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Double Bass Pirastro Oliv/Eudoxa Strings ... ARE SO MUCH FUN!

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Contrary opinion here... I think you should really dig in to the arco on the Spirocores, at least for a while. In the the long run you'll be be way better off. Plus you'll have a way to gauge progress on both basses and you won't be wondering if you should have kept the Spiros on for just a little longer... wink emoji!

Also congrats on the new bass, you are truly blessed with those two.
 
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Jeff Kissell said:
Contrary opinion here... I think you should really dig in to the arco on the Spirocores, at least for a while. In the the long run you'll be be way better off. Plus you'll have a way to gauge progress on both basses and you won't be wondering if you should have kept the Spiros on for just a little longer... wink emoji!
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I think you're right on point here. I am getting a little over excited wanting to mess with stuff that is obviously already working really well. Sometimes it's hard to turn off the 'tinkerer' aspect of my mind. Thanks for the perspective.
 
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JBarz said:
This is the title correct format for enjoying strings threads, correct? (forgive me...)

I've been a plain gut D/G guy for years. I really like the Pirastro wound gut for A/E, but have settled on Spiros because they last longer than a freakin' year. Never tried a D/G, but I recently bit the bullet to get a set of Oliv D/G on top of Eudoxa E/A for arco stuff. They've stretched out quite a bit in the first week, but holy moly (!) these are obviously "the best" (and most expensive?) strings ever created - at least on my '61 American Standard, for jazz stuff. Pardon my inability to articulate my meaning, but what I like about them is that they feel so effortless for the amount of fat tone they get. They play/feel like a set of plain gut and a set of spirocores weich had a beautiful hybrid lovechild... I am going to try all the things to help with longevity of this new set, I'm hoping for 5 solid years (fat chance!).



Anyway, my hand is too sore to play anymore right now, so I thought I'd start a love thread about it. I'm curious if anyone has tried these out on their fixed neck EUBs?
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just copped a Eudoxa E from Gollihur ... WOW!!!!

it is my dream E. not changing this thing til it SNAPS.

truly the best of both worlds ... i cant believe how many people love nasal mwah twang upright. this instrument IMHHO is supposed to be THUMP!
 
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JBarz said:
Right on - cool video. I got annoyed with these strings for the first time last night. It wasn't a tone thing at all, but a feel thing. The strings are stretching out and while I'm practicing my Edger Meyer esque slides and scoops the feel of the winding is quite unpleasant. ........ Now, I might REALLY regret this later, but I had such success filling the cracks in my Spirocores on my other bass with 100% beeswax, that I had to try it on the expensive Pirastros. I rubbed the strings with a beeswax candle only the length of the fingerboard (avoiding the area where the bow makes contact), massaged the stuff in a bit, then wiped off all the excess with a soft cloth. They feel the same and they sound the same, except I don't feel the winding under my fingers anymore - and I am grateful! Time will tell if this'll shorten or lengthen the life (I'm betting on the former, honestly, but I'm 50/50).
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you should try the chordas :roflmao:
 
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Eli Brockway said:
If that happened to the Chordas I've got now I might actually cry, man. These things are expensive enough without having to replace them any more than is necessary. Gotta take care of them.
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i know i know. honestly the price is out of hand. do you have a full set on? that E is a ... um ... GOLIATH lol. i actually have really good experience with the global guts off etsy, i know they're not the most refined thing in the world but the D+G i find to be really workhorse-y and usable.
 
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Dutch Williams said:
i know i know. honestly the price is out of hand. do you have a full set on? that E is a ... um ... GOLIATH lol. i actually have really good experience with the global guts off etsy, i know they're not the most refined thing in the world but the D+G i find to be really workhorse-y and usable.
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Full set of the Carlos Henriquez Chordas. The E doesn't feel too huge or difficult to me, but I'm the guy that's mentioned in other threads about how the bass I played on in college, for most of that time, had regular (not weich!) Evahs that were up higher than these guts are and I just got used to it, so I might be an outlier.

My main struggle right now is just getting used to the rebound and getting back in shape for the right hand. Two years without an upright has really made for some noticeable atrophy in skill, endurance, and muscle definition.
 
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Eli Brockway said:
Full set of the Carlos Henriquez Chordas. The E doesn't feel too huge or difficult to me, but I'm the guy that's mentioned in other threads about how the bass I played on in college, for most of that time, had regular (not weich!) Evahs that were up higher than these guts are and I just got used to it, so I might be an outlier.

My main struggle right now is just getting used to the rebound and getting back in shape for the right hand. Two years without an upright has really made for some noticeable atrophy in skill, endurance, and muscle definition.
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i know carlos are supposed to be thinner ... wonder how much of a real difference under the hand they are from the regs ...

you'll get up to snuff in no time! go ham
 
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