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Double Bass Sonores Gut Strings by Gerold Genssler

#141
peteswanson91 said:
I love them! Been using them for about 6 months. Use them on a quick recording on my site if you care to hear:
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Oh yeah, he linked me to that recording of you on You Must Believe In Spring when I asked for a sound sample of the AP 2016! Beautiful playing!

I listened to the recording and love the tone you're getting from them but couldn't quite get a sense of the long tone sustain is like. Do you have a good amount of sustain on them for held notes? Not like spiro long but maybe relative to dead spiros or evahs or something.

Thanks!
 
#145
Nathan Levine said:
Can anyone tell me how well the APs bow? I assume better than the Corax. Am I right?
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Well, I finally have gotten a chance to try the 2016 AP set. First off to answer my own question, they bow really easily. They have a nice start and a clear clean sound. The pizz is deep, woody and seems to project really well. I tried the Corax last year about this time and while there are certainly similarities in the pizz sound, the APs are superior in the arco department. It's all in the type of wrap I suppose. They truly do double duty and I understand a little better why Gerold is consolidating his offerings. As always with Sonores, in my humble opinion, they are worth every penny.
 
#151
Hello,
what Sonores Set do you suggest for me? I pley pizzicato Jazz most the time (70%) but arco too (30%), expecially during practice time. I play since 6 years Gamut Strings (G, A, E Lyon; D Pistoy) that I love, but maybe it's time to try other gut strings. I don't play only bebop, I mean I don't walk every time in a '50 manner, but I play often modern Jazz and improvisation too. I like gut sound and feel but I need easy to use and not a very high action.
 
#156
tito mangialajo said:
Hello,
what Sonores Set do you suggest for me? I pley pizzicato Jazz most the time (70%) but arco too (30%), expecially during practice time. I play since 6 years Gamut Strings (G, A, E Lyon; D Pistoy) that I love, but maybe it's time to try other gut strings. I don't play only bebop, I mean I don't walk every time in a '50 manner, but I play often modern Jazz and improvisation too. I like gut sound and feel but I need easy to use and not a very high action.
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There is a set called Drago which I've been happy with on some different basses.
They are thinner than most other gut strings and are a very good all-round string.
 
#157
I finally got a new set of the 2016 AP strings on my bass. I'm less than 24 hours into the tune-up process so things are constantly changing each time I pick up the bass, as expected. However, wow. Why did I wait this long? Getting the D to start on an up bow is going to take some hand calibration, but the tone and response across strings is more consistent than any of my previous setups.
Also, how long before the black finger staining slows down? Historically I don't have acidic or abundant hand sweat. Using Velvets, I would only get stains when humidity was high. But I've also moved from the desert to Chi town so maybe I have a whole new world of variables to wrestle with. I haven't played in about a month because of the move, so I've got that going for me.
 
#158
The black finger effect goes away after a day or so . . . .

I've been using the strings this week (for the first time) on a recording project with Luciana Souza, the Brazilian singer — and I really like them. The intonation and center of pitch seems spot on, which is not always the case with gut. I'm bowing some, which works well . . . there are other strings which bow better, but these work well with the bow. I'm also getting used to what they will do and what they put out (and what they won't do).
 
#160
John Goldsby said:
The black finger effect goes away after a day or so . . . .

I've been using the strings this week (for the first time) on a recording project with Luciana Souza, the Brazilian singer — and I really like them. The intonation and center of pitch seems spot on, which is not always the case with gut. I'm bowing some, which works well . . . there are other strings which bow better, but these work well with the bow. I'm also getting used to what they will do and what they put out (and what they won't do).
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I'm curious to hear some further information in regards to the last sentence above....:laugh:
 

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