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04-06-2007, 04:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA | | | Spirocore lifespan - am I spoiled?
I am still quite a novice player and have not yet experimented with different strings. I have been using the same spirocores that came with my bass for a little over 3 years. I originally thought I would try out another string brand when that were worn out, but it seems that they never wear out and last forever. I love the low maintenance and long life of them and I fear any other string I try will have a much shorter life span.
I have been thinking of trying out some other strings, but honestly I can't complain about my current strings. It might just be my imagination, but they actually seem like they sound better the older they get. Are these spirocores spoiling me? Should I assume the trade off of higher maintenance is worth it for a string you really love the sound of?
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04-06-2007, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | All these factors are a matter of personal preference. You will even find Spirocore uses who change their strings a few times a year (I used to) and others who leave them on for several years or until they break. With all the experimentation I did last year I spent something like $1000 and have come full circle back to spirocores. My goal this year is to change strings only twice (at the most). I have 2 basses, so with the price of Spiros averaging around $130 I'm hoping to keep it under $600. If I didn't do so many violent things to my strings I could probably go 2 years without changing them, but I am pretty brutal to them. Go with what makes you happy. There are no rules. |
04-06-2007, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Yeah, Reuben, I've heard what you do to them... I dig it! For the rest of us, Spiros last a long time.... three years isn't out of the ordinary at all. |
04-06-2007, 05:26 PM
| | | | If you don't feel the urge to move away from Spirocores then FOR GODS SAKE MAN, DON'T CHANGE!
As soon as you go down the "I wonder how this string sounds" path you are doomed.
If I could have stayed in love with Spirocores I could have bought another car with the dough I've spent on strings.
If it ain't broke.... |
04-06-2007, 06:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: LaBelle, FL | | | I've had the same set of Spirocore Wiechs on my old Meisel laminate for 13 years now, and I don't see any reason to change them yet.
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04-06-2007, 08:09 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncletoad  If you don't feel the urge to move away from Spirocores then FOR GODS SAKE MAN, DON'T CHANGE!
As soon as you go down the "I wonder how this string sounds" path you are doomed.
If I could have stayed in love with Spirocores I could have bought another car with the dough I've spent on strings.
If it ain't broke.... | Yeah, but misery loves company, so why shouldn't he join us in the string madness?  |
04-06-2007, 08:20 PM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | | If you have dry skin and a certain PH skin type, those things can last longer than cockroaches. If you secrete the type of oil that erodes strings, you'll have to change them when they start to go "false". Just use your ears and gut instincts (no pun intended) to tell you when it's time. |
04-06-2007, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncletoad If you don't feel the urge to move away from Spirocores then FOR GODS SAKE MAN, DON'T CHANGE!
As soon as you go down the "I wonder how this string sounds" path you are doomed.
If I could have stayed in love with Spirocores I could have bought another car with the dough I've spent on strings.
If it ain't broke.... | A cry for help if I ever heard one!
Phil, you gave the best advice on Spiros on an earlier thread ... at least I think it was you, I'm getting older and it's hard to keep things straight. Anyway, the comment was along the lines that everyone should try a set of Spirocores if for no other reason then to have a "standard" point of comparison. Even with all the great strings out there there's a lot of cats happily playing Spiros. |
04-06-2007, 08:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 20 miles west of Cleveland Oh | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncletoad If you don't feel the urge to move away from Spirocores then FOR GODS SAKE MAN, DON'T CHANGE!
As soon as you go down the "I wonder how this string sounds" path you are doomed.
If I could have stayed in love with Spirocores I could have bought another car with the dough I've spent on strings.
If it ain't broke.... | Amen and amen to this brother....aint this is the truth! and I'm back to the Labella Rc 610's |
04-07-2007, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by relacey
Phil, you gave the best advice on Spiros on an earlier thread ... everyone should try a set of Spirocores if for no other reason then to have a "standard" point of comparison. Even with all the great strings out there there's a lot of cats happily playing Spiros.
| Yea that was me. There are days when I think I should just go back to them too. Arnold S. warned me about doing the string dance and suggested I just live with Spiros when I first bought that bass.
Obviously I have a hard time taking direction. |
04-07-2007, 07:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncletoad
Obviously I have a hard time taking direction.
| Don't we all for the most part?! 
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