Hi all,
I thought it might be nice to share my recent experiences with what many believe to be some of the toughest strings (bridge cables) around. Spirocore Stark, whole set.
When it was time for the usual string change, I decided to not take Mittels this time, but give Stark a shot. Figuring they might be easy to sell if they don't feel right.
I put them on, well aware of all those tales of ground hamburger meat on right hand fingers, stiffness like nothing else, yadayada. I have to say, my bass felt very nice with Mittels, and I know many basses with guts or velvets or whatever that feel MUCH stiffer than my bass. Despite the somewhat normal scale of 104.5cm.
After 3 hours of practicing, I have the following observations (those are subject to change after a couple of days, I know that, but we'll see):
Pizzicato, they feel very close to Mittels to me, with maybe a tad bit more tension. Certainly not shocking, nothing to fear for anyone acquainted with Mittels, IMO. I was utterly surprised, but they play and feel like home right away, under both hands. The sound didn't have that much banjo twang as I recall Spiros can have, that was pleasant. They sounded perfectly new, beware, but not ugly in any way. Compared to Mittels, there's more finger snap-pluck sound while pizzing, that's also great. And they don't back out. No matter how much power you play into them, they respond with more sound. That's remarkable, I think. And the e-string is huge.
Arco is where they really excel, IMO. Here's a powerful string that can always hold up to "that little bit more", and especially in thumb position, they are tear-jerkingly beautiful. All over the bass, actually- lots of headroom, very articulate when played soft, super fat bottom. And if you unleash them, they get kinda super-loud without being nasty at all. Fantastic string. CAVEAT: You have to know how to bow spiros. That means, be aware of all the tiny little technique details, timing between left and right hand, bow angle, positon, etc, and get used to their load of overtones and highs. Once you've got enough control over your bowing, these Starks are what Mittels are, only more of it. It's really addictive to me.
And once again, I can only encourage the general Spiro Mittle lover to try them, they're not as tough as their reputation makes them. That seems to be very subjective and different from bass to bass, but anyway. They absolutely rock.
And they're right for you if you use FreeBSD because you think Linux is too mainstream
, if you know what I mean.
I'll keep expanding on this down the line- what if they suddenly crush my bass? Or if they stiffen up and can only be played by Chuck Norris?
Best
Sidecar
I thought it might be nice to share my recent experiences with what many believe to be some of the toughest strings (bridge cables) around. Spirocore Stark, whole set.
When it was time for the usual string change, I decided to not take Mittels this time, but give Stark a shot. Figuring they might be easy to sell if they don't feel right.
I put them on, well aware of all those tales of ground hamburger meat on right hand fingers, stiffness like nothing else, yadayada. I have to say, my bass felt very nice with Mittels, and I know many basses with guts or velvets or whatever that feel MUCH stiffer than my bass. Despite the somewhat normal scale of 104.5cm.
After 3 hours of practicing, I have the following observations (those are subject to change after a couple of days, I know that, but we'll see):
Pizzicato, they feel very close to Mittels to me, with maybe a tad bit more tension. Certainly not shocking, nothing to fear for anyone acquainted with Mittels, IMO. I was utterly surprised, but they play and feel like home right away, under both hands. The sound didn't have that much banjo twang as I recall Spiros can have, that was pleasant. They sounded perfectly new, beware, but not ugly in any way. Compared to Mittels, there's more finger snap-pluck sound while pizzing, that's also great. And they don't back out. No matter how much power you play into them, they respond with more sound. That's remarkable, I think. And the e-string is huge.
Arco is where they really excel, IMO. Here's a powerful string that can always hold up to "that little bit more", and especially in thumb position, they are tear-jerkingly beautiful. All over the bass, actually- lots of headroom, very articulate when played soft, super fat bottom. And if you unleash them, they get kinda super-loud without being nasty at all. Fantastic string. CAVEAT: You have to know how to bow spiros. That means, be aware of all the tiny little technique details, timing between left and right hand, bow angle, positon, etc, and get used to their load of overtones and highs. Once you've got enough control over your bowing, these Starks are what Mittels are, only more of it. It's really addictive to me.
And once again, I can only encourage the general Spiro Mittle lover to try them, they're not as tough as their reputation makes them. That seems to be very subjective and different from bass to bass, but anyway. They absolutely rock.
And they're right for you if you use FreeBSD because you think Linux is too mainstream
, if you know what I mean.I'll keep expanding on this down the line- what if they suddenly crush my bass? Or if they stiffen up and can only be played by Chuck Norris?
Best
Sidecar
