's very frustrating to feel my bass not breathing the way it's supposed to (and can), both pizz and arco. However, these strings seem to amplify exceptionally well. Perhaps it's because the Realist puts out such a hot signal, that it gives a clearer signal with the bass not speaking very loudly on its own?
I'm going to let on my bass a little longer though. Partly because of $$$, partly because I want to see how they sound in another week (though I don't imagine a string would stretch enough after the first couple of hours to allow my bass to breathe more).
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10-10-2007, 08:13 AM
| | I'm absent from Talkbass for an indefinite period | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Québec, Canada | | | Your bass is possibly still adjusting to the new tension.
Indeed, a little more and it may be worth the wait!
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10-11-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by tww001 Now that the Eurosonics have been on my bass for a week, I feel I can post a review of them. On my bass the tension is way too high. | Are you sure that they are the Light tension, and not the Medium? |
10-11-2007, 03:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Telford, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jonas Are you sure that they are the Light tension, and not the Medium? | Yes, the say "Orchestra Light" right on the packaging
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