Starks out, Corellis in.

[mje]

After three days of playing the Starks, I decided that even though they made my bass sound louder than I've ever heard it... I'm no Chris Fitzgerald. Off they went, but not before my little nephew gave them a try. He agreed; great sound, fingers don't work so well ;-)

I started to put on the 370TXs I got from a TBer one string at a time. The E was such a disappointment- and the A wasn't all that much better- that I almost put the Stark back on... but I thought, in for a penny, in for a pound, you know? So I went ahead and put the entire set on. And once I did, surprise- they sound much better. Once the tension of the Starks was removed, the 370TXs were a lot more responsive.

The Corelli E is nothing like the Stark E, of course, but it's not too bad. And these strings bow like a dream, even in thumb position. And yet they still have really good sustain. I'm going to keep them on for a while, I think.

[Chris Fitzgerald]

If it makes you feel any better, I'm no Chris Fitzgerald, either - I'm using Dominants now. The Starks sounded great but pounded my RH even better.

[COUNT ZACULA]

give those correllis a couple weeks to break in, they'll lose alot of those weird midrange overtones after they stretch out for awhile. At least they always do for me.

[Dr Rod]

Hi

I'm assuming that when you guys write about "starks" you mean spirocore starks. Pirastro has starks too.

[mje]

Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

If it makes you feel any better, I'm no Chris Fitzgerald, either - I'm using Dominants now....

Gosh- then who is Chris Fitzgerald now????

This is getting spooky...

;-)

[Anonymous75966]

I don't know, but I'm Lester Young.

[mje]

Update: I still really like the arco response of the Corellis, but the pizz on the E just doesn't have a lot of oomph to it. A isn't bad, and D and G really sing. I have a used set of Spiro orchestras coming that I'm going to try next. Of course, what I *really* need is a new bass.... ;-)

[pao_bass]

me, I think I will stick to helicore as of now. Using helicore orchestral as of now, but will shift to hybrids really soon. I'm excited but I'm no Chris Fitzgerald either.

for me, helicores have really good bow response as I love to practice with the bow when practicing left hand technique.

[TroyK]

Originally Posted by Dr Rod

Hi

I'm assuming that when you guys write about "starks" you mean spirocore starks. Pirastro has starks too.

I was thinking the same thing. I'm just going to start reviewing "mediums" and see if people can figure out which strings I'm using.

:-)

[gruffpuppy]

Originally Posted by the_other

I don't know, but I'm Lester Young.

Funny I am Coleman Hawkins this week.

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Aw, Puffy - you were always Coleman Hawkins to me...