Tighter and Mellower than Corelli

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by francois

The Corellis are indeed very nice strings, and I'm currently revisiting them. Before, I was thinking they were too bright.
I started with 380Ms, and presently have 370Fs, which already much better pizz friendly.
But I'm in the process of upgrading to the TX gauge, although I may keep the 370F for the G, I'm not sure.
More to come later....

Got three TX strings this week, so I now have a full set of 370TX on. (I already had a D)
So far I'm impressed!
The set is well balanced, good clarity, sustain and growl.
They're warmer than I expected.
A couple of weeks of break in and they should be very nice.
The real test will be at the rehearsal sunday afternoon, with the amp and the band.
My only complaint is the somewhat rough finish of the outer winding.

Regards,
François

[Johnny L]

The F's I've got are a little rough-looking around the ends where the threads end, but they smooth out before they reach the business ends on my acoustic bass. In fact, they're so smooth I can't see the windings at all.

strange

[Francois Blais]

I'm so used to the high polish of the Pirastro steels that the Corellis seem rough, but I'll get used I guess!

[Johnny L]

I've been lovin' these Corellis BTW the lower tension has seduced me LOL

[Mudfuzz]

Originally Posted by francois

I'm so used to the high polish of the Pirastro steels that the Corellis seem rough, but I'll get used I guess!

They do compared to Pirastro, but they feel a little smoother then Thomastic-Infelds do to me.

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by francois

Got three TX strings this week, so I now have a full set of 370TX on. (I already had a D)
So far I'm impressed!
The set is well balanced, good clarity, sustain and growl.
They're warmer than I expected.
A couple of weeks of break in and they should be very nice.
The real test will be at the rehearsal sunday afternoon, with the amp and the band.
My only complaint is the somewhat rough finish of the outer winding.
Regards,
François

Well, I hate to say that, but I must admit I couldn't stand the Corellis longer...
They were too noisy and metallic for my taste.
I have about 20 Corelli strings in my boxes, in M, F and TX gauges, and both nickel and tungsten, and noticed they are all quite rigid.
I think this contributes to the high amount of high frequency components, which makes them noisy and metallic.
This afternoon, after hours of trials, I replaced them with Pirastro Jazzers on the E & A, and Super-Sensitive Supremes on the D & G.
The tone is much smoother, but still has good clarity and mids.
The outer wrap is also impeccably smooth!

[Johnny L]

That's too bad

I'd discuss buying your used corellis I loved mine from the moment I strung them up to pitch both for pizz and bowing...but based on your writeup I'm too scared to. The strings you describe and the strings I have don't match descriptions at all.

[Francois Blais]

Don't forget I'm playing an (almost solid-body) EUB!
These instruments emphasize sustain and brightness.
As for selling them, I won't anyway because I trim them very short. (leaving no more than two inches of silk at the peg end)

[DaveAceofBass]

I was using Corelli Tungsten Mediums for a while. Great strings, but they don't last very long sound wise, and tend to get a bit rattle-y.

I switched back to Thomastik Spirocore Weichs for a while, but as everyone knows, they're not great for bowing.

Now, I'm using Pirastro Obligato strings. I must say these are the best I've tried. They are a bit mellower than the Spirocores, and they bow better. Only issue is that they took a while to hold their tune...they must stretch more due to the fiber core.

As for other strings I've tried, I've tried D'Addarios both Hybrid and Pizzicatos, and the conclusion is they make better electric strings than upright. The Pizz were similar to the Spirocores, but the Spirocores were better.

I've also tried Kolstein Heritage strings on other folk's basses, not particularly to my liking, but Kolstein is a great guy, and I want a Guarneri model!!!

The cheap rope core LaBellas are just that--cheap strings. Not ideal.

My Knutson EUB has Thomastik Superflexibles on it. Those are decent bang for the buck.

But, I think I will stick to the Obligatos for a while.

[shwashwa]

i've had my corelli mediums on for over a year now and i still love the tone. tons of sustain, and very warm under the bow, but then again, the kolstein bass could have something to do with it too

Originally Posted by DaveAceofBass

I was using Corelli Tungsten Mediums for a while. Great strings, but they don't last very long sound wise, and tend to get a bit rattle-y.

I switched back to Thomastik Spirocore Weichs for a while, but as everyone knows, they're not great for bowing.

Now, I'm using Pirastro Obligato strings. I must say these are the best I've tried. They are a bit mellower than the Spirocores, and they bow better. Only issue is that they took a while to hold their tune...they must stretch more due to the fiber core.

As for other strings I've tried, I've tried D'Addarios both Hybrid and Pizzicatos, and the conclusion is they make better electric strings than upright. The Pizz were similar to the Spirocores, but the Spirocores were better.

I've also tried Kolstein Heritage strings on other folk's basses, not particularly to my liking, but Kolstein is a great guy, and I want a Guarneri model!!!

The cheap rope core LaBellas are just that--cheap strings. Not ideal.

My Knutson EUB has Thomastik Superflexibles on it. Those are decent bang for the buck.

But, I think I will stick to the Obligatos for a while.

[DaveAceofBass]

Originally Posted by shwashwa

i've had my corelli mediums on for over a year now and i still love the tone. tons of sustain, and very warm under the bow, but then again, the kolstein bass could have something to do with it too

Which Kolstein bass do you have? I really like the Guarneri.

[shwashwa]

i have the fendt, one of the nicest ones i played, and when i got it there were about 6 or 7 in the shop. but so far i've liked all the other models too. good basses