Looking for real aggressive strings

Thomastic Spirocore Stark.

 

+1 Very manly strings those Starks.

 

Oh man, I finally got to play some Starks recently. Very gnarly. I can see why folks get hooked on them. I don't know if I could handle them for any length of time. Mittels are still pretty aggressive to my ears.

 

yeah, my tendons told me not to mess with starks when i tried them for a minute...

La Bella Deep Talkin Bass are pretty bright strings, growly and in your face, but lower tension

 

Dirty little secret. I put my old set on my Cleveland last night even though I said I wasn't going to. It is HUGE! Oh man. I played for several hours and my fingers are hamburger again. I may not keep them on as my hands don't like them either but what a sound....

That E string is stupid good.

 

That's what did it for me! Never ever heard an E like that. I've toyed with the idea of Starks from time to time. Maybe I need to hit the gym and give 'em a go.

I'd love to hear more input from former and current Starks Sufferers.

 

Now that we've completely hijacked this thread...

I'm going to practice with them tonight. I've got a session tomorrow nite and a gig on Friday. I'm going to try to leave them on through that. If I don't make it I'm probably keeping the E and putting the Reds back on the rest. That E kills me.

 

Oh yeah.

Edit; Wow, I just searched TB on "starks" and found a cool thread that goes back awhile, very detailed info on DURRL's experiences with the String Of Doom, from the moment he put 'em on. To my surprise, I even discovered that I played Starks at some time in the previous year. Can't imagine how I forgot that.

It's probably fodder for a separate thread, but I'd like to hear from some of the luthiers regarding their thoughts on putting very high tension strings like the Starks on a double bass.

 

Whoa, dude. Like ahh ahh....nevermind.

 

Are you implying that I...duh.....I forgit.....dang.....

 

When I was playing my Christopher carved, I kept Spirocore Starks on it until I sold it for my current bass. Killer strings! They have such a huge sounding fundamental. They are a lot easier to hear from a players perspective than most strings out there. I miss having them, but the bass I am playing now has too thin a top for the heavy tension.