Right! Let me look those up! The real gut is intreaging though. I'll look on the Evah slap thread
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Double Bass GUTS ARE SO MUCH FUN!!!
- Thread starter Marc Piane
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Sure, just PM me your info if you want them. The set isn't doing any good sitting in my drawer.
Here's my review of the Rotosound RS4000 strings. They were kind of fun, but I wound up replacing them with Evah Slaps.
- Steve
Evah slaps are great! The plain gut g was really nice and the whole synthetic set is awesome. If you're into the gut sound and feel but willing to sacrifice a bit of that sound and feel to have:
-Complete tuning stability
-Much lower price
-Zero maintenance
-And an essentially "scratch-less" arco string
The Evah slap full synthetic set cant really be beat IMHO.
Yes and the Evah Slaps hold up in the sense that they sound the same,or better , after 2 years use by me.
LOVING my Chordas Carlos Henriguez set. They keep improving, it seems. Or at least I keep figuring out how they work. The more I play them the more I learn about the instrument and about my own technique. It turns out I suck! (but I'm working on it)
I don't think I can add much to the "How do they hold up" question, but I can say that I like them. They are so different than the Kaplan's that were on the bass initially that I wasn't sure at first. I also took the bass to the "best" luthier in town and he took about 3/8 of an inch off the bridge. I can actually play it now.
In addition, he adjusted the sound post. I am blown away with the warmth of the tone. He said "You paid quite a bit for these strings didn't you?" He said they sounded like guts and loved the old time tone. I said that I was thinking about trying something with a little more tension to increase the volume and improve the tone. He said "I'd wait. These sound fantastic."My original thinking was that the low tension was lowering the volume. Some of that was due to the sound post being previously misaligned. I also have spent a few days playing it and I am wondering if maybe I was over-playing the strings? In order to get more volume, I was digging and really plucking the strings hard. The last 2 days, I've concentrated on firmness but more to the idea of finding the right force to get the warmth from the tone and allowing the note to bloom. Does that make any sense to anyone? I play mainly bluegrass/country walks in the 2 feel and this style gives enough time to do that. I am very pleased with the tone. I was hoping to be able to go only acoustic and keep up with banjos and guitars etc... After my conversation with the luthier, I doubt that will ever be possible.
As time goes on I will be able to add to the "hold up" question, but for now, this newbie is pretty pleased.
I was curious about that once I saw the Efrano strings that are varnished. Lee Rocker talked about Efrano strings so I looked them up. For what it's worth he said he didn't care for the varnished ones and that he liked the regulars saying they didn't have an odor. Things that make you go hmmmmm. They are more affordable than some other options. That could be good or bad. Has anyone tried them?
I'm liking my strings right now. I've got an Artone D and G (great find. I can record audio if anyone wants). I paired them with Evah Slap E and A. I'm not loving the E and A but its been only a few hours on the new bass. I love the feel of the guts though. I'm hoping they last a while.
If you are coming from steels it will take time to get used to the Evah Slap E and A. I think they match well with plain gut, much more so than other synthetic core strings I've tried (Obligatos, Evah Weich, and Dominants) and without the tuning issues of gut strings with metal windings. If you decide you can't live with them, you may want to try solo strings tuned to standard pitch or perhaps a variety of Velvet string.
- Steve
I have been around the block but am now running a sort-of Charlie Haden tribute set-up of Spiro E/A and tynex-wrapped D/G. The "sort-of" is that I am using Spiro 3/4 Weich E, 3/4 Solo A (rather than Mittels) and Goldentone D/G (rather than Golden Spirals). The low tension Spiros are great with the Goldentones and I especially prefer the growl on the Spiro E to the thump of the Evah Slap E. That said, Evah Slaps are fab for Blue Note type old school tone and I will probably flip the other way next month!
They definitely do! I bought a set of varnished Hungarian strings from eBay a few months ago and they are much more resistant to humidity changes and sweat, almost no hairs from them, and we did a lot of outdoor gigs this summer, playing in the street etc. the strings sound much darker than any unvarnished strings that I tried though not sure it's because of the varnish
Just got my bass back from the Nahrmann shop and wow! After struggling for years trying to get strong enough to endure three sets, he made the playability very easy, which was my request. Was wearing a full set of Zyex Med's, but he restrung her using the Gamut D&G that I brought. Seems to be a very nice setup string-wise. Only got a few minutes with it so far, have a gig this weekend to test and report back.
I'm having a hard time getting into this gut thing. The novelty is slowly wearing off (plus I've been checking out a ton of steel players and the growl and sustain isn't there in the guts). I may abandon ship...but I do have two basses...
I am sticking to my Lenzner unwrapped guts. My latest "idea": if you can sense these strings like a "pillow" you dig into (and I suppose guts are the best for that?), you can get the "pillowy" sound you dream of (if that is what you dream of). Rushing does not work.
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