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Double Bass 2022 Spirocore Challenge

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Mar 14, 2003
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Check out how young and hip I am, creating an internet challenge!

I had an idea from a discussion going on in the Spirocores thread and thought I would propose a challenge here and see if anyone was game.

Put Spirocores on for a year without trying anything else.


Here are the rules I propose, negotiable until the challenge starts Jan 1, 2022:

To be eligible:
  • You can't have had a full set of Spirocores on for every month of 2021.
  • You have to disclose if you have more than one bass and we'll have to make a ruling if you switch basses mid-year or if you aren't using your Spirocore bass.

To play:
  • You have to start the year with a full set of Spirocores (no guest G string) and commit to them for the year.
  • You can change or even mix gauges as long as all of the strings are Spirocores.
  • You can replace your old Spirocores with newer or different Spirocores.
  • But, no trying anything else (on your bass) for even one gig. You may not, for any period of time, have a string on your bass that isn't a Spirocore.
  • If you slip, you have to self-report and you're out, but how long you made it will be on record.

If only one person makes it to the end of the year, I will personally send them a prize. If more than one person makes it, I think they should win some kind of a signature tag or club#.
 
Wait … so I’ve had Spiro 4/4 Weichs on my bass for over 4 years but recently just changed to a 3/4 set of Weichs.

So I’m ineligible?


Put Spirocores on for a year…
  • You can't have had a full set of Spirocores on for every month of 2021.

To play:
  • You have to start the year with a full set of Spirocores
  • You can replace your old Spirocores with newer or different Spirocores.
 
Ive almost always had at least a spiro E on my bass. Curently have a 4/4 Weich set with a Polychrome G. The more the Polychrome settles the more I note that its just a little different from the rest of the set. Its perfectly workable, and sounds and plays great, but my OCD wants me to have a matching set...

I may be into this.
 
Ive almost always had at least a spiro E on my bass. Curently have a 4/4 Weich set with a Polychrome G. The more the Polychrome settles the more I note that its just a little different from the rest of the set. Its perfectly workable, and sounds and plays great, but my OCD wants me to have a matching set...

I may be into this.

See how long you can go!

A few questions (inquiring minds)...

Does that bass have to have tuners, a bridge and a tailpiece?

Do I have to actually play that bass? How much???

huh?

“dhergert” said:
Is the prize a 2-year old set of spiros?

tbd - must be present to win
 
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I've been playing Obligatos over Spiros for 18 months now - my first string change since buying my bass (with 15+ year old Helicore Orchestra Mediums) a few years ago. I have some used Spiro G and D strings (thanks, classifieds!) waiting in the drawer for the day I'm brave enough to go to full "red alert."

Perhaps now is the time. But I worry that I might not love them, and if I decide to try something else, could I bear the shame, the stigma, the humiliation of losing a talkbass challenge?
 
I took the “Dominants over Spiro stark E” challenge about 15 years ago, and it stuck so much it was life changing. Subbed in the hopes I will get to see other lives transformed.

In all seriousness, there is a lot to be said for just setting up the bass and doing the rest with ears and hands!
 
I've had Mittels on my bass for most of 2021 after revisiting EPs and a Dom DG Spiro EA mixed set for a bit early this year. Spiros are the best string for me on the bass I currently have, and unfortunately for my wallet, sometimes I forget that.

Looks like I don't meet the requirements for this challenge, otherwise I'd be in!
 
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