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03-02-2010, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York | | | Spiro Weich Quality Issues
Has anyone noticed any quality issues with Spiro Weichs lately? With the last set I bought, the A and E string sounded dead right when I put them on. They were so bad I had to put the old set back on.
The set I purchased before this had similar problems. The strings seem uneven, unclear and dead.
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03-02-2010, 10:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC, Astoria | | | What's up Pete! Did you let Thomastik know about this? Who knows, maybe you got back to back duds.. |
03-02-2010, 10:58 PM
| | | | Yea. Leave them on for a couple days and they usually turn out fine. If not send them back for fresh ones. |
03-02-2010, 11:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia | | | Its very odd if they start out dead though. If they start out sounding your bowing hollow metal, then thats more like it.
Never had string brighten up on the bass, only deaden.
Where did you get them? Were they newish or have they been sitting around for a long time?
I was given a spiro mittel E once that was never used, but had been sitting around for many years. It wasnt as bright as I was expecting. |
03-03-2010, 06:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York | | | Hey Phil, how's it going? I actually exchanged a set already, this is the second one that has the same problem.
Toad, thanks for the advice, I'll try that.
Jazzman, that has been my experience too. Usually my Spiro's sound super bright when first installed. They are brand new, just purchased... |
03-03-2010, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Phil Rowan  What's up Pete! | Are you talking about Peter Infeld?
He died last year, in case you didn't know.
FWIW, I had a dead new Spiro E last year.
It sounded like a Belcanto E....
I got a replacement from Connelly, but that's strange...
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03-03-2010, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Prague, Czech Republic | | | Yes, same thing. Dead E string. Had to put old mittel and it's O.K. The mittel will last almost forever and I like the higher tension on the E string anyway. |
03-03-2010, 05:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Francois Blais Are you talking about Peter Infeld?
He died last year, in case you didn't know.
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03-03-2010, 08:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York | | | Hey Marcus! How you doing bro? |
03-05-2010, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York | | | Gents - I'm actually thinking of going back to LaBellas. Or, maybe trying a heavier gauge Spiro. Any thoughts? |
03-06-2010, 12:03 AM
| | | | Depends on the bass but I really prefer Mittels to Weichs. |
03-06-2010, 06:59 AM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncletoad Depends on the bass but I really prefer Mittels to Weichs. | Agreed. I have a Shen SB 100 in my office with spiro mitts (and a stark E, I must admit) on it right now, and it's *killing*. The beautiful thing about the mittel gauge is that you can find the tension sweet spot pretty easily: on the lowish side works if you like that vibe, medium height gives you some more pop on the front of the note, and you can also jack them up for a direct punch in the face/gut Drew Gress type thing (my favorite at the moment). |
03-06-2010, 10:02 AM
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Hey, Pete.
Kill me now......I'm ordering Starks. 
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03-06-2010, 10:14 AM
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03-06-2010, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald I have a Shen SB 100 in my office with spiro mitts (and a stark E, I must admit) on it right now, and it's *killing*. | Me too. Stark E Mittel A/D/G is pretty dang cool on the right bass. |
03-06-2010, 11:05 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Hey, Pete.
Kill me now......I'm ordering Starks. | I love those strings! I have only had a couple of basses that could handle the tension, but they have so much presence. Great sounding strings! |
03-06-2010, 03:08 PM
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Yeah, my only concern is how they match up with my low B Red.
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03-07-2010, 07:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York | | | Well, I'm not unhappy with the Spiros. Actually I think they are great. And they sound killing on my Kay. I'm kind of in an experimenting mood because I just got a Barbera transducer. It's a pretty amazing device, but I'd like to see how it responds to a dryer sounding string. |
03-07-2010, 07:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia | | | Let us know how arco sounds with that pickup, because the arco sample that barbera provides on their site sounds bloody awful. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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