Double Bass I give up...

[Jason Sypher]

You're on your way.

 

[Huy Nguyen]

Revisiting my old thread. So much has passed in 3 years. Had a spell with Garbos (still really great strings) and I'm still coming home to my old beat up set of jazzers. Growl, deep lows, nice fundamentals, easy to play, good volume. This is it! (for the final time!!!)

The thing that made the big difference for me was to getting a false nut installed to reduce the SL from 42" to 41.75" and a new endpin (with a normally long rod instead of the one I cut short). Deep lows, growly, easy to manipulate, stays in tune, cuts through, etc. Love IT! These strings are so very underrated. Their weakness maybe is that arco can be a little scratchy but I only play pizz.

Combine that with my current rig (and mainly the Ischell) and it's a sweet setup. I just came back from a weeklong camp (Jazz Camp West) in the woods. Got lots of compliments from faculty on my sound and got to hear it played a few times as part of the audience. Can't be happier and very much in love with this combination with the bass.

 

[wilsonn]

I keep coming back to Spiros. Just seem like the best compromise of all issues and allow me to concentrate on the sound my fingers give. I still have a lot of bowing work to do before I'll use a bow in front of anyone.

 

[KUNGfuSHERIFF]

Spirocores, Flexocors, and gut. Everything else is BS. That's the best line Ken Smith ever said.

 

[TroyK]

Revisiting my old thread. So much has passed in 3 years. Had a spell with Garbos (still really great strings) and I'm still coming home to my old beat up set of jazzers. Growl, deep lows, nice fundamentals, easy to play, good volume. This is it! (for the final time!!!)

The thing that made the big difference for me was to getting a false nut installed to reduce the SL from 42" to 41.75" and a new endpin (with a normally long rod instead of the one I cut short). Deep lows, growly, easy to manipulate, stays in tune, cuts through, etc. Love IT! These strings are so very underrated. Their weakness maybe is that arco can be a little scratchy but I only play pizz.

Combine that with my current rig (and mainly the Ischell) and it's a sweet setup. I just came back from a weeklong camp (Jazz Camp West) in the woods. Got lots of compliments from faculty on my sound and got to hear it played a few times as part of the audience. Can't be happier and very much in love with this combination with the bass.

Jazzers are astonishingly underappreciated. It's what I always come home to as well.

I want to play guts, but do I really...

I want to play Spirocores and may actually make that change this weekend, but Mittels choke my particular bass and while weichs are astonishingly beautiful on my bass, they feel thin.

Jazzers have the gauge of Mittels and the tension of weichs and some special bounce. They don't sound like Spirocores, they sound like Jazzers, but they function in a very similar way. I'm surprised that more people don't use them.

 

[Treyzer]

Wonder what a jazzer D and G with a Spiro E and A would sound like. Oh God.....It's been quite awhile since I changed strings and an even longer time since I changed brands. Damn, I should not have opened this thread!

 

[TroyK]

I actually think the E and A are the best of the Jazzers. The D can be very good, I've never warmed to the G, though I'm sure on some bass, somewhere...

 

[pnchad]

True. I'm definitely a half-glass-full person. Granted my playing has been improving so much in the last 24 months. The more I learn the more of what I want in strings changes. I guess I'm making the needed string changes to adapt to my current playing style. It's just odd how much string changes I've been going through - it hasn't been like this before. It feels like strings are just an extension of what I'm learning. Now I'm focusing on time (so I want the attack) and pizz intonation (thus sustain).

I think also my ears have changed and what I heard from the 7720s back then isn't what I'm hearing now. I hear more possibilities with the strings and none of the detractions. Before I would just hear how kinda nasty the strings are. It's weird.

I guess the point is that tastes can change and it's good to have a variety of strings on hand to suit the mood. The other point is that, at least for myself, there is no absolute ultimate string.

Troy, Jazzers were def on the list and I might get to them at some point. The audio samples have always been really appealing to me. Nice growl, not too anemic sounding.

It has a name, going Full Ron

 

[Jeff Bonny]

I actually think the E and A are the best of the Jazzers. The D can be very good, I've never warmed to the G, though I'm sure on some bass, somewhere...

What are you using for a G? The rest of the set isn't bad but I need to make a change from that wimpy Spiro Solo G.

 

[Huy Nguyen]

Agree with Troy. The E is one of the best I've used. A is pretty solid too. If anything I would try some guts with the lower jazzers. But the balance is really good with the full set.

 

[TroyK]

What are you using for a G? The rest of the set isn't bad but I need to make a change from that wimpy Spiro Solo G.

Original Flat Chrome G pairs really nicely

 

[Treyzer]

Thanks guys for the string insight. Something to think about.

 

[martinc]

What are you using for a G? The rest of the set isn't bad but I need to make a change from that wimpy Spiro Solo G.

Jeff: Bel Canto Solo A tuned down to G. I am now using that with my 4/4 Spiro Weichs. Just enough sustain to match the other strings and a very solid fundamental.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

Jeff: Bel Canto Solo A tuned down to G. I am now using that with my 4/4 Spiro Weichs. Just enough sustain to match the other strings and a very solid fundamental.

Hmm, I may still have a set of Bel Canto Weichs somewhere. I'm going to look when I get back to my studio this evening and try the G. If I did sell them or the gauge isn't right I'll buy a single because I think that might be a match that works. Thanks for that thought!