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12-20-2005, 08:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: lorain, ohio | | | what's a good rosin...?
hello all,
i'm curently using pops but it seems just a little to grabby (i'm not sure if that makes sence). i want to try something that feels smother on the strings. i really don't use a lot of rosin on my bow to begin with. i use helicores (sp?) orchestral string and a french bow with white hair. thanks for any advice.
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12-20-2005, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Boston, MA | | | Personally, I like the Kolstein Soft rosin. It's a little on the expensive side, 13-15 Bucks I think, but well, well worth it. Occasionally I will add some cello rosin for the upper register for doing solo. |
12-21-2005, 11:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX | | | You know, a few years ago I was having the same problem. I had been using Pops forever and wanted to see what these fancy European rosins were like. Turned out, they kind of sucked.
But the point is that I gave a number of them a fair shot. I highly recommend you go out and buy three or four cakes of different brands and try each for two or three weeks at a time. Everyone has different tastes. For me, I found that I just needed to use less Pops to get a good sound. "Grabby" isn't such a bad thing when you're playing bass. |
12-24-2005, 08:33 AM
| | | | I'm another for Kolstein Soft Rosin, it's great for solo playing. Just try not to put too much on, a little bit works fine. It has a very very smooth affect on a bass. |
12-24-2005, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nashville TN | | | A good step-down in grabbiness is the newly revived Oak Rosin. It's even more expensive at $20 a cake but should last for years. I switched when I got a new bow this summer and is just what I've been looking for - less sticky than Pops and moreso than Kolstein Soft.
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12-26-2005, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: lorain, ohio | | | where can you find the oak rosin? i've been reading about it but not sure where to get it. |
12-26-2005, 03:47 PM
| | | | Nyman and Carlsson are pretty popular. Been using Nyman myself. |
12-28-2005, 07:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bfitz where can you find the oak rosin? i've been reading about it but not sure where to get it. | You have to order it direct from Mr. Gregorian. He accepts personal checks and PayPal. http://www.gregorianstrings.com/
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12-31-2005, 07:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | I just started using Carlsson as well... but i found that if the rosin dust gets anywhere near my skin it sticks and it gets hard to play. |
12-31-2005, 08:09 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bend, Oregon | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Williams I just started using Carlsson as well... but i found that if the rosin dust gets anywhere near my skin it sticks and it gets hard to play. | How are you getting it on your skin?
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12-31-2005, 10:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | post fingerboard harmonics?
A side note, I used to use pops religiously, stopped about a year ago because it kept melting all over every damn thing, switched to kolstein/nymans, then a couple of days ago I didnt have my rosin and I borrowed two swipes of pops off someone, and my volume output like, doubled. ***? I dont recall pops ever having that effect when I used to use it.
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12-31-2005, 02:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by JayR A side note, I used to use pops religiously, stopped about a year ago because it kept melting all over every damn thing, switched to kolstein/nymans, then a couple of days ago I didnt have my rosin and I borrowed two swipes of pops off someone, and my volume output like, doubled. ***? I dont recall pops ever having that effect when I used to use it. | Well, that's precisely why I went back to using Pops. It's also why Hal Robinson and the rest of Philly uses it. Reminds me of a conversation I heard this summer:
Pops User: So, why do you use Kolstein instead of Pops?
Kolstein Guy: I like to have a little finesse to my sound.
Pops User: Uh huh, well I like to have a little sound to my sound. |
12-31-2005, 03:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by jallenbass How are you getting it on your skin? | After a while it comes off... mainly from playing... however i don't know of any GOOD way to get it off... ive only been using the rosin for a week or so |
12-31-2005, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bend, Oregon | | | Right hand, left hand or both?
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12-31-2005, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jallenbass How are you getting it on your skin? | Yes, it is quite strange, I had the same problem. (Getting it on my finger tips.) |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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