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Double Bass So Gerold’s cooking up something new...

#161
foilracer said:
salcott ... What is your pizz / arco proportion ...50/50 ... or ?
Do you think many pizz players will consider the Tempura arco/orchestra string? And for which style of music? Thanks!
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I'm not Salcott... but I think, I'm close to the mentioned 50/50% and I will not only consider the Temperas .... Compared to my other instrument, the Primus, which is stringed with Perpetuals, I'm still very thrilled from the pizz sound of the Temperas..:) they sound very open, loud and even and they are very "fast" but I have to get dressed the fingerboard as said before...I'm thinking about replacing the Perpetuals by the Temperas, but I will observe further development first;) I have tried to play Jazz for "some years" and started to discover classical music for some time now...:)
 
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#162
I bought the Temperas as a classical string but I do agree with others here, they perform surprisingly well pizz. But I think they are on a completely different level quality wise compared to any other strings on the market. Perpetuals are much slower, not as loud... actually to me just another string, nothing special.

The only issue I had with the Temperas was that I had a bigger problem with a wolf tone on the open A string first. But actually I am glad that came up because I changed the setup a bit (thinner bridge, different sound post position) and voila!... wolf tone gone. I was fighting with this guy for 12 years now. What a waste of energy ;-)
 
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#165
LaFaro01 said:
That was also my initial idea... to put the Temperas on the "classical" bass and use the Perpetuals on the "Jazz"-Bass...:p but playing and hearing the pizz-Sound of the Temperas started me "thinking about"....;)
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I've had them on now for about two weeks and they still growl, even my damaged E and G. Jan-Ole was nice enough to send replacements.
 
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#169
bellabass said:
I'm wondering if anyone who's used the Temperas has had to make adjustments to their bridge height? I have heard that these strings are lower tension. Asking for my colleague who does not have adjusters on his bridge.
Thanks.
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I didn't until now. But as mentioned beforevI noticed the need of dressing the fingerboard...:P maybe that I will have changes too...
 
#171
I placed my order on January 7th. On March 10th Jan Ole told me that there are still some people waiting before me on the list. :whistle:
For those who already have their sets: How do you like your strings now after few months of playing? Any observations on the sound or durability/construction? It´s been quiet here so maybe its a good sign...?
 
#172
elmer said:
I placed my order on January 7th. On March 10th Jan Ole told me that there are still some people waiting before me on the list. :whistle:
For those who already have their sets: How do you like your strings now after few months of playing? Any observations on the sound or durability/construction? It´s been quiet here so maybe its a good sign...?
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As I said "a few times" before...strings became better and better for the first weeks and I'm still deeply impressed by the sound and the playability...:P I can't discover any problems until now... and I'm thinking about a set of Solo Strings for my second bass... just for comparison....:smug:;)
 
#173
paulunger said:
Anybody know what’s going on over at Tempera? I placed an order about three months ago and I’m still waiting. Jan-Ole said there was a delay because one of his suppliers got Covid but that was 6 week ago.
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They are indeed very busy with the Bassos and they are still developing their infrastructure, but if you contact Jan-Ole via mail, I'M quite sure, you will get an answer. They are "still in business"...;)
 
#174
thomsen_bass said:
I bought the Temperas as a classical string but I do agree with others here, they perform surprisingly well pizz. But I think they are on a completely different level quality wise compared to any other strings on the market. Perpetuals are much slower, not as loud... actually to me just another string, nothing special.

The only issue I had with the Temperas was that I had a bigger problem with a wolf tone on the open A string first. But actually I am glad that came up because I changed the setup a bit (thinner bridge, different sound post position) and voila!... wolf tone gone. I was fighting with this guy for 12 years now. What a waste of energy ;-)
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I'm wondering if many adjustments to my bass will be necessary...can others comment on sound post, bridge, tail piece and other adjustments needed with these new Tempura strings? Thanks!
 
#175
For some reason these strings bring up questions about bass setup, while other low tension/gut strings do not as often. Is that overblown? I think the answer is that any large leap from one string type to another on the opposite spectrum MIGHT mean that a sound post or bridge height adjustment is needed, but might not. I recently went from Evah's to guts on my bass and the guts sound good once settled in. No sound post adjustments made, but i did bump up the bridge height a turn.
 
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#177
"Yeah, I think you put the strings on, play 'em for awhile, and then decide whether to tweak setup."
Good advice!

I cut a solid bridge a little higher, touched up my fingerboard and played with the sound post some but I finished the bass a year ago and it needed some attention anyway. The strings pointed it out to me (along with the need to work on my intonation!). I will say that if your fingerboard needs some touch-up you may get some buzzes due to these strings not being dead flat. There is some very slight unevenness to the winding, on my set anyway. Might be as simple as raising the bridge a little. Play em, you'll like em
 
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Just for your information...I managed to get hold of a rare set of Tempera Solo Strings, that have been built so far....:p ;) and they sound really great..... in Solo Tuning...in normal tuning they should sound great also... but because of the lower tension there's the need for some adjustments... but on my second bass unfortunately there is no adjustable bridge yet...:rollno: so I have to meet "my" luthier... but in these times thats not sooo easy too...:p but first impressions of these strings are great... if your bass likes low tension strings..:)
 
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#180
mathbassman said:
no, really?? I played the solos at their studio once but I wasnt able to get one set! I loved them, maybe even more than the regular orchestra set. I suggested to call them belcanto, because they actually do sound like a good italian tenor voice unlike... you know :p:p

anyway, I am super jealous now!
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To be honest.. I got a "used" one...played for 5 or 6 hours...:P ;)
 

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