Double Bass New Upton Bass Strings

[Earl]

agreed, that is too expensive for a string still in development. i'd try one if they gave me one for free, and would give good feedback.

Yeah, pretty crazy!

 

[dperrott]

Yeah, pretty crazy!

Come on man. You have tried every string ever made. Keep the streak alive!

 

[Lee Moses]

Oh, you can now be a beta-tester of just the G-string, for $80

Upton Bass “Super Weich” G Test String

Research & Development Test String The Upton Bass string line starts here – with the SuperWeich, our first in-house steel string, handmade and wound in our shop. Every detail from core to wrap and materials to tension has been painstakingly developed by Gary Upton for over a decade through...

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I don't think I'll jump at it, maybe somebody will.

TBH, I hope nobody does. That's not how beta testing works.

 

[Earl]

Come on man. You have tried every string ever made. Keep the streak alive!

Haha, I would but I am not paying $80 for a string that sounds like it was made for a bouzouki instead of a bass!

 

[Mark_T]

Haha, I would but I am not paying $80 for a string that sounds like it was made for a bouzouki instead of a bass!

Then you'd have John Cleese begging for somebody to shut you up.