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Price?

Regular length E?

Cool. I had a full NOS set strung up for about 6 months before the A broke. Over 18 months later and with some care, the G and D are still singing along beautifully. I also have a used set that was rewound. But they were given to me by a dear friend, and his stop was shorter than my basses so...

Hey mate. I can't help you but am equally interested. I'm playing an Artone plain G & D. Best strings I've ever played, and I've tried a lot. I was using the wound A & E too but the A broke, so I switched both of them. Best A I've played too. Good luck in finding some info on them! Sam

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Hi I'm interested in the E & A. Let me know if you decide to split the set. Sam

I recently tried a Spiro medium E&A on my bass and I'm not so sure. They have a darker pizz sound than I had expected which is not really what I need as my bass has a very dark sound already. They felt a bit too tight, could be because of my long string length but I took them off. The difference...

Thanks I'll grab a medium set if I can't get the E & A separately. I use plain guts on the top two.

Ok the Zyex sound interesting. Which should I go for the medium, or lights?

I did and they're horrible. Obligatos suck. They roll around under my fingers and feel worse than wrapped guts with the winding come loose! Never again. I'm actually considering the Evah lights and if I don't like the E&A matched with guts then I'll get the rest of the set to put on my other bass.

Thanks for all the options. I found some old obligatos I might try for the tension. This thread is starting to go off topic from the Evahs so I'll start a new one if needed. Thanks everybody!! Sam

What purpose dose the button patch serve? Yes I suppose it could be Czech. I wonder if it has a city/name printed inside.

I don't think I want anything terribly low tension, those types of synthetic strings are for slapping and not supposed to give long sustain and be bowable. Just for the record I don't really like Eudoxas or Olivs, they're a bit dead sounding and don't growl. I prefer the round wound sound. So...

Looks like a German flat back, gamba corners with an unusual looking button though. A close up of this would be good. But then again there are many makers who copied various styles. (My big old German bass is actually a Czech bass). Are there any labels/stamps on the inside of the instrument...

Thanks guys. I will research the obligatos and super silvers some more now. Jeff, I agree with you on the all gut set. There is no way in 100 years that I'll go back to an all steel set for jazz. It's been about 15 years. But it's recent frustrations with unwinding Wound gut E&A strings that...