Evah Pirazzi strings megathread part I

[Andy Allen]

Now Francois; having decided these strings are not for you, you wouldn't by any chance like to distribute these to the great unwashed out here?

I could give a review and pass them along to the next opportunee. Actually an an A or D would suffice...I'd hate to be greedy

Just pushing my luck...

Andy

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by Andy Allen

Now Francois; having decided these strings are not for you, you wouldn't by any chance like to distribute these to the great unwashed out here?

I could give a review and pass them along to the next opportunee. Actually an an A or D would suffice...I'd hate to be greedy

Just pushing my luck...

Andy

I'd rather send them (except the G which goes to Troy) all at once, to limit the shipping costs.
PM me your address!

Regards,
François

[Robert Kopec]

Hello,
Let me first say that I usually lurk in the dark here on TB.
I love this site and this thread seems to be worth the effort,
you gents are very cool.

Obligatos have been my string of choice since their release,
Helicore symphonic heavy gauge before that,my hybrid bass likes it dark.All kinds of music to be played ,so a string that can handle arco/pizz is very important to me.
Obli's would for me last about 6 months of pretty hard playing and then kind of die.I am hoping these new Evah's
will last a little longer and that the G string will be more like
more meaty.

I recieved a set yesterday and will install them this morning.
Tonight I have a trio gig and Friday a hang with the great Chuck Traeger,so I will post my findings,along with some of Chuck's Monday or so.

thanks,
robert
www.robertkopec.com

[Basschair]

Originally Posted by francois

You should give a try to Belcantos then!...

Or Flexocors with a different E.
The Chromcor is nice if you like your E dark but with some growl and sustain.

Yup, I've tried them, and I do like them...but there's just something that didn't quite work. Maybe it's not the strings at all, but the setup...argh!!!

[Robert Kopec]

ok,so real quick,some thoughts

they are darker than the obligatos,I really like this G.
They are stiffer in the left hand,not a bad thing and no roll in the right
Good balance across all strings,nice boom,boom pizz,
stabilize pitch pretty quick and the arco is more bass than cello...

more to come

[TroyK]

Originally Posted by francois

I'd rather send them (except the G which goes to Troy) all at once, to limit the shipping costs.
PM me your address!

Regards,
François

Thank you, Francois. I promise to road test the G thoroughly and then post my impressions. If it doesn't stay on long for some reason, I promise to pass it along to someone else for a try.

Troy

[Uncletoad]

Originally Posted by TroyK

Thank you, Francois. I promise to road test the G thoroughly and then post my impressions. If it doesn't stay on long for some reason, I promise to pass it along to someone else for a try.

Troy

Falling off the wagon already?

You sick man.

[TroyK]

Originally Posted by Uncletoad

Falling off the wagon already?

You sick man.

In the interest of science. I'm just volunteering to be a tester. :-)

Actually, I've been leaning over the wagon railing for a few weeks now. A complete set of Jazzers have been on for almost a year and I actually still really like them. There is a whiney tone on the G and maybe the D when I'm playing with a band, not when I'm practicing or maybe playing duo, but through the mix, I got an opposite effect of when dark strings get lost in the mix.

So, I've been wanted darker and meatier on at least the G. I have a well worn OLIV, that I was thinking of pulling back out, but it can't have much time left on it, if any. And I've got some Flexicore '92s and a Flatchromsteel G that I was thinking about mixing in.

But frankly I was still staying fairly true until an opportunity to test a new Pirastro G string presented itself to me. I knew someone would call me on it. I know I deserve it.

Troy

[Uncletoad]

Originally Posted by TroyK

But frankly I was still staying fairly true until an opportunity to test a new Pirastro G string presented itself to me. I knew someone would call me on it. I know I deserve it.

Troy

Yea, gotta bust yer balls on that.

...especially a synthetic core string.

Welcome back to hell. We missed you.

[TroyK]

Like any self respecting addict, I believe that this isn't a problem. I can try a new string and not have it lead to a pattern of behavior. Besides all of my friends are doing it.

[Marcus Johnson]

Maybe we should start a little bass ensemble. We could call it "The Enablers".

[thedbassist]

If any other moderator wants to give away their strings, I'm certainly open!

[Basschair]

Lemur's site finally has their street price listed: $159. I don't think they have them in stock yet (I was told mid to late June), but have not confirmed that.

[thedbassist]

Does anybody know if these would be good for the Bottesini concerto? I have to choose between these and velvet 180 suit's.

[TroyK]

Originally Posted by thedbassist

Does anybody know if these would be good for the Bottesini concerto?

If I recall Bottesini Concerto is in B Minor and I believe these are going to be E Major strings...

[Marcus Johnson]

Originally Posted by thedbassist

Does anybody know if these would be good for the Bottesini concerto?

If you're playing it, probably. If I'm playing it.... not so much.

[thedbassist]

Originally Posted by TroyK

If I recall Bottesini Concerto is in B Minor and I believe these are going to be E Major strings...

E major strings?

[jmpiwonka]

it's a joke

i played bit of arco last night and i really like how quick and responsive the strings are.

you'd prolly be ok withthem.

[thedbassist]

yeah, my philosophy is there is no such thing as a funny bass joke, or viola, violin etc.

[TroyK]

How about biting satire, then? You've got to give me something, restraint is not an option.