heritage - bowed nightmare or defective?

[T-Bal]

I just swapped a Heritage D into an otherwise Evah Weich set, looking for a little more brightness in the tone. The pizzed sound is just about right, so I was encouraged. Then I took the bow to the Heritage. This has got to be the most hideous sound I have heard out of my bass in some time. There is a metallic buzz on every note, as well wolf-like behavior on many notes, including open D. Does this sound like a defective string, and has anyone ever had this problem? Unfortunately I only got the one string so I can't compare to other Heritages.

[anonymous12251111]

Originally Posted by T-Bal

Then I took the bow tho the Heritage. This has got to be the most hideous sound I have heard out of my bass in some time.

That actually made me laugh out loud. Well, a friend of mine has these strings on his bass and plucked they sounded, well, just okay, bowed they sounded like what you're describing.

[T-Bal]

Originally Posted by Calvin Marks

That actually made me laugh out loud. Well, a friend of mine has these strings on his bass and plucked they sounded, well, just okay, bowed they sounded like what you're describing.

Believe me, I was not laughing when I heard it! Another thing I forgot to mention, this buzz is much more pronounced on the down bow than the up. Weird!

[salcott]

When I was in my Heritage phase a few years ago, I had to go through several D strings before I got one that didn't twist 360 degrees before the note started. I'm having good results with Weichs, both arco and pizz.

[T-Bal]

Interesting, so there seems to be some inconsistency or QC issues with the Heritage Ds. I'm liking the Evah weichs a lot, too. It's just on my bass the D is duller than the G and A pizzed. Bowed is not a problem.