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Double Bass Evah Pirazzi strings megathread part III

#362
DoubleMIDI said:
The E (and A) are also a bit stiff and might sound a bit muffled and with a bit shorter sustain out of the sleeve.
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Would this E & A stiffness be a characteristic of Innovation E & A strings in general?

I've had their new Polychromes on my bass for a couple of weeks. I like them a lot - very solid. But although the E gives a tight low end with good dynamics, it's a bit stiff and therefore slow to speak.

It bothers me enough that I tried changing it to an old Spiro E the other day. But I'd rather not do that.
 
#365
Francois Blais said:
Certainly not the Super Silvers, Silver and Golden Slaps and the Rockabillies, wich have use a synthetic outer wrap.
Maybe the metal wound models are stiffer.
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Just an observation: I do find the Rockabillies to be slightly stiffer than the gold/silver slap, at a similar tension, because the wider "flatwound" nylon wrap is less bendable than the skinny "nylon wire" wrap of the silver/gold series strings.
 
#367
Evah`s have become my " go-to-spiros ". I can`t live without gut, or gut-like strings on DG, but as my lower strings and especially E the Evah`s doesn`t piss me off / make me underwhelmed. My observations go that Evah weichs are somewhere between spiro w / m in perceived tension, whereas reqular Evahs are on par with spiro starks, really really stiff. " Soft feeling under the fingers ", I feel that these Pirastro marketing people doesn`t really care about actually playing the double bass :) As much as I love the tone of reqular Evah E, it`s just too much at the height I like to keep my strings. Evah w E under Garbos on my bass now, dreaming of Chorda G Oliv DA.

R
 
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#368
I've had the EP Weich EAD and Oliv G on my bass for about 2 months now, and i'm still pretty amazed at how good they sound and feel. Combined with the work that Zach at Gage did to the neck of my bass, it's really pretty amazing the sort of improvement in sound and feel of the instrument.

So maybe I'm still in the honeymoon period, but for now I can't imagine changing, except maybe seeing if the Oliv D works on my bass.

J
 
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I`m after a certain feel that produces a great punchy pizz tone. l like gut tension generally, but still like the E having more tension, it`s just easier for me to play relaxed and with better time feel. Bowed response is important too. I come from plain gut ADG / whatever low tension E / high setup and changed my setup to lower one ( 8 - 11mm ) quite recently due to right hand issues. I need to pimp the bridge for smaller diameter strings, it`s been a bit too difficult with the bow lately. Anyway, I`m considering to lower the E to 10 mm`s, which would make the regular Evah possible to play. G would stay at 8 mm`s and DG a little higher for better bowability. All other aspects, I like the Garbos / Evah w E a lot.
 
#372
E.P sets have more tension on the A than E, opposite to Thomastiks that have decreasing tension going higher pitched string. So, by numbers, regular E.P E and weich A match together well. I just lowered my G and E bridge slots for better bowability ( I had problems with bowing the D and A without accidental double stops, coming from plain guts ) and to work with Garbo GDA / Evah regular E combo. Filed the G and especially E slots, took the strings up a half turn and voila, so far, it seems to work out just fine with G at 8 mm`s and E at 10 mm`s. Feels, plays and sounds well balanced! Love the tone and right hand playability of regular Evah E, and at this height it isn`t too much for the left hand.
 

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