Recent content by Luca Visconti

I tried them briefly on a friend's bass. Good feeling for pizzicato. Didn't like with the bow at all, but I'm not used to bow on gut strings.

On my MK Studio EUB I tried many strings, Spirocore 3/4 Lights, Evah Pirazzi, Obligato, Galli. At the end i settled down with D'Addario Helicore Orchestra Light, which seem to tame down the piezo harshness. And they're easy to bow. IMHO it's matter of trial and error.

My comment was related to the video in which none of the players use Spiro Mittels. I'm on the same party, "The bass the chooses the strings, Mr Potter", by some wizardry. I consider myself lucky because Spiro Mittels work great on my bass.

The number of bass legends playing Spirocore Mittels, like Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Marc Johnson, Eddie Gomez, and many others I'm forgetting, speaks volumes about their quality. Endorsements are another story.

Thomastik uses the worst silk of them all; it frays just looking at it. It's the same for EB strings.

I'd go full banjo if I were in your shoes. They'll mellow a with time and patience but at least the OCD is sedated.

Great! Enjoy your pickup!

My soundpost dropped while I was loosening the strings with the bass flat on its back on a bed. My luthier explained that even if a soundpost is perfectly fit, it's not wedged under extreme pressure. When you release all string tension, the top and back could act like a spring and flex outward...

Hi, there was a thread related to a similar issue. Here it is. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/realist-lifeline-installation-question.1665677/ If you do this with another person helping you is easier. You have to loosen the E+A in such a way to remove then from the bridge, lose a couple of...

I am based in Italy and two years ago I got a fully carved Romanian 3/4 double bass for 3.500€. 4k for a plywood it's way too much IMHO.

John Patitucci uses Aguilar stuff for double bass, but the backline provides it for him.

In my experience the 3885W feel harder to play than the S42 Medium, since they're almost the same in terms of tension, but thinner.

I tried them on a bass (not mine) during a visit to a luthier. Very easy under the fingers and soft. They were so easy that I thought "playing these strings is easier than talking". I liked them a lot; unfortunately you cannot bow them, so for me it's a no go. They are made in Italy by D'Orazio...

On my MK EUB I've had good results with Helicore Orchestal Light gauge. They didn't feel too dampened and on my bass had also some nice growl on the lower strings. The G string wasn't that whiny from the get-go (like Spiros, for example) and had the right amount of sustain and low end.

That low D is the size of my pinky! Thanks for the hint