Time for this thread to bump up a little.
I recently bought a new bass which was strung with Evahs, like my old bass was. It was night and day as an upgrade, such a big full sound and a springy feel to it. The luthier I was buying from even moved the soundpost back and forth (needing a new one when he put it back!) to show me some options. All in all a great experience.
But my real hope for the new bass was that I would have the fabled thing, something dark and full enough to work well with Spirocores. I was pretty happy with 3/4 Weichs plus a dominant G when I first put them on, but things felt a bit difficult going.
I went back to Evahs to try on one gig, then back to Spirocores, and experienced a few days of awfully tough rehearsals, a kind of thin sound and very difficult action and tension -- callouses on new parts of my fingers, etc.
A quick trip to the luthier and the issue was, of course, the bridge having tilted strongly from a couple of string changes. He yanked it back into place and not only was the action back down where I like it, the sound became freer, fuller and so resonant. With spirocores! (with a dominant G).
Really very pleased to have a solid warm sound with Spirocores, whose punch, fast attack and amplified sound especially I always preferred. And the lesson is, don't change strings that much, and if you do, check your bridge angle. And live near a great luthier.
I made a few measurements now it's in the right place and am looking forward to many years with this new bass.
I recently bought a new bass which was strung with Evahs, like my old bass was. It was night and day as an upgrade, such a big full sound and a springy feel to it. The luthier I was buying from even moved the soundpost back and forth (needing a new one when he put it back!) to show me some options. All in all a great experience.
But my real hope for the new bass was that I would have the fabled thing, something dark and full enough to work well with Spirocores. I was pretty happy with 3/4 Weichs plus a dominant G when I first put them on, but things felt a bit difficult going.
I went back to Evahs to try on one gig, then back to Spirocores, and experienced a few days of awfully tough rehearsals, a kind of thin sound and very difficult action and tension -- callouses on new parts of my fingers, etc.
A quick trip to the luthier and the issue was, of course, the bridge having tilted strongly from a couple of string changes. He yanked it back into place and not only was the action back down where I like it, the sound became freer, fuller and so resonant. With spirocores! (with a dominant G).
Really very pleased to have a solid warm sound with Spirocores, whose punch, fast attack and amplified sound especially I always preferred. And the lesson is, don't change strings that much, and if you do, check your bridge angle. And live near a great luthier.
I made a few measurements now it's in the right place and am looking forward to many years with this new bass.
