Double Bass Time for a Dead Spiros Club

[Sam Dingle]

Merry Christmas dead spiro-ers. Do I have a story for you. I'm home from collage back to my parents house and its a big celebration: whole family's home and just like when we were kids, we wake up and open presents from Santa (he's real ok!) Long story short I open my present and its a fresh, new, ALIVE, set of Spirocores (Parents said "well we don't know much about bass but thought you may need strings, and a few websites said these were strings for jazz bassists"). Perfect timing too because I sold my dead set to my teacher who was in desperate need of spirocores. Its a christmas miracle! I didn't have the heart to tell them that I'd need to kill them first

 

[Matt Ides]

I just put on the Mittel G you sent me James and it's exactly what the bass wanted. Thanks for helping me out!

I did the same and like the mittel G with the rest as weichs.

 

[ElijahBrockway]

6. Honorary and reciprocal membership shall be extended to those who play, or at least have possession of, displayed in an appropriate shrine or other place of honor and respect, Lycons, but the applicant must produce a string envelope as proof of eligibility.

Looks like I need to get a picture of the Lycons I've been playing on recently and get myself in this club...

 

[iiipopes]

Looks like I need to get a picture of the Lycons I've been playing on recently and get myself in this club...

Great! Second Honorary Membership bestowed. What we would all really love, if possible: a couple of sound clips comparing Lycons to Spiros, but given the age of the Lycons, I wouldn't encourage any unnecessary or capricious dis-mounting and re-mounting, even for the sake of a definitive comparison. So actually a sound clip just as they are would be great.

 

[ElijahBrockway]

I would, if that bass was still with me currently. It's been taking an extended stay at the luthier's home - apparently it had more problems than anybody ever thought. That, and I don't own it, a college I play for does.

But the possibility of me buying the extra Lycon sets they have has yet to be declined, soooo...

Also, just imagine how surprised I was playing on a nice Eastman bass with these strings on it (that tore up my hands; I love that steel string tone but my hands sure don't love the strings themselves) and realized the strings were older than I am.

Alas, I'm afraid I've come to love these nigh-unobtainable strings as much as drurb and some others do...

 

[robgrow]

I am currently considering replacing (gasp) my 10-year-old set of Spirocore weichs. They have served me well, but it's time for new strings.

 

[martinc]

Interesting. I've heard of weich with a mittel E but not G. What's the reason for that?

bskts: 'cos the Mittel G is no better than the Weich G...and has more tension. My solution is either the Zyex medium G or the wonderful Flexocore DeLuxe G.

 

[ElijahBrockway]

And I'm back! The Bass with the Lycons on it is back from the repair shop and happily being used again, and getting a wonderful sound out with the strings, and here I am with pictures of it.

Lycons

• ElijahBrockway
• Apr 17, 2015

Lycons

• ElijahBrockway
• Apr 17, 2015

I'll happily take that honourary membership now.

 

[Sam Dingle]

Would you also take $ for a set of those?

 

[ElijahBrockway]

'fraid they're not mine to sell, only to play on. =P

 

[Sam Dingle]

Would you be willing to do a sound clip of them? I'd love to how they sound in comparison to a full set of Spirocores. I'm sure many people here would like to know as well.

 

[ElijahBrockway]

I can't guarantee any good playing on here, mainly because I did this in the little time I had just prior to practice today, but I made a recording of them on my phone. Lycon E, A, and G, with a helicore hybrid D. Plus me getting a little annoyed in there because I couldn't think of what to keep playing.

You don't get to hear how my voice matches up with my bass, though. Sorry. =P

 

[iiipopes]

I am currently considering replacing (gasp) my 10-year-old set of Spirocore weichs. They have served me well, but it's time for new strings.

Noooooooooooo.....

 

[iiipopes]

I'll happily take that honourary membership now.

Done. Thanks!

 

[Sam Dingle]

I am currently considering replacing (gasp) my 10-year-old set of Spirocore weichs. They have served me well, but it's time for new strings.

I think the right thing to do is send the 10 year old ones to a fellow dead spiro user, once your new ones come in.

 

[threetone]

i have on my bass the ultimate of dead spiro strings - dead spiro Stark E.

a force to be reconed with. it has outlived and out played various string changes and experiments; Chorda's on top, Evah' on top, Velvets on top, and right now Oliv's on top.

The only string on my bass that i never even consider replacing, 2 years + now ..

 

[iiipopes]

i have on my bass the umtimate of dead spiro strings - dead spiro Stark E.

a force to be reconed with. it has outlived and out played various string changes and experiments; Chorda's on top, Evah' on top, Velvets on top, and right now Oliv's on top.

The only string on my bass that i never even consider replacing, 2 years + now ..

If I counted correctly, you are number double-sawbuck (20). With the Stark E, you are indeed the ultimate, "Everything goes with a dead Spiro E string"!

 

[threetone]

thanks for the membership, i will wear the sig with pride.

 

[iiipopes]

OK! After a dearth and dry valley after Christmas, I have several gigs in a row with a local jazz/dance band Wings of Swing, including a gig at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Civil War Memorial and Park. It was well received. I also had a Sunday evening church gig with a group put together by the choir director. The parish hall has a partial slate floor and wood hammer beam ceiling, and people are amazed how when we set up in a corner, standing near, the bass sounds thin or edgy, but let that sound bloom in the ceiling and bounce back half way across the hall it sounds full and foundational, a perfect support to the voices both for the team and the congregation. Our rector has asked me how often I can play, and, of course, the answer is, how often do you want me?

 

[Sam Dingle]

hey everyone. Quick question. How do you kill spirocores quickly. I'm renting a bass with an almost fresh set and would like to have them die down a little bit (Spiro mitel EAD Oliv G).