Double Bass Corelli Tungsten 370M

[Meddle771]

im playing the heavy (TX) gauge with a decent string action and i love it. They've been on for just over two months, and have REALLY just broken in. The pizz has sooo much sustain and is so smooth sounding, i never want to put my bass down. Also ive never been told to stop playing in rehearsal as much as i do now, big band or symphony... that's good though right?

Arco is very rich and smooth/mellow sounding. Think the opposite of karr haha. i really like the tone, but for section playing its easy to get lost in the mix and amplified if i don't EQ the mids up, it is super indistinctive, my 1st complaint. i use the Realist pickup - HPF pre - 12in cab.

2nd complaint, why does Corelli or Savarez feel the need to make the gauge so small? it just plain doesn't make sense to me. Why not have the (gauge) smalls small, the mediums medium, and the heavies heavy instead of having the smalls tiny, mediums small, and heavies barely medium? if they made a thicker set, i don't think i would ever buy another string.

i highly suggest this string to anybody looking for a good hybrid set. it was really nice starting out on the small gauge, then working up to this. Still got my eyes on spiro mittels next

 

[elmer]

if they made a thicker set, i don't think i would ever buy another string.

Meddlle 771, they do make a thicker set, which is 380 TX. They are great hybrid strings and they are also one of the cheapest sets available. Check them out!

 

[Andrew McGregor]

The whole point of the tungsten is to make them thinner; the 380s are nickel steel (i.e. stainless, or something like coin metal), which is less dense and therefore the strings are thicker.

 

[Francois Blais]

Indeed, tungsten has more mass so the strings are thinner and therefore can be more flexible.
The 380 series are nickel wound so they have the regular diameter we're used to.
I prefer the 380s with their warmer tone.

 

[shwashwa]

in the 370 set im pretty sure only 2 of the strings are tungsten and 2 are nickel, but i forget which 2. it probably sasys somewhere

 

[shwashwa]

just looked it up, the G and D are nickel. the A and E are tungsten

 

[Meddle771]

Well that's probably why i like the E and A better a lot better than the G and D then....

Does the nickel 380 set have a lot of sustain and good bowing properties? Anything like what i described?

 

[shwashwa]

from what i understand, the 380s are more of a traditional arco string. less sustain, more damping materials in the string, darker or warmer tone. not generally considered a pizz string

Well that's probably why i like the E and A better a lot better than the G and D then....

Does the nickel 380 set have a lot of sustain and good bowing properties? Anything like what i described?

 

[kwd]

Well that's probably why i like the E and A better a lot better than the G and D then....

Does the nickel 380 set have a lot of sustain and good bowing properties? Anything like what i described?

The 380 set has a decent amount of sustain but not as much as the the 370 and they're darker sounding. To me, the 380s have two downsides. The E is pretty dead sounding for jazz pizz and the arco G is kind strident compared to other strings.

I'll probably have Corellis on my bass again at some point. The next time I'll spend the extra money for the 370s.

Regarding the thinness,..A thin string bows really well in the higher positions. I think the 370 design was aimed at higher register arco playing, hence the thinness.

 

[Francois Blais]

The 380 set has a decent amount of sustain but not as much as the the 370 and they're darker sounding. To me, the 380s have two downsides. The E is pretty dead sounding for jazz pizz and the arco G is kind strident compared to other strings.

This is true with the TX set, but the M one is well balanced and the E is okay.

 

[shwashwa]

just fyi, the G strings in the 370 and 380 sets are identical
the only difference between the 2 sets is the E and A strings. the 370s have a tungsten E and A and the 380's have nickel. both sets have nickel D and G strings, so if you dont like the G in one set you probably wont like the G in the other

The 380 set has a decent amount of sustain but not as much as the the 370 and they're darker sounding. To me, the 380s have two downsides. The E is pretty dead sounding for jazz pizz and the arco G is kind strident compared to other strings.

I'll probably have Corellis on my bass again at some point. The next time I'll spend the extra money for the 370s.

Regarding the thinness,..A thin string bows really well in the higher positions. I think the 370 design was aimed at higher register arco playing, hence the thinness.

 

[kwd]

This is true with the TX set, but the M one is well balanced and the E is okay.

You're absolutely right, as usual. I have had the M set on my bass and they don't have the balance problems of the TX set.