Double Bass The Chadwick Folding Bass

[danengland]

Hi all. Thanks for your responses, much appreciated. Charlie gave me some suggestions and I managed to sort out the buzzing by adjusting the screws in the fingerboard. I'm taking the bass for a setup in a couple of weeks, maybe a new bridge and I will probably replace the endpin too.

I have spirocores on it for the time being, but I usually use Pirastro Perpetual and like those strings. I wondered if anyone has experience of using Perpetual strings on a Chadwick and if so how they handle being taken on and off? Is the consensus that Spirocores are the most durable strings for this bass?

I also need to make a travel brace as my bass didn't come with one.

Thanks
Dan

 

[GerardSamija]

Thomastik Belcanto strings are basically Spirocores, but with a 2.5x faster twist rate in the core wires, to make them much more flexible. My experience of them on my first bass, with a removable neck, was that they settled into stable pitch almost as quickly as Spirocores. Certainly no durability issue with these. They're a much 'darker' string tonally, even the G, and not every bass can support them in terms of putting out a lot of sound. But if you can find someone with an old set perhaps you could test them on your Chadwick and hear whether they're something you like.