thick wound steel wrapped in rubber?

MacDaddyBass · #1 08-30-2007, 08:58 PM

So I was playing in a few folk festivals in Europe this summer and in one in Italy I played a guys bass (I think he was from Latvia?) and the strings looked like a really thick wound steel with a rubber coating on them. I've never seen strings like that, any idea what they were? Pretty weird playing them, but it sounded great.

**Francois Blais** · #2 08-31-2007, 06:02 AM

Were they black or whitish?
Black could be LaBella 7710 series.
Whitish could be Eurosonic (Presto in the EU)

Hope this helps.

MacDaddyBass · #3 08-31-2007, 12:21 PM

The rubbery coating was clear. I could see the steel string underneath. The string was one of the thickest wound strings I have ever seen. If you actually played the steel string without the rubber coating your fingers would be shredded in seconds.

bassist14 · #4 09-01-2007, 02:35 AM

must have been prestos, i think
here
http://presto-strings.com/
you can see pictures

MacDaddyBass · #5 09-01-2007, 09:29 AM

Yup that's probably it. Thanks for the help.

boombloom · #6 09-02-2007, 10:42 AM

Interesting. I haven't heard much about these. Are they available in the US? How much? Anyone else try them?

bassist14 · #7 09-02-2007, 12:03 PM

iirc: presto = eurosonic