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Double Bass 2024 Spirocore challenge
- Thread starter Jmilitsc
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Solitary confinement. Water boarding. Whatever it takes.
I was really hoping Guantanamo Bass was just a myth.
I get so lazy when I change a bunch of strings back and forth and back and forth that I often use a power drill with a slotted end to fit over tuners. In this case, I think I just was cranking it up to tension (way) too fast instead of easing into it. It was dumb, no doubt. I’ll try that solo A - thanks!
Question for the spirocore brain trust. Has anyone used a Mittel E and A with a Weich D and G? I have used the Mittel E with the rest of the Weich strings and love that setup. I have a dead Mittel set that sounds great, my right hand just taps out after about 3 hours so I put on some 3 year old weichs. Is the Mittel A worth the trouble?
Took my bass into my local shop today. Turns out the bridge was leaning back a little. After my friend adjusted it, the strings feel and sound WAY better. More even across the set.
Little setup things can be huge! I've installed and swapped strings 1,000,000 times, but when I started the 2021 Spirocore challenge, I had a luthier do it, and check for all the usual stuff so that I would know that whatever I experienced was the strings.
I've done it, but ultimately felt that a full set of mediums or weichs created a more even feel to the strings. so to me if you really like the mitt E/A then do the same for the D/G.
After almost 4 weeks, the 3/4 Weich D string is finally settling down. Though still brighter (and maybe louder?) than the rest of the set.
I'm going to wait about another week and a half and see where they're at.
I'm going to wait about another week and a half and see where they're at.
I swapped out my Zyex G for a spirocore weich G about a month ago. It sounds great now. My setup is the Mitt E and the rest weich, not sure which length. Anyway, last night I played in a good corner with a bluegrass band and man did I feel the power.
The arco is going great too, especially since I got a new cake of Pops.
The arco is going great too, especially since I got a new cake of Pops.
Came from 3885 weichs back in December, and I found them unbearable...too stiff and brite AF. Two weeks ago I mounted my old S42 mitt E&A with Super flex D&G on top. The SF's are really brite and scratchy on my bass (42-3/8"). My bass is Brite and loud and loves any E-string I put on it, but has a nasty wide wolf from Ab-Bb. Stiffer A-strings exacerbate the wolf.
S42 weich set seemed best on this bass so far from the spiro family. I'll prolly reinstall those next week, but I'm looking for something darker that sings like spirocore. Should I try S42 solo at orchestra pitch? Do they make 3885 solos?
Anybody wanna trade me your solos for my 3885 weichs?
S42 weich set seemed best on this bass so far from the spiro family. I'll prolly reinstall those next week, but I'm looking for something darker that sings like spirocore. Should I try S42 solo at orchestra pitch? Do they make 3885 solos?
Anybody wanna trade me your solos for my 3885 weichs?
They do make 3885 ( 3/4) solos, the G and D match very nice with S42 Weich A E
Yes @PBandJazzBass, kinda like new electric bass strings right? My 3885’s are a few months old (i don’t play this bass daily) and that zingy sizzle on the D (and somewhat on the G) hasn’t gone away yet. But it is slowly…. This is my 2nd set of 3885’s and these strings eventually sound even and amazing as they break in.
Yes, what @Jmilitsc said. Kind of a new electric bass string sound.
A while after my earlier post, the idea to detune the string and bring it back up to pitch crossed my mind. I dropped it by about a step/step & a half and when I brought it back up, it seemed to remove about 90% of what I was hearing. I guess that’s kind of the bass string equivalent of “unplug it and plug it back in again.”
A while after my earlier post, the idea to detune the string and bring it back up to pitch crossed my mind. I dropped it by about a step/step & a half and when I brought it back up, it seemed to remove about 90% of what I was hearing. I guess that’s kind of the bass string equivalent of “unplug it and plug it back in again.”
lol
i did something like that too when adjusting the bridge height but it didn’t change that tone. i’ll try it once more, interesting idea.
I once had a light buzz with low B flats on the A or E string, turned out it was that little tube on the D string after-length hadn't been shoved into place firmly at the silks and was vibrating against the string. I usually just remove the thing.
If these do end up working out, I hope to do like @Chris Fitzgerald and not change them for at least 10 years. If for no other reason than not wanting to deal with the break in period again.
It has been about 2 months now and my 3885 Weichs are only sounding better as each one settles in. Yes the D does some vibing sounds if you are really are pushing it, and sometimes the G too. But better that than being dead, as simple right hand technique can control it. I just wish the E and A still had those fabulous overtones like they did the first 3 days!
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